Orders, decorations, and medals of Montecara

The Montecaran honors system is the city-state's means of formal acknowledgement for meritorious deeds and public service.

Montecara is unusual in making (with few exceptions) no distinction between civil and military decorations. Anyone, soldier or civilian, and in many cases citizen or foreigner, may be awarded any honor to which they are entitled.

Orders

Decoration	Name	Remarks
	Order of the Civic Crown	For exemplary and invaluable service to Montecara and her people.
	Order of the Leopard	For advancing the military and trade interests of Montecara in Coius. No longer awarded.

The highest honor conferred by the State of Montecara is the Order of the Civic Crown (Montecaran: Òrden da coròna cìvica). It is conferred only by law, requiring the consent of both the Popular Assembly and the Senate after nomination by the Colegio. The recipient of a civic crown must be a distinguished and exemplary citizen of Montecara or, in the extraordinary case of an award to a foreigner, to have rendered invaluable service to the state and its people.

Individual decorations and medals

Listed in order of wear

Decoration	Name	Remarks
	Medal of Virtue	For acts of conspicuous bravery, especially those undertaken to save another's life.
	Medal of St. Stephen the Martyr	For those wounded or killed while serving the Montecaran state.
	Peacekeepers' Medal	For at least 14 days' service abroad in a peacekeeping operation.

Collective honors

Decoration	Name	Remarks
	Guards of the Republic	Select military units, native or foreign, which have distinguished themselves by valorous service to Montecara. Members of designated units wear the red and white braided fourragère.