Editing Nepal (section)

=== Government ===
{{Main|Government of Nepal|Constitution of Nepal}}
Nepal is governed according to the [[Constitution of Nepal]]. It defines Nepal as having multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious, multi-cultural characteristics with common aspirations of people living in diverse geographical regions, and being committed to and united by a bond of allegiance to the national independence, territorial integrity, national interest, and prosperity of Nepal.<ref name=con15/>
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The [[Government of Nepal]] has three branches:<ref name=con15/>
* [[Executive (government)|Executive]]: The form of governance is a multi-party, competitive, federal democratic republican parliamentary system based on plurality. The President appoints the parliamentary party leader of the political party with the majority in the House of Representatives as Prime Minister, who forms the Council of ministers that exercises the executive power.
* [[Legislature]]: The Legislature of Nepal, called the Federal Parliament, consists of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly. The House of Representatives consists of 275 members elected through a [[mixed electoral system]] and has a term of five years. The National Assembly, consisting of 59 members elected by provincial electoral colleges, is a permanent house; a third of its members are elected every two years for a six-year term.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/printedition/news/2015-09-16/ca-approves-ceremonial-prez-bicameral-legislature.html |title=CA approves ceremonial prez, bicameral legislature |date=16 September 2015 |newspaper=[[The Kathmandu Post]]|access-date=8 December 2017 |quote=Provincial parliaments will be unicameral. "The CA also approved a mixed electoral system for parliamentary election with 60 percent directly elected and 40 percent proportionally elected." |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209044107/https://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/printedition/news/2015-09-16/ca-approves-ceremonial-prez-bicameral-legislature.html |archive-date=9 December 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Judiciary]]: Nepal has a unitary three-tier independent judiciary that comprises the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, headed by the [[Chief Justice of Nepal|Chief Justice]], seven High Courts, one in each province, the highest court at the provincial level, and 77 district courts, one in each district. The municipal councils can convene local judicial bodies to resolve disputes and render non-binding verdicts in cases not involving actionable crime. The actions and proceedings of the local judicial bodies may be guided and countermanded by the district courts.<ref name=con15/>