Article One
DESIGNATIONS AND THE FORMS OF GOVERNMENT
1.01
The nation’s name shall be designated as the “Occidian Empire”.
1.01.01
The term “Occidian” shall be representative of our people’s collective shared heritage and presence upon the same continent, and representative of where we shall exercise the majority of our regional power.
1.01.02
The term “Empire” shall be representative of our nature as a union of semi-autonomous households; that these households shall maintain certain privileges of self-governance under their Junkers, but shall still be answerable to the higher government of the Empire.
1.01.03
The government of the Empire shall maintain the right to declare for itself certain cultural elements, animals, or objects as being representative of the general identity of the community, herein identified as a “National symbol”.
1.01.04
These cultural elements shall be selected via a majority vote among the Council of Junkers, initiated by one or both of the monarchs.
1.01.05
The crowns must perform a referendum among the citizens regarding the selection of these cultural elements before bringing the final decision before the Council of Junkers.
1.01.06
The people of the Occidian Empire shall be referred to as “Occidians”, in reference to the ancestral region of Occidia, formerly a region of the Empire of New Europe, and our unique identity as an Empire on the Western Hemisphere.
1.01.07
The names “Imperial State of Occidia”, “Occidian State”, “Occidian Empire” and “Occidia” shall be equal.
1.02
The territorial claims of the Occidian Empire shall be defined as the collection of all land owned or resided upon by the households of the Empire, and shall change relative to the most recent census accordingly.
1.02.01
The Sphere of Influence, as defined by the Delveran Constitution, shall be determined by a vote of the Council of Junkers, initiated by the Sovereign only, to be sent to the Imperial government for confirmation or amendment.
1.03
The Occidian Empire is a free, indivisible and inalienable realm and province of the Grand Republic of Delvera. Its form of government is a Confederated, Constitutional, Hereditary and Parliamentary Monarchy.
The nation’s name shall be designated as the “Occidian Empire”.
1.01.01
The term “Occidian” shall be representative of our people’s collective shared heritage and presence upon the same continent, and representative of where we shall exercise the majority of our regional power.
1.01.02
The term “Empire” shall be representative of our nature as a union of semi-autonomous households; that these households shall maintain certain privileges of self-governance under their Junkers, but shall still be answerable to the higher government of the Empire.
1.01.03
The government of the Empire shall maintain the right to declare for itself certain cultural elements, animals, or objects as being representative of the general identity of the community, herein identified as a “National symbol”.
1.01.04
These cultural elements shall be selected via a majority vote among the Council of Junkers, initiated by one or both of the monarchs.
1.01.05
The crowns must perform a referendum among the citizens regarding the selection of these cultural elements before bringing the final decision before the Council of Junkers.
1.01.06
The people of the Occidian Empire shall be referred to as “Occidians”, in reference to the ancestral region of Occidia, formerly a region of the Empire of New Europe, and our unique identity as an Empire on the Western Hemisphere.
1.01.07
The names “Imperial State of Occidia”, “Occidian State”, “Occidian Empire” and “Occidia” shall be equal.
1.02
The territorial claims of the Occidian Empire shall be defined as the collection of all land owned or resided upon by the households of the Empire, and shall change relative to the most recent census accordingly.
1.02.01
The Sphere of Influence, as defined by the Delveran Constitution, shall be determined by a vote of the Council of Junkers, initiated by the Sovereign only, to be sent to the Imperial government for confirmation or amendment.
1.03
The Occidian Empire is a free, indivisible and inalienable realm and province of the Grand Republic of Delvera. Its form of government is a Confederated, Constitutional, Hereditary and Parliamentary Monarchy.