Mechanocratic Russia

The Mecharussian flag. The Tricolour symbolises selflessness (white), honour (blue) and bravery (red), while the Winged Hammer-and-Sickle is the symbol of the Mechanocratic Ideology. In the Main Canon, the Cabal would adopt the old Mecharussian flag to emblemise their vision of a Machine Race working together with organic humanity rather than trying to dominate it.

The Mechanocracy of Russia (also referred to as the Mechanocracy, Mechanocratic Russia, Mecharussia, Mekhrus or simply Russia) is one of the two superpowers in the Frencoverse. It is an autocratic, unitary mechanocratic state that governs the former Soviet Union as well as Finland, Mongolia and many of the former Balkan states.

The Mechanocracy's capital city is, until 2174 in the Main Canon and 2159 in the Alternative Canon, the supercity of Sunikagrad. In the Main Canon, the seat of the Mechanocracy of Mankind would be the planet of Vyyrahk. In the Altcanon, Sunikagrad remains the political and cultural capital, but Grand Curatrix Elena Trotskaya would spend almost all of her time on Jotunheim, a gigantic worldwide fortress built on an extradimensional ice planet, returning to Earth only for annual festivals such as the May Day parade and the Seven Eleven Address.

Governmental system

Until 2153 and 2154, the core of the Mecharussian Government was the National People's Senate, a bicameral legislative and executive body consisting of the Lower Senate and the Upper Senate. Both bodies would become unified into one Senate by the Trotskaya Reforms.

Notably, there was no judiciary until the Reforms - excused by the Stahlrim administration as being inefficient - but the Reforms reaffirmed the right to a fair trial per the uncodified Mecharussian Constitution. In addition to criminal and civil courts, a Court of Senatorial Oversight was established (overseen by the Grand Curatrix) to prevent the corruption that was rife in the Stahlrim administration from being so prominent once again.

Lower Senate

The Lower Senate is a vast assembly consisting of State Secretaries and State Commissars. Secretaries are senior officials who manage the administration of a departmental subdivision known as a Bureau (also called a Secretariat - e.g., Secretariat of Internal Security). Bureaus are often staffed with Commissars, who are tasked with the day-to-day management of one part of their Bureau. For instance, Commissars in the GULAG are often found as the commandants of the labour camps which bear the same name.

Upper Senate

The Upper Senate, to which the Lower Senate is theoretically subordinate (but in practice the two rely heavily upon each other to pass legislation) consists of all of the State Ministers of the Government. Ministers are the individuals who are in charge of their department overall. For instance, Nikolai Fyodorov is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Tatiana Liamova is the Minister of Propaganda. The Upper Senate also seats the Military Council, consisting of the four Grand Marshals of the Mecharussian Armed Forces.

Mechanocratic Curacy

There is also a Mechanocratic Curacy, but this body is entirely advisory save for the coveted position of Grand Curator, who chairs both the Senate and the Curacy as the effective head of government. So far, there have only been two Grand Curators in the history of the Mechanocracy: Prokhor Stahlrim (2091-2153) and Elena Trotskaya (2153-2174).

Supreme Leader of the Mechanocracy of Russia

The Supreme Leader serves the function of overall head of state, commanding absolute power and complete legal immunity. At present, the Leader is the Optimised Transcendence Acceleration Nexus.