The Third Estate consists of four hundred representatives of the many states elected from single seat districts for a term of two years. The Speaker for the Third Estate is elected by the members, and is third in line to the Presidency after the President and the Vice President. The seats are apportioned among the states based on their populations. Each state has at least one, and the states, not the Federal Government, are responsible for drawing the districts. The seats are apportioned as follows.