Monarchy of Poliania

Emperor of All Polianians
Ⰲⰾⰰⰴⰻⰽⰰ ⱀⰰ ⰲⱄⰻⱌⰽⰻ Ⱂⱁⰾⰵⱀⰻ Vladika na vsički Poljéni
Imperial
Incumbent
Vizimir II since 16 May, 1948
Details
Style	His Imperial Majesty
Heir presumptive	Grand Duchess Aleksandra
First monarch	Vladislav I (as King) Alexander IV (as Emperor)
Formation	30 November, 1855
Residence	Imperial Palace of Tretogor
Website	www.imperial.po

The monarchy of Poliania (Volynian: ⰿⱁⱀⰰⱃⰽⰻⱑ ⱀⰰ Ⱂⱁⰾⰵⱀⰻⱑ tr. monárhija na Poljénija), constitutionally referred to as The Crown (Volynian: Ⰽⱁⱃⱁⱀⰰⱅⰰ tr. Korónata), is the constituional monarchy of Poliania. The monarchy comprises the reigning monarch, his/her immediate family, and the household organization which supports the monarch in the exercise of their duties. The current reigning monarch is Vizimir II, who also serves as the nation's head of state.

The Polianian monarchy traces its origins back to the princely states comprising Great Vesemir, specifically the eponymous Grand Principality of Vesemir. Over the course of several centuries, the various principalities consolidated into the Kingdom of Poliania, with former Grand Prince Vladislav I crowned as its first king. From there, Vladislav would expand Poliania eastwards into the former lands of the Empire of Arciluco. As the state consolidated its newly acquired territory, the monarchy would also consolidate, evolving into one of the most important institutions in the realm alongside the Polianian Apostolic Episemialist Church. From 1583, the royal house Atanasov usurped the thrown following a period of general unrest and peasant revolts. The Atanasovs would rule until 1801 when the last Atanasov monarch, Apostol III, abdicated. The monarchy would be restored in 1804 when Ivan Stefanov Pramatarov, a general in the Revolutionary Army seized control and crowned himself as monarch as Ivan V and founding the Stefanov dynasty. This dynasty would be short-lived, and following the marriage of Ivan's only child, the future Anastasia I, to Leopoldo, Prince of Etruria, Poliania would be ruled by members of the Etrurian-based House of Caltarini. Two weeks before the conclusion of the War of the Triple Alliance, Alexander IV would be made emperor, starting the Imperial period. Following the Great War, a constitutional referendum seeking to abolish the monarchy was defeated 52.7% in favor of retaining to 47.3% in favor of abolishing.

The monarch and their immediate family undertake various official, ceremonious, diplomatic, and representational duties. As of the 1936 constitution, the monarch is the seen as the living embodiment and personification of the Polianian State. Constitutionally, the monarch is the nation's head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the Polianian Armed Forces. The constitution codifies the royal styles and titulary, royal prerogative, hereditary succession of the crown through male-preference primogeniture, compensation, and a regency contingency plan in the case of the monarch's incapacitation or minority. Because the monarchy is constitutional, the monarch has a limited role in the national government, performing functions such as bestowing honors, appointing the minister-president, and granting royal assent to bills passed by the Veche. The monarch is still considered to be the ultimate executive authority over the elected government through royal prerogative, the constraints of convention and precedent significantly reduces the power able to be wielded by the monarch. The Government of Poliania is referred to as His (Her) Majesty's Government.

As of 2020, the budget for the Polianian monarchy was €10.4 million (₽14.56 million).

History

Main article: List of Polianian monarchs

Grand Prince of Vesemir

• First recorded Grand Prince of Vesemir is Premisl I of Great Vesemir in 776 CE
• Premislovid dynasty rules from 776 to ~920
• Premislovid princes set up many precedents that would survive until the 1867 constitution
• Last Premislovid prince killed in 920 during the Battle of Viden against the Zalyk Khanate
• Mstislav III elected grand prince in 922
• Mstislav converts to Episemialism in 933

Early Kingdom

• Mstislav's grandson, Vladislav I, proclaimed King of Poliania by Vesemirian Veche in 1103
• Expansion eastward
• Vesemir sacked and burned in 1149, crown moved to Tretogor
• Marriage of Crown Princess Jaroslava with Redanian Grand Prince Radomir V united Poliania and Grand Principality of Redania in 1278
• Redania absorbed into Poliania with ascension of Premisl II in 1314
• Succession crisis following Premisl's death at the Battle of Lakamore; second cousin Georgei I wins civil war, founds the Skenderlij dynasty
• Skenerlij's would rule from 1329-1601

Absolutism

• Under George II, Poliania would launch unsuccessful colonial efforts in the Eastern Asterias
• Political dormancy following defeat at the Battle of Lakamore, consolidation of political power by the Crown
• Power of nobility (Boyars) is largely curbed under the reigns of Ivan III and Ivan IV
• This was done by requiring nobles who were in the upper house of the Veche to stay in the capital of Tretogor
• Last Skenderlij King, George III, died in 1601; Grand Prince Krasimir Vasilov succeeded George III
• Royal policies eventually led to large disconnect between the peasantry and the crown, culminating in three major peasant revolts in 1606, 1619, and 1623
• Poliania's defeat in the Ten Years' War saw the abdication of Alexander III
• Republican revolt, inspired by the Etrurian First Republic, occurred in 1801, overthrowing the last Vasilov King Boris II

Restoration

• Polianian Republic exists in a near state of civil war for entirety of its existence
• In 1806, Royalist General Ivan Stefanov Pramatarov seizes control of Tretagor, effectively ending the Republic; On 12 October, 1806, he is declared King of Poliania and takes the regnal name Ivan V
• Ivan's only child, the future Anastasia I, marries Etrurian Prince Leopoldo, the fourth son of King Adriano Augusto I
• Succession would pass to the House of Caltarini with the ascension of Alexander IV following the Anastasia's death from tuberculosis in 1846
• Alexander IV would align the nation with Werania and married Weranic princess/prominent noblewoman X in 1850

Imperial period

• Alexander IV declared war against Narozalica alongside Werania's declaration against Sunrosia
• Alexander IV would be proclaimed emperor in the Narozalic city of Patovatra two weeks before the conclusion of the War of the Triple Alliance
• Failed Republican revolt, inspired in part by the First Narozalic Civil War saw Alexander adopt the 1867 constitution
• Great Collapse saw some decrease in popularity of the monarchy under the lavish spending of Leopold I
• Leopold appoints Functionalist Kliment Boyadzhiev as Minister-President in 1920; Leopold's functionalist leanings were known at the time but not outwardly so; Leopold would continue to get more involved in the day-to-day running of Poliania
• Great War divides royal family. Leopold effectively rules as an absolute monarch alongside Boyadzhiev, and Chief of General Staff Sava Savov
• Leopold abdicates in 1934; Konstantin VII dismisses Boyadzhiev and other Functionalists from government. Managed to negotiate an armistice and later peace with Grand Alliance

Modern

• Republican referendum occurs shortly after conclusion of Great War; Monarchy is kept after achieving 52.7% of the vote; Popularity of Konstantin due to his actions in the war are believed to be sole reason
• Konstantin signs into law the 1936 constitution; constitution places modern limits on the role of the monarchy
• Konstantin assassinated by the republican sympathizer in 1946; is succeeded by his 12-year-old son, Vizimir II
• Popularity of monarchy reaches all time heights

Constitutional role

According the the Polianian constitution, as both the de facto and de jure head of state, is the holder of executive and, along with the Veche, legislative power.