Monarchy of Fluvique

The monarchy of Fluvique is a constitutional and hereditary monarchy whose incumbent is titled the King or Queen of Fluvique, sovereign of the Yellow River and protector of the country and serves as the country's head of state. There have been nine Fluviquean monarchs since 1871. Royal succession is determined according to common and statute law, which stipulates the throne is inherited by the sovereign's eldest living child or, in the case of a childless sovereign, the nearest collateral line. The incumbent, Eugenie, ascended the throne on 18 October 2014 and, as such, Eugenie's nephew, Prince Alexander, is current heir apparent

Their duties include summoning the House of Representatives, name ambassadors or give Royal Assent to bills. While the power for these acts stems from the Fluviquean people through the constitutional conventions of democracy, executive authority remains vested in the Crown and is only entrusted by the sovereign to their government on behalf of the people, underlining the Crown's role in safeguarding the rights, freedoms, and democratic system of government of Fluviqueans, and reinforcing the fact that "governments are the servants of the people and not the reverse"

Thus, within a constitutional monarchy the sovereign's direct participation in any of these areas of governance is limited, with the sovereign normally exercising executive authority only on the advice of the executive committee of the Queen's Privy Council, and with the sovereign's legislative and judicial responsibilities carried out by Fluviquean parliamentarians and judges and justices of the peace. The Crown today primarily functions as a guarantor of continuous and stable governance and a nonpartisan safeguard against abuse of power, the sovereign acting as a custodian of the Crown's democratic powers and a representation of the "power of the people above government and political parties".

History

A group of plenipotentiaries went to Europe to search a candidate to the throne. The main idea was to search in France, but the Franco-Prussian war forced them to go to Britain. There solicited the help of the King, and also signs treaties with other nations such Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Italy. Meanwhile in Fluvique the repressions continued and became more violent.

By the end of the war in Europe, France became a republic, and abolished all the nobility titles. Finally, by the blessing of many great powers, the crown was offered to one of the sons of William III of the Netherlands, Gabriel of Orange-Nassau. He accepted and traveled to Fluvique on August, 1872. A especial comission in Mevosa reunited and took the two constitutional antecedents and redacted a new one: The National Constitution (also know as "The septembring"), establishing the Kingdom of Fluvique, a parliamentary and federal monarchy. On October 2, 1872, the first "King of Fluvique and sovereign of the Yellow River", Gabriel of Orange-Nassau, was inaugurated. The date of his acceptance of the constitution - 2 October 1872 - is marked as national holiday.

Through the history, the role of the monarch was tied to ensure the national union, after decades of civil wars and disorder. The only two times that a monarch participated in the political issues were in 1872, choosing the first Prime Minister without democratic election and in 2002, asking for the resignation of Charles Wendell and ensuring the passing of a motion of no confidence to dissolve the Parliament, due to the social and economic crisis of that year.

Coronation Oath

The Oath of Coronation for the monarch of Fluvique, which in accordance with Article 65 of the Constitution is to be declared in the Mevosa's Cathedral. Traditionally, the parade start in the Park Bernache, where the new sovereign comes in the Independence frigate and disembarks. The Royal carriage is guarded by the Mounted North Army until reaching the Cathedral. There, the archbishop crowns the monarch and give his blessings saying:

"God will keep you strong and wise, reign over us in pleasant times. Be our light in the darkest hours"

Immediately, the band of the Royal Concert Hall starts playing the Royal Anthem, "Reign over us forever", while the monarch moves out of the Cathedral accompained by the Archbishop and crosses the April Square, until reach the Parliament Palace. There, in the presence of all members of both chambers and guests, he pronounces his final oath:

"I, (name) swear that I will fulfill and ensure compliance the Constitution of the Kingdom, rule over the people in accord of the laws and customs, consolidate the interior peace and ensure the liberty for us, for our posterity and for all the people of good will who wish to dwell on the soil of the Kingdom. If I do otherwise, God and the country shall judge me"

After, the archbishop, says:

"I present you (name), (King/Queen) of Fluvique, sovereign of the Yellow River and protector of the country."

The National Anthem is sung and usually the new ruler greets their guests and other protocolar duties. The ceremony ends when the monarch is transported to the White Palace, officially starting his reing.

Succession

George II after thirty-five years of reign died in 2014. However, this was the first time in the history where the apparent heir was not child of the monarch. Four children of George and Queen Sophie died during his reign: Luis (1981), Charles (1998), Julia (2003) and William (2010). Also, the fifth son Albert, resigned to his claims in 2012 for illness. Thus, the succession line was moved to his daughter, Eugenie, born in 1994. At age of 20, she became the first women to be in the throne and also the first sovereign of the House of Orange-Nassau-Greencastle. The current heir apparent to the throne is Prince Alexander, cousin of Eugenie, with the next three in the line of succession being the three Prince's brothers: Prince Louis, Prince Maurice and Princess Claudia.

Upon a demise of the Crown (the death or abdication of a sovereign), the late sovereign's heir immediately and automatically succeeds but, in fact, still need to be confirmed by the Parliament, what is made in a further ceremony. It is customary for the accession of the new monarch to be publicly proclaimed by the Archbishop of Mevosa, in behalf of God, the people and the Kingdom. The monarch is crowned after an appropriate period of mourning, in a ceremony that ends in the oath of allegiance. However, in common law, the Crown never dies and the throne never is vacant. After an individual ascends the throne, he or she usually continues to reign until death.

Fluvique has no laws allowing for a regency, should the sovereign be a minor or debilitated; none have been passed by the Fluviquean parliament. In the Monarch Act of 1871, which established the charge, the only prerequisite was to be confirmed by the Parliament and, therefore, the people. This ambiguity has been revised twice in 1931 and 1942. According to the new amendments, the sovereign can have any religion and makes no distinction between male or female. However, as today all the monarch were catholics (because the majority of the population in 1871 was catholic) and only since 2014 Fluvique has a women in the throne.

Federal and provincial aspects

Fluvique's monarchy was established at Federation, when its executive government and authority were declared (in article 1 of the National Constitution of 1869) "the Fluviquean nation adopts the Constitutional Monarchy as its form of government, with its executive. The Fluviquean monarchy is a federal one in which the Crown is unitary throughout all jurisdictions in the country, the sovereignty of the different administrations being passed on through the overreaching Crown itself as a part of the executive, legislative, and judicial operations in each of the federal and provincial spheres and the headship of state being a part of all equally. The Crown thus links the various governments into a federal state, though it is simultaneously also "divided" into fifteen legal jurisdictions, or fifteen "crowns"—three federal and twelve provincial— with the monarch taking on a distinct legal person in each. As such, the constitution instructs that any change to the position of the monarch or his or her representatives requires the consent of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the legislative assemblies of all the provinces

Each provincial governor is elected by the popular vote appointed but "appointed" by the Queen. In the case of the territories, the Prime Minister advices the crown to appoint a federal commissioner. The Royal Committee of Appointments, which may seek input from the relevant premier and provincial or territorial community, proposes candidates for appointment a commissioner.

Personification of the Fluviquean state

As the living embodiment of the Crown, the sovereign is regarded as the personification of the Fluviquean state and such, "remain strictly neutral in political terms". The body of the reigning sovereign thus holds two distinct persons in constant coexistence: that of a natural-born human being and that of the state as accorded to him or her through law; the Crown and the monarch are "conceptually divisible but legally indivisible ... the office cannot exist without the office-holder",so, even in private, the monarch is always "on duty". The terms the state, the Crown, the Crown in Right of Fluvique, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Fluvique, and similar are all synonymous and the monarch's legal personality is sometimes referred to simply as Fluvique. Prior to the establishment of the Kingdom, Fluvo, a mythological representation of the Yellow River, was used as personification of Fluvique. However, nowadays, that figure is viewed as a subject of the monarch, due to the title of the monarch as "sovereign of the Yellow River"

As such, the king or queen of Fluvique is the employer of all government officials and staff (including governors, judges, members of the Fluviquean Forces, police officers, and parliamentarians), the guardian of foster children (Crown Healthcare), as well as the owner of all state lands (Crown land), buildings and equipment (Crown held property), state owned companies (Royal Corporations), and the copyright for all government publications (Crown copyright). This is all in his or her position as sovereign, and not as an individual; all such property is held by the Crown in perpetuity and cannot be sold by the sovereign without the proper advice and consent of his or her ministers.

The monarch is at the apex of the Fluviquean order of precedence and, as the embodiment of the state, is also the locus of oaths of allegiance, required of many of the aforementioned employees of the Crown, as well as by new citizens, as by the Oath of Citizenship. Allegiance is given in reciprocation to the sovereign's Coronation Oath, wherein he or she promises "rule over the people in accord of the laws and customs"

Head of state

Constitutional and political role

Royal residences

List of Fluviquean monarchs