Facts about Thorway

Age of criminal responsibility: 15
Age of majority: 18
Age of candidacy: 18
Age of consent: 16
Legal drinking age: 18
Marriageable age:: 18
Retirement age:: 65
Smoking age:: 18
Voting age:: 16

The Thorwegian Parliament is called Altinget. It is the legislative assembly in Thorway, which means that it passes the Acts that apply in Thorway. Altinget is also responsible for adopting the state's budgets, approving the state's accounts, exercising control of the Government and taking part in international cooperation.

Altinget is composed of 175 MPs. Parliamentary elections are held at least every four years, but it is within the powers of the Prime Minister to ask the Monarch to call for an election before the term has elapsed.

The prime minister is the head of government. He decides who is going to be ministers in his cabinet.
The executive power lies with the government. It is the government that prepares and proposes the vast majority of new laws and amendments to existing laws.
Both the government and the members of the parliament can make legislative proposals - but most come from the government.
The current cabinet is the Soeren Henningsen Cabinet:

Prime minister: Soeren Heningsen (SLP)
Minister for Foreign Affairs: Lisbeth Jansen (TSD)
Minister for finance: Axel Frederiksen (SLP)
Minister for culture: Petra From (TSD)
Minister for Commerce: Nina Christensen (SLP)
Minister for Environment: Bengt Helius Nissen (SLP)
Minister for Transport: Tom Bager (TSD)
Minister for Social Affairs: Viggo Nygaard (SLP)
Minister for Justice: Carl Wolmer Soerensen (TSD)
Minister for Children and education: Laura Holm (SLP)
Minister for health: Niels Kamper (TSD)
Minister for Taxation: Lars Frandsen (SLP)
Minister for Defence: Birgitte Storm (SLP)
Minister for Employment: Paul Lorentzen (TSD)
Minister for Tourism: Rikke Moeller (SLP)

Thorwegian Liberals (TL)
Leader: Christian Quist
Seats in parliament: 47
Ideology: Conservative liberalism
Political position: Centre-right

Thorwegian Social Liberal Party (SLP)
Leader: Soeren Henningsen
Seats in Parliament: 44
Ideologi: Social liberalism
Political position: centre to centre-left

Thorwegian Nationalist Party (TNP)
Leader: Preben Busk
Seats in Parliament: 22
Ideologi: Thorwegian nationalism, National conservatism, Right-wing populism
Political Position: Right-wing to Far-right

Thorwegian Social Democrats (TSD)
Leader: Lisbeth Jansen
Seats in Parliament: 17
Ideologi: Social democracy
Political position: Centre-left

Socialist People's Party (SPP)
Leader: Gunnar Schmidt
Seats in Parliament: 16
Ideologi: Green politics, Socialism, Popular socialism, Democratic socialism, Eco-socialism, Feminism
Political position: Left-wing

Socialist Workers Party (SWP)
Leader: Emma Gade
Seats in Parliament: 12
Ideologi: Socialism, Eco-socialism, Anti-capitalism
Political position: Left-wing to Far-left

Libertarian Union (LU)
Leader: Aage Joergensen
Seats in Parliament: 9
Ideologi: Liberalism, Libertarianism, Classical liberalism
Political Position: centre-right

Republican Alliance (RA)
Leader: Rasmus Havre
Seats in Parliament: 8
Ideologi: Republicanism, Conservatism, Liberal conservatism
Political Position: centre-right

Thorwegian Green Party (TGP)
Leader: Mette Blokhus
Seats in Parliament: 0
Ideologi: Green politics, Progressivism
Political Position: Centre-left

The True Right (TTR)
Leader: Lone Lupin
Seats in Parliament: 0
Ideologi: Conservatism, National conservatism, Anti-immigration
Political Position: Right-wing to Far-right

The courts exercise judicial power in Thorway and have exclusive competence to decide whether Thorwegian citizens or foreigners residing in Thorway have broken the laws of the country. Neither Altinget nor the Government has authority to judge a citizen.

Everyone has the right to a fair trial.

judges must not allow themselves to be influenced by Altinget, the Government, the press or others when pronouncing judgement. They must be guided exclusively by the letter of the law.

All children and young people have the right to great schools and educations no matter
where they live, or what their background is. All public educations are free.
Children starts in primary school in the year of their 6th birthday. Primary school covers grades 1-7.
After primary school the students enter the Youth School (grades 8-10). In youth school the students begins
getting grades. After graduating 10th grade, the students can move up to High School where they can choose either
general studies or vocational studies. High school takes 3 years to finish.


Higher education is anything beyond High school, and normally lasts 3 years or more.
Higher education is broadly divided into:
* Business academies
* University colleges
* Universities
* Private Colleges

Almost all educational institutes in Thorway are free and the students get a tuition-fee payed by the state.

Thorway has a universal health care system, characterised by being publicly financed through taxes.
There are 42 Secondary healthcare hospitals and 10 Tertiary healthcare hospitals.