Executive Administrative Council of Polaris

The Executive Administrative Council of Polaris is an eleven-member directorial, collective head of state governing the Federal Republic of Polaris. The college of twelve members is responsible for the management of the federal government of Polaris and leads the executive branch of the government. The Council is headed by the President of the Executive Administrative Council,and Vice President, who are electable to a maximum of two four-year terms and are elected by the Legislative Congress of Polaris following an election of associate members. As of 2011, the incumbent President is Nathaniel B. Kratz and the office of the Vice President is held by Annalie Reed. Superlative authority of the Federal Armed Forces of Polaris is vested in the EAC under an amendment to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Polaris.

Section II, Article VII of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Polaris provides Polaris with the liberty of forming any government, without foreign intervention. Through a recommendation set out by an ad hoc committee commissioned by the Polaris City Council in 2001, the present directorial system was put forward by the committee, citing that it would expand the reach of democracy, and allow for further consensus in regards to executive power within Polaris. The ability to order military actions or declarations of war, grant pardons and reprieves and the ability to veto any congressional legislation, as bills are required to be approved by a majority of members before ascension into law.

Members

Position	Associate Member	State	Party Affiliation	Member since
President of the Executive Administrative Council	Nathaniel B. Kratz	New Westshield	Polaris Democratic Party	January 20,2001-present
Vice President of the Executive Administrative Council	Annalie Reed	Hampton	Polaris Democratic Party	January 20, 2005-present
Secretary of State	Daniel Eldon Holtz	Penguville	Polaris Democratic Party	January 20, 2001-present
Secretary of Finance	Allen Bennett Hayes	Snowville	Polaris Democratic Party	January 20, 2005-present
Secretary of the Environment, Transportation and Utilities	James Monroe West	Barrett	Polaris Democratic Party	January 20, 2001-present
Secretary of Defense and Police	Henry Scottsburg Green	Juno Islands	Polaris Democratic Party	January 20, 2009-present
Secretary of Justice	Angela Cole-Jefferson	Wilkes	Polaris Democratic Party	January 20, 2009-present
Secretary of Public Works and Infrastructure	Jacob Reginald Enderby III	Enderby	Polaris Democratic Party	January 20, 2001-present
Secretary of Economic Affairs and Commerce	John Wilkes	Santa Cruz	Polaris Democratic Party	January 20, 2005-present
Secretary of Food and Agriculture	Elizabeth Krilling	Finestade	Independent	January 20, 2013-present
Secretary of Health and Education	Candace Fitzsimmons	Puerto Elanor	Polaris Democratic Party	January 20, 2013-present

Responsibilities of the Executive Administrative Council

President of the EAC

Although the entirety of the Polarian government is represented by the EAC itself, the Presidency of the EAC is chosen in order to direct and moderate meetings of the council, and also acts as an individual characterization of the Polarian people, and is bestowed several powers unavailable for use by the associate members of the Council. Through an ordinance directed from the Legislative Congress of Polaris, only members elected to the Executive Administrative Council are the sole candidates contestable during the election of the President of the EAC.

The election of the president is usually done through the general electorate every four years, concurrently with the election of the other associate members of the council. Parties will generally nominate a candidate for the position, so as to prevent quarrelling between party members. Candidates for party nominations are required to win their state's Council Representative party primary prior to the approval of their candidacy for the national presidential nomination. However, the candidate is required to win their own respective race as a Council Representative in conjunction with winning the presidential election nationwide. Winners of both state and national Presidential and Council races are determined through a majority or plurality of the popular vote, known as first-past-the-post. In the incidence in which a candidate is elected to the Presidency, but fails to win a seat on the Council itself, there are two means in which he/she could retrieve a seat on the council. The first method would be through the removal of an incumbent Representative, or the presence of a vacancy on the council in which the incoming President-elect may fill. On the other hand, the President can be designated as regens sine repraesentatione, a term used only in Polarian politics, meaning "ruling without representation", in which the elected President serves his/her tenure independent from the EAC, however, is still bound to authority from the EAC.