The Roman Empire managed with a single senate and 'Governors'.
Now you're oversimplifying it. The Roman governemental system had several major institutions. You had Senate, Tribunes, the comitia, the concilium, assemblies of all kind and shapes, and a whole army of magistrates and other functions. Additionally, many government systems were privatized, including taxes and other essential systems.
Additionally, Governors weren't very good managers.
We can have a Parliament composed of 200*Number of old countries.
And there is no 'sub'.
The Parliament is always in session.
The parliament members aren't 'superior' to the people. They are slaves to the people.
They remain in charge as long as they follow through with their motivations, and are immediately replaced if they do not.
The 'Vote' isn't cast repeatedly. As long as the number of people who votes the 'Sfiducia' remain inferior to the number of people who actually voted the parliament member, he or she remains in charge. (Sfiducia being the Italian way of saying 'Accuse of Lack of Trust' The government can be 'Sfiduciato' if enough parts refute the current way it has been built, to have the people recast their votes)
The moment the parliament member is 'sfiduciato', he can no longer apply. He is permanently cast off, and no one in his immediate familiar proximity can, at any one moment, claim a parliamentary seat.
Bad idea. This will lead to short term populist thinking, which is always nefast for a country. Besides scandals and the press will become the effective rulers of the country. Additionally, the association by family is completely pointless, and will not lead to a decently working system.
You want to hold your politicians responsible for what they do, not motivate them to do whatever they want to get away with as fast as possible and then bail-out.
Thirdly, your system appears to be based independent of population. Which means that, for example, the Benelux will have just as many representatives as Germany, France and the UK together.
The problem with democracy isn't getting there. It's making sure the fuckers you get on those damn chairs don't grow too comfortable.
And you know what's really funny? Italians politicians are the best.
Sure, they're horrible at their job...but we keep electing them!
Meaning they really might pose a serious threat to any European-only parliament. (I recall a situation with the UN stomping their foot down like a petulant child over the fact that there were far more italians in positions of power in Europe than...I think it was French or something like that)
I don't think the Italians are that much of a problem. The British, French and Dutch eurosceptics are more of a problem, as their main goal is to ruin every system they get acces too.
I found this on Facebook recently. Basically back-of-the-envellope calculation of all the energy that could be produced by renewables in the UK, with the goal of seeing whether a 100% renewable energy future is possible without deep cut in energy consumption. I'm only halway through, but it's pretty cool and easy to grasp, and with Owlbread always talking about becoming the Saudi Arabia or renewables, I though he at least would enjoy it.
Just skimming through, and I like this book.
Going to keep this page