Monarchy of Gapla

Sovereign Prince of the Federated States of Gapla Prince of the Danubias
Incumbent
Wyatt I of the Royal House of Baek since 20 August 2023
Details
Style	His Royal Majesty
Heir presumptive	Renaldo, Prince of Folia Tail
First monarch	Wyatt, Prince of the Danubias
Formation	28 February 2019

The Monarchy of Gapla consists of a largely ceremonial program managed by the Royal Title Service as an initiative to raise money for Gapla.

The monarchy mainly has the power to reorganize itself, manage the funds of the Royal Title Service, represent Gapla as its head of state, and issue and revoke most of the awards and decorations of Gapla. Other than that, however, the monarchy does not have much significant power, as Gapla is a representative democracy as opposed to an absolute monarchy.

Even while these titles are ceremonial, many activists of the Gaplan far-left, including the Socialist Republic Party, have proposed that Gapla stop collecting any funds, become a nonprofit (from the current not-for-profit status), and abolish the Royal Title Service. Others state that the Royal Title Service has opened up the avenue for Gapla to earn money, not tax its citizens, and keep improving the country.

History

The official logo of the Monarchy of Gapla. Note that it uses a depiction of the physical crown and not the heraldic crown.

The history of the Gaplan monarchy and Royal Title Service begins with the declaration of Wyatt Baek of himself as the "King" (sic) of the "Principality of Gapla." After he found out what a principality was, he promptly became the prince and declared that all of the princes and princesses were now dukes and duchesses. As there were a lot of Gaplans that found value in the prince and princess titles, a controversy was caused, and from the idea of Chelsea Chen the title of "Sovereign Prince" was founded.

Previously, Gaplan titles were awarded for grants of land, however, today grants of land are not eligible for titles in most circumstances and many of the old titles have been invalidated. After Gapla was reformed as the Federated States of Gapla, the Emperor was made God. This caused a lot of controversy as Gapla was previously a secular nation. However, Gapla was reformed as a "secular monotheistic" nation through an act of the Executive Council, stating that "monotheism is pretty obvious at this point, there's too much evidence for it."

Emma Bunnell made history when she bought the first royal title (princess) for $20.00 USD (the title is now worth $50.00 USD today, a 150% ROI, however, Emma refuses to sell her title, and instead runs a service for others to sell their titles).

Line of succession

The physical royal crown.

The following is the line of succession to the Gaplan throne. It shows up to ten places after the monarch.

• HRM Wyatt I, the Sovereign Prince
  • (1) HRH Renaldo I, Prince of Folia Tail
  • (2) HRH Chelsea II, Princess of Elemental
    • (3) HRH Emma I, Princess of Emeralkia
    • (4) His Grace Connor I, Duke of Cristus
    • (5) His Grace Shaun I, Duke of Unionland
    • (6) Her Grace Mirabelle I, Duchess of Unionland
    • (7) His Grace Brighton I, Duke of Brighton Beach
      • (8) Her Grace Tessa I, Duchess of Emeralkia
      • (9) Her Grace Eovnia I, Duchess of Mogollon
      • (10) The Rt. Hon. Vera Sy, Marchioness of Syopolis

List of titles

The Federated States of Gapla is a constitutional monarchy - that is, with a monarchy for tradition and fundraising but with the monarch having no political power simply due to that position.

During the history of Gapla, the monarchy was used to encourage states to verify land and fund the country. However, land grants are not eligible for titles anymore, except in rare circumstances. The following is a list of titles in the monarchy.

Title (male/female)		Form of address (example)	Classification	Maximum number of holders (excluding consorts)	Holders	Price (if applicable) and notes
Baron	Baroness	The Hon. Baron Ian Jia	Lower noble	Infinite	See List of Gaplan peers	USD $10.00
Count	Countess	The Rt. Hon. Grace Tan, Countess of Daisy				USD $15.00
Marquess	Marchioness	The Rt. Hon. Mirabelle Wang, Marchioness of Phoenix	Upper noble			USD $20.00 + government authorization
Duke	Duchess	His Grace, Anthony, Duke of Sweet Falls				USD $30.00 + government authorization
Prince	Princess	His Highness Renaldo I, Prince of Folia Tail	Royal	4		Not available for purchase Princes and princesses are the heads of principalities.
Sovereign Prince	Sovereign Princess	His Royal Majesty Wyatt I, Prince of the Danubias (or the Sovereign Prince)	Sovereign	1		Not available for purchase The sovereign. When not the sovereign on Earth, titled "Sovereign Prince Consort" or "Sovereign Princess Consort."
Emperor	Empress	N/A	Divine	1	Not available for purchase The Federated States of Gapla allocates the title of "Emperor" and "Empress" to God, the creator of the universe.

List of specific titles

A gallery of Gapla's heraldic crowns.

This section does not include most titles that were purchased from Gapla, which form the majority of the nobility.

The vast majority of titles purchased from Gapla are not granted a title such as "Baron of Gaplastovia," and instead just "Baron."

Princes and princesses

• Wyatt Baek, Prince of the Danubias (Sovereign Prince)
  • As the sovereign of the Principality of Gaplastovia.
• Chelsea Chen, Princess of Elemental (Grand Princess)
  • As the sovereign of the Principality of Elemental.
• Renaldo Chang, Prince of Folia Tail (Grand Prince)
  • As the sovereign of the Principality of Folia Tail.
• Emma Bunnell, Princess of Emeralkia
  • As the sovereign of the Principality of Emeralkia.
• Connor Holdsworth, Prince of Cristus
  • As the sovereign of the Principality of Cristus.

Dukes and duchesses

• Brighton Liang, Duke of Brighton Beach
  • As the sovereign of the Duchy of Brighton Beach.
• Mirabelle Wang, Duchess of Phoenix
  • As the sovereign of the Duchy of Phoenix.
• Shaun Madillo, Duke of Snakaris
  • As the sovereign of the Duchy of Snakaris.
• Tessa Huffmire, Duchess of Emeralkia
  • Title granted from historical precedent.
• Eovnia Pual, Duchess of Mogllon
  • As the sovereign of the Duchy of Mogollon.
• Connor Hetner, Duke of Gaplan Antarctica
  • As the sovereign of the Gaplan Antarctic Territory.
• Ortiz Restrepo, Duke of the Overseas Lands
  • As the sovereign of the Gaplan Overseas Lands.

Other titles

• Bright Li, Marquess of Musicland
• Anthony Tatsuta, Marquess of Sweet Falls
• Vera Sy, Marchioness of Syopolis
• Serena Ali, Marchioness of Kingdom City
• Grace Tan, Countess of Daisy
• Maher Kheder, Baron of Territoria
• Ian Jia, Baron of Pain
• Nicolas Caiazzo, Baron of Elemental
• Asmi Aggarwal, Baroness of Asmiland

Notable members

The following is a list of some of the most notable Gaplan nobles. For a list of all who have opted in to the publication of their name (most haven't), see the List of Gaplan peers.

• Sovereign Prince Wyatt Baek, considered the creator of the monarchy
• Former Sovereign Princess Chelsea Chen II, former sovereign princess
• Princess Emma Bunnell, the first known purchaser of a Gaplan title in late 2019