Billopeshian monarchy
- This article is about the monarchy of Billopesha. For information on the reigning monarch, see Richard VI.
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| Style | His Majesty | ||
| History - Formation |
- 4 October 1644 | ||
| First Sovereign | Maximilian I | ||
| Billopesha |
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The Billopeshian monarchy is a system of government in which a semi-hereditary and semi-elected monarch is the constitutional sovereign head of state of Billopesha. The monarch hold the title 'Grand Lord/Lady of Billopesha' and this position is currently held by Richard VI, who was elected from the Billopec Family on October 14, 2007. He is mainly a ceremonial, official state representative figure who exercises limited power on the advice of the Chancellor and the Constitutional Council.
The sovereign is also:
- Leader of the Constitutional Council
- Chief Justice
- Commander-in-Chief of the Billopeshian State Forces
- Minister for the Silvereye Confederacy
- Minister for Regional Affairs
The sovereign of Billopesha is not a conventional monarch and, although the candidacy is hereditary, the acting sovereign is elected in by the Billopeshian Senate from one of the two royal families. Following this system, there are currently three heir candidates that form an order of succession; Prince Ivan of the Billopec Family and Princess Anne and Princess Teresa of the Billopeshus Family. Another irregularity is that the sovereign has a fixed retirement age that stands at 65 and also that the sovereign can be deposed by a a replacement vote made by the Senate, favouring another candidate.
The old absolute monarchy that had existed since the unification of Billopesha in 1644 was abolished after the Republican Revolution of the Billopeshian Civil War and replaced by a republican parliamentary democracy. The Prime Minister was then the head of state and government. This altered again after the Imperial Revolution when sovereign power shifted back to the monarch. The chaos caused the government to collapse and it was replaced with the current institution which was a compromise between the two opposing systems.
