Monarchy of Adammia

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Emperor of Adammia
Imperial
Coat of arms of Adammia
Incumbent
Adam I
since 19 April 2013
Details
StyleHis Imperial Majesty
Heir apparentCrown Prince Daniel
First monarchAdam I
Formation19 April 2013

The Monarchy of Adammia is the collective term for the Head of State of the Empire of Adammia, their Consort, the Imperial Family, and the political bodies directly associated with them.

Monarch

Imperial Standard of Adammia, adopted December 2019.

Under the Supreme Directive, the Monarch is the Head of State of the Empire of Adammia. They bear the title of Emperor/Empress, the style of His/Her Imperial Majesty and the secondary title of Imperator Adammiae. Numerous powers are invested in the Monarch, both from the Supreme Directive and from various Acts of Council and Imperial Decrees. They are seen as an embodiment of the state, and as the supreme source of authority. Since the position of Monarch was established in the Supreme Directive on 19 April 2013, the only occupant of this position has been Emperor Adam I.

Consort

The title of Consort was established by Imperial Decree XVI on 28 October 2013. It was intended to be reserved for the Monarch's romantic (unmarried) partner, known as a Prince Consort if male and a Princess Consort if female, and bearing the style of His/Her Illustrious Highness. It was created in the unlikely chance that a romantic endeavour being undertaken by the Emperor at the time was successful; the said endeavour failed, and the position was left vacant until 3 March 2014, when Madam Sydney Saindon, a close friend of the Emperor, was granted the title by Imperial Decree XXII, despite the lack of a romantic relationship between the two. After they drifted apart in late 2014, Decree XXXI declared the position vacant on 11 January 2015.

  • 28 October 2013 - 3 March 2014: Vacant
  • 3 March 2014 - 11 January 2015: H.Ill.H Princess Consort Sydney
  • 11 January 2015 – present: Vacant

Imperial Family

The Imperial Family consists of the Monarch, their siblings, offspring, spouse and parents. This means that the Imperial Family currently has five members: from the Imperial branch of the House of Belcher, there is Emperor Adam I, Crown Prince Daniel, Prince Jake, and Emperor Father Kevin; and from the Imperial branch of the House of Hall there is Emperor Mother Jayne. The role of the ruling house in the Monarchy is unclear and informal, and is only referred to sparingly in legislation. This stems from the fact that the current Monarch's parents are no longer together, meaning that the Imperial Family has members in two separate houses (the House of Belcher and the House of Hall). However, Emperor Adam usually refers to himself as belonging to the House of Belcher, and therefore that house can be considered the ruling house of the Empire.

Another theoretical member of the Imperial Family would be the Monarch's spouse, who due to a quirk in legislation would be known as the Empress if female, but Prince Consort if male.

Imperial Estate

The Imperial Estate comprises all land owned micronationally by the Imperial Family or the Office of the Emperor, as defined by the Land Ownership Act 2016. The current Imperial Estate is as follows:

All three areas of the Imperial Estate have leased sections to various government departments and agencies, companies, political parties and sports associations.

Former estate

  • The Imperial Crownland of Borealia, which was owned by the Office of the Emperor prior to Borealia becoming independent from the Empire in August 2016.

Symbols

The Emperor's current preferred symbol of the Monarchy is the top hat. A top hat is worn by Emperor Adam in nearly all of his micronational activities, and it has been likened to a crown (indeed, on the original Adammic Coat of Arms before the design was replaced by that of Emmanuel Tsompanoglou, there was a top hat where the crown would normally be). During her time as Princess Consort, Madam Sydney Saindon also acquired a (much more expensive) top hat to reflect this, further reinforcing the status of the top hat as a symbol of the Monarchy. Emperor Adam I's full imperial regalia consists of a tuxedo, a top hat, and a cane which acts as a sceptre. Occasions on which the Emperor wears his full regalia include Foundation Day, the State Opening of Council, the Emperor's Fabulous Quiz and the Insomnia World Famous Pub Quiz. He may wear a more casual variation of this, featuring jeans and a more casual shirt, during ordinary meetings of the Ruling Council. He will also rarely wear a suit, with a standard black necktie, such as when recording the Emperor's Christmas Broadcast.

In December 2019, the Monarchy adopted an official Imperial Standard for the first time. It consists of the national coat of arms in the first and fourth quarters, the arms of Belcher of Pontefract in the second quarter, and the arms of Hall of Wakefield in the third quarter.

Office of the Emperor

The Office of the Emperor is an executive and legislative body which exercises the various powers granted by the Monarch's different roles. The Office of the Emperor exercises the roles of Head of State, Chair of the Ruling Council, Judge of the Grand Court, Sovereign of the Order of Adammia, and Grand Marshal of the Military of Adammia. Since 2020, it has operated from Asquith House in Turing, Lagentia.

The staff within the Office of the Emperor can be broadly divided into two parts: an advisory wing, led by the Chief Advisor, and an operational wing, led by the Private Secretary. The Chief Advisor and the Private Secretary are considered equivalent in rank, although the Chief Advisor is a much older position. The staff who have been appointed within the Office by the Monarch usually fill nominally ceremonial roles and are rarely called upon. The services of the Office's staff are nominally available to the Cabinet Office as the latter lacks an equivalent team of its own, but in practice the executive government rarely makes use of this.

Staff

Powers

The Monarch has a massive range of executive and legislative powers in Adammia.

Under the Supreme Directive, the Emperor can:

  • Issue Imperial Decrees, a form of legislation. However, these Decrees can be overturned by the Ruling Council.
  • Issue titles to any citizen or non-citizen
  • Make exceptions to laws for various citizens
  • Propose to amend the Supreme Directive through a public referendum
  • Grant or remove honourary or full citizenship to people
  • Appoint people as their Advisor or Chief Advisor
  • Appoint a Regent if they will be unable to rule the Empire for a long period of time
  • Override a decision by the Ruling Council to begin a Regency, unless the Council votes against this with 80% support
  • Nominate a candidate for the position of Lord Chancellor to the Ruling Council
  • Appoint an Archduke or Archduchess, with the consent of the Ruling Council
  • Approve an appointment of a Duke or Duchess by an Archduke or Archduchess
  • Start and end meetings of the Ruling Council, as its Chair
  • Give consent to Acts of Parliament, thus allowing them to pass
  • Set the date for local and general elections
  • Accept or reject nominees for Prime Minister
  • Choose punishments for convicted offenders as Judge of the Grand Court

Imperial Decrees have given several more specific powers to the Emperor:

  • Control over the armed forces, as the Grand Marshal of the Military
  • The responsibility to sign Treaties of Annexation when incorporating new land into the Empire
  • The ability to induct people into the Order of Adammia or the Order of the Meerkat, as Sovereign of both orders
  • The ability to change any national symbol other than the national anthem and flag
  • The ability to recognise other nations as sovereign states
  • The ability to declare their unmarried romantic partner as their Prince / Princess Consort (though de-facto this can extend to any close friend of the opposite sex to the Monarch)
  • The ability to sign an international multilateral treaty (subject to ratification)
  • The ability to give Imperial Consent to an instrument of ratification

Finally, some powers have been granted to the Monarch by Acts of Parliament:

  • The ability to give any location a name if it does not already have one
  • The ability to appoint Judges

Unofficially, the Emperor represents the nation in the intermicronational community, and as such, the current Emperor acts as Adammia's delegate to the Grand Unified Micronational.

Line of succession

Per Article VII Section 5 of the Supreme Directive, the Monarchy is hereditary and uses absolute primogeniture. At the present, Emperor Adam I has no descendants, and two younger siblings: the Heir to the throne, Crown Prince Daniel, and the second-in-line, Prince Jake. After siblings, uncles and aunts are next in line, first on the paternal side, followed by the maternal side (this means that the succession is not perfectly gender-neutral). Ordinarily, it is impossible for the succession to travel directly upwards, that is to say, to the Monarch's parents or grandparents. However, technically it is possible for such a person to inherit the throne if it is first inherited by the Monarch's uncle or aunt, and then passes to the former Monarch's parent as the sibling of the new Monarch; however, this only works if the parent has not already been Monarch before.

Each successive Emperor or Empress will hold the secondary title of Imperator Adammiae(numeral), symbolising "nth Emperor of Adammia". For example, Crown Prince Daniel would become Imperator Adammiae II, Prince Jake would become Imperator Adammiae III, and so on.

Full line of succession

HIM Emperor Adam I (born 1998)


Paternal uncles and aunts

  • 3. Sir Andrew Belcher (HIM Emperor Andrew I, Imperator Adammmiae IV; HIH Empress Rachel) (b. 196x)
  • 4. HIH Emperor Father Kevin (HIM Emperor Kevin I, Imperator Adammiae V) (b. 1965)


Paternal great-uncles and great-aunts

  • 5. Lily Belcher (HIM Empress Lilian I, Imperatrix Adammiae VI) (b. 1925)
  • 6. Sir Kenneth Belcher (HIM Emperor Kenneth I, Imperator Adammiae VII) (b. 1939)


Maternal uncles and aunts

  • 7. HG Lord Admiral Christopher Hall, Duke of Myway (HIM Emperor Christopher I, Imperator Adammiae VIII; HIH Princess Consort Deborah) (b. 1969)
    • 8. Eleanor Hall (HIM Empress Eleanor I, Imperatrix Adammiae IX) (b. 2000)
      • 9. Elsie ? (HIM Empress Elizabeth III, Imperatrix Adammiae X) (b. 2022)
    • 10. Christina Hall (HIM Empress Christina I, Imperatrix Adammiae XI) (b. 2009)
  • 11. HIH Emperor Mother Jayne Belcher (HIM Empress Jayne I, Imperatrix Adammiae XII; HIH Prince Consort Paul) (b. 1968)
  • 12. Lord Andrew Hall, Baron of Tytannia Ulterior (HIM Emperor Andrew II, Imperator Adammiae XIII) (b. 1971)
  • 13. Lady Julie Foster, Countess of Watertopia (HIM Empress Julia I, Imperatrix Adammiae XIV; HIH Prince Consort Simon) (b. 1975)
    • 14. Lord Matthew Foster, Lord Mayor of Attenborough (HIM Emperor Matthew I, Imperator Adammiae XV) (b. 2005)
    • 15. James Foster (HIM Emperor James III, Imperator Adammiae XVI) (b. 2007)
  • 16. Lord David Hall, Baron of Sapientia (HIM Emperor David I, Imperator Adammiae XVII) (b. 1977)


Maternal great-uncles and great-aunts

  • 17. Mildred Hunt (HIM Empress Mildred I, Imperatrix Adammiae XVIII)
    • 18. Pamela ? (HIM Empress Pamela I, Imperatrix Adammiae XIX)
    • 19. Stephen Hunt (HIM Emperor Stephen II, Imperator Adammiae XX)
  • 20. HG Lord Colonel Reginald Hall, 1st Archduke of North Adammia (HIM Emperor Reginald I, Imperator Adammiae XXI) (b. 1940)
  • (Margaret Oldfield)
    • 21. Robert Oldfield (HIM Emperor Robert I, Imperator Adammiae XXII)
  • (Trevor Boxall)
    • 22. Debbie Watson (HIM Empress Deborah I, Imperatix Adammiae XXIII)
  • 23. Pamela Williams (HIM Empress Pamela II, Imperatrix Adammiae XXIV)
    • 24. Shaun Williams (HIM Emperor Shaun I, Imperator ADammiae XXV)
    • 25. Stephen Williams (HIM Emperor Stephen III, Imperator Adammiae XXVI)
      • 26. Evie Williams (HIM Empress Eva I, Imperatrix Adammiae XXVII)
  • 27. Steven Boxall (HIM Emperor Stephen IV, Imperator Adammiae XXVIII)
    • 28. Jamie Boxall (HIM Emperor James IV, Imperator Adammiae XXIX; HIH Empress Rebecca)
      • 29. ? Boxall (Imperatrix Adammiae XXX)
      • 30. ? Boxall (Imperatrix Adammiae XXXI)
    • 31. John Boxall (HIM Emperor John II, Imperator Adammiae XXXII)
    • 32. Claire ? (HIM Empress Clara I, Imperatrix Adammiae XXXIII)
      • 33. Rose ? (HIM Empress Rosa I, Imperatrix Adammiae XXXIV)
      • 34. ? (Imperator Adammiae XXXV)
  • 35. Pauline Mawson (HIM Empress Pauline I, Imperatrix Adammiae XXXVI)
    • 36. Angela Mawson (HIM Empress Angela I, Imperatrix Adammiae XXXVII)
    • 37. Melanie Mawson (HIM Empress Melanie I, Imperatrix Adammiae XXXVIII)
  • 38. Erica Jones (HIM Empress Erica I, Imperatrix Adammiae XXXIX; HIH Prince Consort Kenneth)
    • 39. Louise Jones (HIM Empress Louisa I, Imperatrix Adammiae XL)
    • 40. Gary Jones (HIM Emperor Gary I, Imperator Adammiae XLI)
    • 41. Katie Jones (HIM Empress Catherine I, Imperatrix Adammiae XLII)
  • (Hazel Batty)
    • 42. David Batty (HIM Emperor David II, Imperator Adammiae XLIII)
    • 43. Douglas Batty (HIM Emperor Douglas I, Imperator Adammiae XLIV)

Style

The Emperor's current full style:

His Imperial Majesty Emperor Adam I of Adammia, Imperator Adammiae I, Founder of Adammia, Grand Marshal of the Military of Adammia, Field Marshal of the Adammic Army, Grand Admiral of the Adammic Navy, Air Chief Marshal of the Adammic Air Force, Lord Chancellor of the State of Adammia, Sovereign of the Order of Adammia, Sovereign of the Order of the Meerkat, Duke of Deira, Earl of Carew, Knight of Honour of the Glorious Order of Saint John, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Marinus, Knight Commander of the Most Gracious Order of the Marquis, Imperial Knight of the Austenasian Order, Knight of the Ordo Fidelium, Knight of the Order of Saint Bartholomew, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of Lundenwic, Member of the Most Excellent Order of the Wildebeest, Member of the Essian Order, Master of Engineering

See also

Empire of Adammia
Adam Belcher
Supreme Directive