Estonian Law and Government.

Estonia is a unitary liberal democracy, with the political world moving politically to the right from the traditional, centre-right political establishment that existed from the 90s to the end of 2010s. The Executive, Parliament, and Government are located in Tallinn, while a couple of ministries and the courts have their home in Tartu. The Recent 2025 judicial reforms resulting in the decentralization of the housing of low-level offenders, the updating of the law code and the grave expansion of allowing people to be sentenced without a trial unless an appeal was made. The latter has gone under heavy criticism and cases are being worked on by both national and international lawyers as it has been viewed as a major dystopian move. Another reform in 2024, the Riigikogu was drastically made smaller by getting rid of the 101 seat parliament with a single representative per county. This has also been criticized for reducing the ratio between the citizenry and the representatives, however, praise has been given in that it returns power to the rural parts of the nation. The political world, despite the recent charges, has maintained low levels of corruption. The judicial system operates on a Civil Law system, under the Germanic Law subcategories. Estonia is a member of the UN, EU, and NATO.