High Council of Imperium

The High Council of the Empire, is the upper house of the Parliament of the Empire, which, along with the Senate of the Empire - the lower house and de facto primary chamber - constitute the legislature of the Empire. The High Council meets in the Domus Concilii Imperialis at the west side of Orei, Egeia.

The High Council is composed of 192 representatives from the Concilium Principum, Concilium Theurgarum and Concilium Hierophantarum. Therefore, each council sends 1 representative for each province-level entity to the High Council. Representatives on the High Council must come from the entity they represent.

The main responsibilities of the High Council include ratifying the laws of the Senate, constantly regulating the activity of government agencies (Epistalma), and preserving imperial unity, by means of the supervision of the state systems and the application of measures against disloyalty to the government. The powers of the High Council are limited by the Senate, and in case of disagreement between both houses, the Senate has the final say.

The High Council, unlike the Senate, has low authority in the legislative branch of government (limited to ratifying Senate laws), but has the power to prolong the debates for the ratification of the laws of the Senate. The Constitution establishes that this dialogue can be extended up to 2 weeks after the presentation of the laws, and this function is granted mainly with the objective of suggesting modifications to the laws (only the Senate can modify them), so that they do not infringe state autonomy, allow modifications of the state legislatures according to the right of application and do not contradict what is written in the Imperial Laws or the Constitution.