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The '''Government of the Apostolic Kingdom of [[Urcea]]''' is a type of dual federalist hierarchy and dual-sovereignty system. The Urcean Government is organized through a system of documents, edicts, and precedents called the [[Constitution of Urcea]], which was largely formed through the twin ideological impulses of Catholic social teaching and [[Crown Liberalism]]. | The '''Government of the Apostolic Kingdom of [[Urcea]]''' is a type of dual federalist hierarchy and dual-sovereignty system. The Urcean Government is organized through a system of documents, edicts, and precedents called the [[Constitution of Urcea]], which was largely formed through the twin ideological impulses of Catholic social teaching and [[Crown Liberalism]]. | ||
[[File:13-05-24-wien-RalfR-107.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The [[Julian Palace]] serves as the home of the national government and the focal point and symbol for the national government.]] | |||
At all levels of state, the [[Apostolic King of Urcea|Apostolic King-Elector]] is the central organizing Constitutional basis for authority, and all who live in the Kingdom are legally understood to be “subjects”, rather than “citizens”, though the concept applies equally and the terminology is used interchangeably. The King is constrained by a series of written and unwritten constitutional precedents. The system can best be described as something of a constitutional monarchy with a semi-presidential system below the Crown. | At all levels of state, the [[Apostolic King of Urcea|Apostolic King-Elector]] is the central organizing Constitutional basis for authority, and all who live in the Kingdom are legally understood to be “subjects”, rather than “citizens”, though the concept applies equally and the terminology is used interchangeably. The King is constrained by a series of written and unwritten constitutional precedents. The system can best be described as something of a constitutional monarchy with a semi-presidential system below the Crown. | ||
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== Legal Structure of the Kingdom == | == Legal Structure of the Kingdom == | ||
The [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] serves as Head of State and is the unifying legal basis for the country as a whole and the National Government in particular. Legally speaking, the provinces owe their allegiance to him as King, as the provinces are ''constituent'' parts of the Kingdom itself. The King rules in the crownlands according to their individual tradition and precedents; in the [[Archduchy of Urceopolis|Urceopolis]] he rules as Archduke, in [[Harren]] as Grand Duke, in [[Canaery]] as Prince-Elector, and the autonomous states as Prince-Sovereign, though in practical terms and common parlance he is hailed as Apostolic King in all his realms. The Apostolic Kingdom, however, is not a confederate collection of holdings but, since the end of the 16th century and legal reforms of [[Emperor Leo III of the Holy Levantine Empire|King Leo II]], has been gradually integrated into a single legal federal polity, which allows the Royal Courts jurisdiction over the entirety of the realm and the authority of the two Concilium to extend over the entire country. The nature of the King's authority since the early 21st century reforms, however, does present itself as him legally ruling over all provinces and holdings in a real union conterminous with the legal entity of the Kingdom. Despite the legal distinctions, there is a clear popular conception of the Urcean ''nation-state'' rather than a Urcean ''union''. Legally speaking, the Kingdom is contained within the mostly defunct [[Holy Levantine Empire]], which is entirely coterminous with the Kingdom. Though the hierarchy of the Empire mandates that the Urcean government's laws and statutes are secondary to that of the [[Imperial Diet]], the terms of the [[Treaty of Corcra]] left the dictates of the Diet non-enforceable, and the institution has not met since the early 1930s, making the distinction of Urcea's participation within the Empire purely nominal. The primary legacy of this participation is the nomenclature of the nation's army and titles of the Apostolic King; the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] reflects the King's status as [[Emperor of the Levantines]]. | The [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] serves as Head of State and is the unifying legal basis for the country as a whole and the National Government in particular. Legally speaking, the provinces owe their allegiance to him as King, as the provinces are ''constituent'' parts of the Kingdom itself. The King rules in the crownlands according to their individual tradition and precedents; in the [[Archduchy of Urceopolis|Urceopolis]] he rules as Archduke, in [[Harren]] as Grand Duke, in [[Canaery]] as Prince-Elector, and the autonomous states as Prince-Sovereign, though in practical terms and common parlance he is hailed as Apostolic King in all his realms. The Apostolic Kingdom, however, is not a confederate collection of holdings but, since the end of the 16th century and legal reforms of [[Emperor Leo III of the Holy Levantine Empire|King Leo II]], has been gradually integrated into a single legal federal polity, which allows the Royal Courts jurisdiction over the entirety of the realm and the authority of the two Concilium to extend over the entire country. The nature of the King's authority since the early 21st century reforms, however, does present itself as him legally ruling over all provinces and holdings in a real union conterminous with the legal entity of the Kingdom. Despite the legal distinctions, there is a clear popular conception of the Urcean ''nation-state'' rather than a Urcean ''union''. Legally speaking, the Kingdom is contained within the mostly defunct [[Holy Levantine Empire]], which is entirely coterminous with the Kingdom. Though the hierarchy of the Empire mandates that the Urcean government's laws and statutes are secondary to that of the [[Imperial Diet]], the terms of the [[Treaty of Corcra]] left the dictates of the Diet non-enforceable, and the institution has not met since the early 1930s, making the distinction of Urcea's participation within the Empire purely nominal. The primary legacy of this participation is the nomenclature of the nation's army and titles of the Apostolic King; the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] reflects the King's status as [[Emperor of the Levantines]]. | ||