Senatorial Haus of Floptropica

The Senatorial Haus of Floptropica (SHPRF) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliamentary Congress of the People's Republic of Floptropica (PCPRF). It meets in the Haus of Parliament in New Jiafei City, New Jiafei. Unlike the Representative Haus, there is a fixed number of Senators; the Senatorial Haus is an elected body consisting of 301 members known as members of the Senatorial Haus (MSHs). MSHs are elected to represent the 42 states and territories of Floptropica, with each representing approximately 1.5 million people. Each of the 279 State Senators (SMSHs) is one of three that represents a Senatorial District within a state (sometimes there is only one district per state), as having three per district facilitates the use of the Single Transferable Vote (STV) voting system. The 21 Territorial Senators (TMSHs) are elected to represent the entire populous of all of the Floptropican Territories, and are elected from the members of the Territorial Council (TCPRF) via a party list system. The President - despite being elected completely separately - also sits as a Senator. Senatorial elections occur once every 3 years.

The Haus of Lorde was established in 1420 by Queen Minaj as the unelected upper house of the Marajian People's Congress to represent nobles in the empire. In 1523, it was disestablished when the Marajian Empire's alliance with the Cardiovascular Dynasty begun, although was re-established in 1528 as the Haus of Cardi. Despite much constitutional reform following the establishment of the Floptropican Dynasties in 1608, the Haus of Cardi remained largely unaffected - continuing to govern from the Cardiovascular Peninsula as the upper house of the nation's Parliament. Following the Badussy War in 1878, however, it evolved to become the Senatorial Haus of the Floptropican Queendom - being established as an elected body in New Jiafei which executes a similar purpose to the current Senatorial Haus of the People's Republic of Floptropica today.

All senior Cabinet ministers and Secretaries of State - including the President - are members of the Senatorial Haus.

2023 Election
The 2023 Floptropican general election, on the federal level, included elections to all eats in the PCPRF, as well as the Presidency. Following this election, 12 parties were elected to the Senatorial Haus of the Parliamentary Congress. As the Floptropican Democratic Movement controlled the presidency, it had to command a government, but did not achieve an overall majority in the Haus, only winning 28 of the 151 seats required to achieve an overall majority. Consequently, it had to command a majority by coalescing with other parties: the Marajous People's Labour Party with 73 seats; Lorde's Green Party of Solar Power with 62 seats; and Hyperpop Enslayment Revolution with 50 seats, giving the government a total of 213 of the 301 seats in the Senatorial Haus.