Sangam

A sangam (from cankam, 'assembly, association, confluence', etc.) is a political organization through which most political activity of a country is conducted and coordinated, and in which the statuses, purposes, and relationships of member organizations are formalized. Sangams are 'big-tent' entities encompassing many different actors and parties, as well as interests from across society; they are generally intended to unite political efforts, though not necessarily centralize political activity. In many countries with sangams, any organization intending to participate in politics or governance must be part of or be permitted by the sangam. Sangams may be organized in emergencies such as wartime to strengthen national unity, or be a regular feature of a country's state apparatus.

The term 'sangam' was adopted from Pytarene in the 19th century in Vasarea to refer to the curator assemblies of Pytarus; the curators were highly autonomous actors who had diverse responsibilities, but still submitted to the direction of the Pytarene state. By analogy the term eventually came to be used for any coordinative political organization dominating or commanding the usage of power and influence, especially by political philosophers of the school of formalism; formalists advocated the formation of sangams to remove 'destructive' factionalism and political opacity in Vasarean countries.

Notable present-day examples of sangams include the Imperial Consociation of Zasavia, the All-Tasgolene Unity Front in Tasgol, and the Union Advisory across the Rational Union. Informal or customary systems functioning as sangams are present in Pytarus, Ansea, and much of the Austral world.