Austria-Slovenia is a federal parliamentary republic with a constitutional monarchy in which the unicameral parliament is the central organ of the imperial government. The parliament is made up of representatives from each of the eight vassals which make up the empire, with each vassal possessing its own domestic fief and parliament by which it can decide on various issues key to those localities. The imperial government is centred around the emperor, the head of state, who appoints the prime minister based upon a vote of confidence in the parliament, which is typically won by the leader of the majority party or the majority coalition of parties, who then becomes the prime minister, the government of the nation. The imperial government, as defined by the constitution, is limited to powers