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Constitution of the Kingdom
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The Rt. Hon John Hanson, M.P.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE KINGDOM OF ALORIA
Preamble
WE, the People of this KINGDOM OF ALORIA, do hereby declare that this Constitution shall serve as the base law of our great nation and that it shall be legally and absolutely binding upon all persons and organs within its sovereign jursidiction. We do recognise it as the highest law of the land and vow to uphold the social and political order that stems from it.

Chapter I: The Kingdom
ARTICLE 1
The Kingdom of Aloria, henceforth referred to in this document as Aloria or the Kingdom, is an independent and sovereign State that exists as an enclave of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is unilaterally independent from the United Kingdom. The sovereignty of Aloria extends throughout its territory.

ARTICLE 2
The Kingdom is a unitary state.

ARTICLE 3
The Kingdom is a Constitutional Monarchy founded on the ideas inherent in every free multi-party democracy, the fundamental equality of all Human beings and the right of every people to self-determination.

ARTICLE 4
The Kingdom is a secular, irreligious State. It does not advocate State Atheism, but rather the independence of the State from religious affairs.

ARTICLE 5
The Monarchy and Nobility of the Licentian and Alorian States are absolutely abolished under this constitution, and shall be substituted with a new Monarchy and Nobility that is entirely Alorian in nature.

ARTICLE 6
I. The sovereignty of Aloria is inviolable.
II. The People are the bearers of sovereignty and the only source of power in Aloria.
III. The power of their People is rooted in their right to self-determination and political collectivisation, and is exercised through the democratic processes of the State and through the autocratic processes of the Crown.
IV. The interests of the State and the Crown are subordinate to those of the People.
V. No Monarch shall rule, and no government shall govern, without being chosen by the People for their task.

ARTICLE 7
I. The Kingdom is a State in which all Human beings are absolutely equal in the eyes of the law, the State and their fellow man. No Human being may be discriminated against by the law, by the State or by their fellow man.
II. Men and women are absolutely equal in the Kingdom.
III. The State and Crown are obligated to ensure the fundamental equality of all Human beings socially and economically, according to the principles of equal opportunity, legal equality and freedom from persecution.

ARTICLE 8
I. The Alorian homeland is absolutely inviolable. No person in its borders may take actions that threaten the sovereignty, integrity or security of the Kingdom or its People.
II. The State and Crown work to promote civil patriotism and justified, balanced nationalism among the People.

ARTICLE 9
The natural environment of Aloria is a national treasure to be preserved at all costs. The Kingdom seeks to establish a free and green society that is not dependent on unsustainable resources and development methods. All land and resources are, by default, property of the State unless otherwise specified.

ARTICLE 10
The Kingdom promotes the development of a strong Alorian culture within the framework of greater Licentian culture.

ARTICLE 11
The Kingdom is committed to holding up all Human Rights and meeting international standards on the protection of these rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948.

ARTICLE 12
I. The State and Crown protect the nation and the People from war, terrorism, man-made and natural disasters to the best of its ability.
II. The Kingdom is dedicated to pursuing a tolerant, open foreign policy with serious micronational and secessionist States who have achieved de facto or de jure independence according to government criteria established in national laws pertaining to foreign relations. It is fundamentally opposed to war, militarism and jingoism. Any measures taken to prepare for, engage in or advocate armed conflict against another nation state without casus belli are considered unconstitutional. Just War Theory shall govern any defensive conflict the nation is forced into.
III. The Kingdom respects the autonomy and right to self-determination of all peoples and micronational states. It shall not seek to infringe on the sovereignty of any micronational state it extends diplomatic recognition to. It opposed to Pan-Licentian Nationalism, favouring the current Two State Solution to the divide among the Licentian People.

ARTICLE 13
The national representative symbols of the Kingdom shall be determined by national law.

ARTICLE 14
There shall only be one form of citizenship in the Kingdom, regulated by the State and Crown in keeping with its constitutional parameters.

ARTICLE 15
I. The Father of the Kingdom shall be Colum I of Aloria, the founder of the Kingdom.
II. The Father of the Nation shall be John Hanson, the first Prime Minister of the Kingdom.
III. The aforementioned individuals shall be known as the Founders of the State, and hold only ceremonial positions unless elected to public office.

ARTICLE 16
The official language of the Kingdom is English. The demonymn for its people shall be Alorian.

ARTICLE 17
This Constitution is the basic and supreme law of the Kingdom. It is the founding document and supreme legal text of the nation. No policy or law may contradict the terms of this constitution, and where laws do contradict the articles of this document the terms of the constitution take precedence in all legal matters. The State may not take, recommend or pursue any unconstitutional course of action.

CHAPTER II: ORGANISATION OF THE STATE AND KINGDOM

PART I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES

ARTICLE 18
The State is organised according to the principles of democracy, transparency and public accountability. All organs yield to and follow these principles.

ARTICLE 19
The system of State organisation is based on the belief that the People are the source of all power and that the government must answer to their will, which is expressed according to the proper democratic processes.

ARTICLE 20
No single organ, office, institution, political party, association or individual shall hold supreme power over the nation or the People.

ARTICLE 21
The State strives to effectively separate Administrative, Adjudicative, Legislative and Executive Powers in the interests of democracy and fairness.

ARTICLE 22
The State acknowledges and protects the autonomy of regions, localities and minorities within the borders of the Kingdom. It take steps to ensure the representation of all regions, localities and peoples in local and National government organs and institutions within the framework of a federative government.

ARTICLE 23
State powers belong to the national entities for the following subject matters:
(a) state defence,
(b) foreign relations,
(c) economic regulations,
(d) infrastructure and traffic,
(e) taxation,
(f) solidarity systems,
(g) private, criminal, and procedural law,
(h) educational and other standards,
(i) and all other subject matters which by their very nature or as a corollary to the subjects listed have to be controlled at the national level.

ARTICLE 24
The State practices devolution of power to constituent regions of the unitary system without compromising the strength or unity of the national government. The interests of the nation and People are above those of the regions.

PART II: THE UNITARY STATE

ARTICLE 25
The territory of the Kingdom is broken down into a series of semi-autonomous regions who participate in the political and economic systems of the nation as constituents in of a unitary state.

ARTICLE 26
I. The extent of devolution of authority and/or power shall by determined by the Parliament.
II. Every region shall be named appropriately by the Monarch, and shall be named in accordance with their position in the hierarchy of local government.

ARTICLE 27
All regions of Aloria are inviolably part of the Kingdom. They may not secede from the Kingdom, may not subvert the authority of the Crown or the national government and must adhere to all laws of the Kingdom. All territory, land and forms State-owned property within the Kingdom are the nominal property of the Crown.

CHAPTER III: THE CROWN AND MONARCHY OF THE KINGDOM
PART I: THE CROWN

ARTICLE 28
The Crown is nominally the supreme political and governmental authority in the Kingdom, exercising power vested in it by the People. It is the responsibility of the Crown to rule over the Kingdom and its People, but not to govern the Kingdom or its People.

ARTICLE 29
The authority of the Crown originates from the People and is bound to the principles of this Constitution. Under no conditions may the Crown take action that is deemed to be unconstitutional.

ARTICLE 30
The Crown is an apolitical entity that shall not show preference towards any government, political party or political tendency within or without the Kingdom.

ARTICLE 31
The authority and powers of the Crown are vested in the Monarchy of the Kingdom and His/Her Royal Majesty’s Government, as dictated by this Constitution and by the provisions of both national law and parliamentary convention.

ARTICLE 32
All organs of national, regional and local government shall fall under the nominal jurisdiction of the Crown.

ARTICLE 33
Under no circumstances may the powers of the Crown be expanded beyond their original form, in the interests of maintain democracy and preventing the establishment of an autocratic government.

PART II: THE MONARCHY

ARTICLE 34
The authority, but not necessarily the powers, of the Crown shall be synonymous with that of the Monarch and the Monarchy for all legal intents and purposes.

ARTICLE 35
I. Within the framework of national and constitutional law, the Monarchy shall refer to the political institution in which the Crown vests its authority.
II. Within the framework of national and constitutional law, the Monarch shall refer to the individual who represents the authority of the aforementioned institution and who ceremonially and nominally executes the powers of the Crown. Within this constitution and all legal documents, the Monarch may be referred to alternatively as the Sovereign. These two terms shall be synonymous with one another.

ARTICLE 36
I. The Monarch is the Head of State and Sovereign of the Kingdom. Their authority extends throughout the realm and they are the source of governmental authority and power. They serve concurrently as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and all uniformed emergency services.
II. The Monarch reigns over the Kingdom and all of its territories and Crown possessions, ruling with the consent of the People of Aloria.
III. The authority and powers of the Monarch are bound to the Constitution and to national law.
IV. The Monarchy operates according to the principle of democratic, not hereditary, succession.
V. The privileges and authority of the Monarchy do not automatically extend to the family of the Monarch.
VI. The Monarch shall be officially styled King of Aloria if male and Queen of Aloria if female.

SECTION A: ELECTION

ARTICLE 37
I. The Monarch serves a single, indefinite term that only expires in the event of death or voluntary abdication.
II. No person may serve more than one term as Monarch.
III. The Monarch shall not be succeeded by another member of their immediate family. Heirs and immediate relatives to the reigning Monarch are ineligible to stand at the next Monarchial election.
IV. The Monarch may not be impeached or recalled, except by a nation-wide popular referrendum that may be called only by the House of Lords.

ARTICLE 38
The Monarch is elected by universal suffrage of all persons who have attained legal adult.

ARTICLE 39
I. Any citizen of the Kingdom of Aloria, provided they do not hold aristocratic or Royal titles in another micro- or macronational state and provided they do not meet the exclusion criteria of Article 37 Paragraph III, is eligible to stand for election as Monarch irrespective of gender and provided they have attained the legal age of adulthood.
II. Candidates for election may not belong to any political party, may not be a sitting member of the House of Representatives and may not have previously served as Prime Minister.

ARTICLE 40
I. Elections for the Monarchy shall be held using an instant runoff Single-Transferable Voting system.
II. Monarchial elections are otherwise subject to the provisions of Chapter V.

SECTION B: POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

ARTICLE 41
I. It is the responsibility of the Monarch to officially appoint a Prime Minister to head His/Her Royal Majesty's Government, who shall serve in the constitutional role outlined in Chapter ?.
II. The Monarch shall appoint, without fail, a candidate to the office of Prime Minister who has obtained a majority of votes in favour of their selection in the House of Representatives immediately after a General Election.
III. In the event that the House of Representatives fails to select a candidate for the office of Prime Minister, then the Monarch shall appoint a candidate unilaterally nominated by the political party that commands a majority in the House of Representatives.
IV. In the event that the House of Representatives fails to select a candidate for the office of Prime Minister and no party commands a majority in the House of Representatives, then the Monarch shall appoint a candidate nominated by the party that came first in the most recent General Election to the post of Prime Minister.
V. In the event that the candidate appointed by the Monarch should refuse his or her appointment, then the Monarch shall find another candidate according to the provisions of this Article.

ARTICLE 42
I. It is the responsibility of the Monarch to grant the Prime Minister formal permission to form a government in their name.
II. The Monarch must grant permission to the Prime Ministers they appoint to form a government.

ARTICLE 43
The Monarch unilaterally appoints members to the House of Lords, subject to other constitutional and legal provisions, provided the members they appoint either hold or are simultaneously granted a title of nobility.

ARTICLE 44
I. The Monarch is responsible for granting Royal Assent to any bill passed by His or Her Royal Majesty's Houses of Parliament, in accordance with the legislative protocols of Parliament.
II. The Monarch may not refuse to grant Royal Assent to any bill that has obtained a majority of votes in its favour in both the House of Lords and the House of Representatives.
III. The Monarch may not delay the granting of Royal Assent to any bill.
IV. In the event the Monarch can not bring themselves to grant Royal Assent to a bill if doing so would go against their most profound moral principles, then the Monarch may transfer the power to grant Royal Assent to their Prime Minister for the bill in question. The Prime Minister shall not be permitted to refuse to grant Royal Assent on their behalf even on moral grounds.

ARTICLE 45
I. It is the responsibility of the Monarch to officially dissolve His or Her Royal Majesty's Houses of Parliament.
II. The Monarch shall only dissolve Parliament if the Prime Minister has called, and set a conclusive date for, a General Election or if Parliament has voted by a two-thirds majority or greater to dissolve itself thus triggering an automatic election. In the case of a General Election set by the Prime Minister, then Parliament shall be dissolved no earlier than one full week prior to the opening of national voting.

ARTICLE 46
I. It is the responsibility of the Monarch to officially restore the Houses of Parliament at a suitable time following their dissolution, in accordance with the principles of Article 46.
II. The Monarch shall only restore Parliament immediately following a General Election.

ARTICLE 47
I. It is the responsibility of the Monarch to officially appoint a Speaker of the House of Representatives to preside over its business and affairs.
II. The Monarch shall only approve a candidate for the office of Speaker who has been elected by an absolute majority of votes in the House of Representatives.

ARTICLE 48
I. It is the responsibility of the Monarch to officially appoint a Speaker of the House of Lords.
II. The Monarch may freely choose a Speaker from all sitting members of the House of Lords, and may appoint themselves to the post if they so desire it.

ARTICLE 49
The Monarch has the right to preside as Supreme Speaker over joint-sessions of His or Her Royal Majesty's Houses of Parliament.

ARTICLE 50
I. The Monarch has the power to bestow titles of nobility or aristocracy upon persons of their choosing, according to a system of their choosing.
II. The Monarch may not bestow such titles upon an incumbent Prime Minister, nor upon a sitting member of the House of Representatives. Former holders of these positions may be granted such titles after their term in office has come to an end.

ARTICLE 51
The Monarch may freely bestow titles on Royalty to members of their own family and upon their consorts and their consort's family, subject to the same provisions as titles of nobility or aristocracy.

ARTICLE 52
The Monarch may freely remove titles they grant.

ARTICLE 53
The Monarch may freely deprive sitting members of the House of Lords of their seats.

ARTICLE 54
The Monarch may, with the explicit and verifiable consent of their Prime Minister, represent the Kingdom in foreign affairs as Head of State. They may negotiate, but not ratify, bi- or multilateral agreements under this provision again with Prime Ministerial consent.

ARTICLE 55
The Monarch may sign bi- or multilateral agreements that have been ratified by the House of Representatives.

ARTICLE 56
The Monarch is free to offer their public opinion on any political, governmental, economic, social or cultural issue provided they do not allow such views to impact on their constitutional duties and their inviolable independence.

ARTICLE 57
The Monarch shall advise the Prime Minister freely and privately on all matters of State.

ARTICLE 58
I. The Monarch is entitled to assume a seat in the House of Lords.
II. The Monarch's appointment to the Lords shall not require any independent or parliamentary verification.
III. The Monarch shall have all the rights and powers of any non-partisan member of the Lords.

CHAPTER IV: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM
ARTICLE 59
For the purposes of this chapter, the term "His or Her Royal Majesty's Government" shall refer to the combined authority of the national executive and legislative branches.

PART I: PARLIAMENT

ARTICLE 60
His or Her Royal Majesty's Most Noble Houses of Parliament, known henceforth atlernatively as the Houses of Parliament or plainly as Parliament, shall serve as the highest and sole national legislative authority in the Kingdom. Parliament shall be the supreme governmental authority of the Kingdom.

ARTICLE 61
I. Parliament shall be organised according to a bicameral framework and shall be divided into an Upper House and a Lower House.
II. The Upper House of Parliament shall be known as the House of Lords.
III. The Lower House of Parliament shall be known as the House of Representatives.

ARTICLE 62
The nominal and ceremonial head of the Houses of Parliament shall be the Monarch.

ARTICLE 63
The Houses of Parliament shall not seek to reduce, nor transfer, any of their collective fundamental powers outlined in this Constitution.

SECTION A: THE HOUSE OF LORDS

SUB-SECTION 1: MEMBERS

ARTICLE 64
The House of Lords, also known plainly as the Lords for the purposes of this Constitution, is a body of legislators who have been granted a title of nobility by the Monarchy and have been chosen to sit in the upper chamber of the Houses of Parliament.

ARTICLE 65
Sitting members of the House of Lords shall be known, in addition to their titles of nobility, as Lords of Parliament.

ARTICLE 66
I. Lords of Parliament, in addition to their noble styles, have the right to legally use the style "The Honourable Lord" or "The Honourable Lady" in accordance with their gender.
II. Lords of Parliament, in addition to their noble styles, have the right to add the suffix ", L.P." to their name to denote their status as a member of the Lords.

ARTICLE 67
Edited by John Hanson, Jan 10 2010, 12:49 AM.
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