Monarchy of Geatland
| Queen of the Geatish Realm | |
|---|---|
| Götiska rikets Drottning | |
| Incumbent | |
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| Brunhild since 16 September 1970 | |
| Details | |
| Style | Her Majesty |
| Heir apparent | Vilhelm, Prince of Blåstad |
| First monarch | Alrik (legendary) Gorm the Elder (ancient) Eric the Great (modern) |
| Residence | Freiburg Palace |
| Appointer | Hereditary |
The monarchy of Geatland is a constitutional and political institution in which a hereditary officer rules as the head of state and sovereign of Geatland within the parliamentary system. The Geatish monarchy has been a political fixture on the Geatish Islands since time immemorial, with scholars disagreeing on when exactly it began. The current monarch is Queen Brunhild, who has occupied the position since her accession in 1970.
The monarchy of Geatland has legendary origins. Alrik, King of the Geats, a figure of from legend, is often cited as the first monarch for having united the Geatish tribes in the 1st century AD. Most scholars contend that the beginning of the Geatish monarchy lies with Gorm the Elder, who defeated the Gutes in the Städ War and assumed control over the whole of the Geatish Islands in 944. The Geatish monarchy fractured in the 13th century, with many claimants rivaling each other's claims during the Brutish Wars, until Eric the Great reunited Geatland in 1545, inaugurating an absolute monarchy. The absolute monarchy persisted until 1867, when the Constitution of Geatland was signed following the Engström Revolt. The Constitution and the succeeding era limited the monarch's power, though monarchs continued to exercise significant political influence. Reforms following the Great War reduced the monarchy to a ceremonial role.
Conventions and laws, such as the Constitution, regulate the monarch's succession and powers. Officially, the monarch is invested with a wide range of powers but refrains from intervening in politics, which are directed by elected officials responsible to the public. The monarch is the commander-in-chief of the Geatish Armed Forces, the nation's fount of honour and the governor of the Church of Geatland. The monarch exercises her powers and prerogatives on the advice of government ministers.
History
Investiture and succession
Constitutional role
Supreme executive, legislative, and judicial authority is vested in the Crown, to be exercised by the Monarch or by the ministers he shall appoint, and by the parliament and the King-in-parliament, and by the courts and officers of the courts that the law shall establish - Article II, sec. 1 of the Constitution of Geatland
Assembling a government
Summoning and dissolving parliament
The monarch shall have the right to call forth and dissolve parliament for such reasons as he may deem fit, and to schedule elections for the parliament, but no parliament shall be seated that has not been duly elected among the people, and no change may be made to the manner in which the members of the parliament shall be drawn and selected from the public without their consent - Article III, sec. 3 of the Constitution of Geatland