Combinial Forum

The Corporate Forum (Phoenician: 財團論壇, : Cáituán Lùntán) is an intercorporate assembly designed under the principles of Phoenician corporatocracy seated by major transnational from the GOCE, as well as the de facto legislature of Phoenicia and Hyperaustrea. It meets annually in the Phoenician Grove, in Fengtianmen, Phoenicia. As of 2022, there are 462 member corporations in the Forum. Members are chosen through internal voting, with numerous public and hidden prerequisites before requiring a two-thirds majority affirmative vote for admittance.

The Corporate Forum is led by the Speaker of the Corporate Forum - the incumbent being Tsau Qin-hwa since his second term's beginning on 11 January 2020 - whose formal political power lies within the authority to lead Forum staff and thus, direct the common foreign policy of Phoenicia and Hyperaustrea through control of the Forum's diplomatic corps. Informally, the position of Speaker is one of prestige, as being able to seat oneself as a Speaker indicates that the incumbent and the corporation they represent holds the confidence of a significant majority of the Forum. Speakers are elected by half-plus-one majority vote, serving five-year terms with no set term limits. The Forum may impeach a Speaker while their term is in progress by delivering a to the incumbent Scion (the monarch of Phoenicia) - if the motion is supported by a two-thirds supermajority of the Forum, the Scion will wield her nominally absolutist power to remove the impeached Speaker from their office, though it is customary for Speakers to announce their resignation before the quota for impeachment is reached to preserve their reputation.