Vryland Senate

The Senate (Afrikaans: Senaat) is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Vryland. The lower house is known as the House of Represenatives. Senators, popularly elected under a system of proportional representation, serve terms of six years. Significan power in conferred upon the Senate by the Vryland Constitution, including the capacity to block legislation initiated by the House of Representatives. It is a distinct hybrid of the Oventian bicameralism (in place before 1779) and Koenraad Landbouer's "seperation of power".

Origins and role
The Constitution of Vryland signed on 1 September 1780 established the Senate as part of the new system of republican government in Vryland, which in January of 1779 had declared itself a republic after two civil wars and a revolution against the monarchy.