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Imperial Diet - In contrast to the autocracy of the Tsardom, or the iron-hand of the German Kaiser, or the parliamentary monarchy of Britain, setting aside the republics of the United States and France, the government of Japan is a complex beast. Nominally, as with all things, the Japanese emperor sits at the top, presiding over his subjects. After the Boshin War and the literal fall of the samurai, the Emperor and his council of oligarchs approved the creation of a closed docket, inquisitorial form of judiciary, based on the French model, and a bicameral legislature amongst whose ruling membership a Prime Minister is selected by the Emperor. Drafting of a modern constitution is still ongoing, but rumours abound in the legislatures that universal male suffrage may be introduced sooner rather than later.