AH Challenge: Make this the US Government.

With a Pod between 1789 and 1800, make this the United States' Government (credit to Jake Day for the idea)

Tetracameral legislature.
One lower house is selected by proportional representation by party, a second lower house is selected by first-past-the-post elections in the states/provinces, a third lower house is composed of representatives of various sufficiently powerful organizations (churches, labor unions, businesses, advocacy groups, etc.), and the sole upper house is composed of one representative each from each registered political party; this is something of a safety valve to avoid having small parties with whack-job leaders (Nazis, Communists, LaRouche, etc.) making threats because they have no voice in the government.
Laws must only be passed by a majority vote of the three lower houses -- upper house only has suspensory veto, for obvious reasons.

Four-member executive.
President is chief executive and commander of the military, Vice President is leader of the legislature, Chief Adjudicator breaks tie decisions in the judiciary and sets up lower courts, Prime Minister is leader of the administrative branch and appoints subordinate ministers. President and VP directly elected, Prime Minister appointed by legislature, Chief Adjudicator appointed by unanimous vote of the judiciary every time someone new enters the judiciary.

Four-member supreme court.
Four judges, appointed by President, decide all cases; in case of 2-2 tie, Chief Adjudicator (previously appointed unanimously by the four of them) breaks tie.

Four-ministry administrative bureaucracy.
(1) Ministry of Defense/Security/Border Control/War/Veterans, (2) Ministry of Economy/Currency/Central Bank/Taxation/Trade, (3) Ministry of Diplomacy/Foreign Affairs, and (4) Ministry of Society/Culture/Science/Immigration/Emigration/Welfare/Health/Environment/Everything Else.
Subordinate ministers in charge of each of four ministries, appointed by Prime Minister.
 
Is this from a universe in which we have four digits on our hands so we think in base eight? :p

Sorry, in all seriousness I like the quadruple legislature, and it is rather fascinating the way each of the 4 legislative chambers is quite different from the other. The only issue with a POD after 1789 and before 1800 is that the Constitutional Convention was already over and they had totally rejected the notion of Political Parties (not entirely with intention, but that omission still affects the US today). And I'm not sure how to get political parties and special interests so powerful by 1800.

On a side note, this model has some possibilities for a World Government structure perhaps...
 
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