Kingdom of Arkiasia
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Kingdom of Arkiasia | |||||||||
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| 1853–1895 | |||||||||
Motto: Deus et Rex Supra Omnes "God and King Above All" | |||||||||
Anthem: Hail to the King | |||||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||||
| Capital | Kingston | ||||||||
| Common languages | English | ||||||||
| Religion | Catholicism | ||||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy (1853-1894) Constitutional monarchy (1894–1895) | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 1853 - 1872 | Robert I | ||||||||
• 1872 - 1893 | Robert II | ||||||||
• 1893 - 1895 | Robert III | ||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament | ||||||||
| House of Lords | |||||||||
| House of Commons | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Coup of 1852 | 2 December 1852 | ||||||||
• Monarchy Adopted | 4 March 1853 | ||||||||
| 13 July 1893 | |||||||||
• Constitution Adopted | 17 April 1894 | ||||||||
• Battle of Kingston | 20 May 1895 | ||||||||
| 8 June 1895 | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1890 | 523,484 km2 (202,118 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1860 | 22903137 | ||||||||
• 1870 | 24098209 | ||||||||
• 1880 | 26328965 | ||||||||
• 1890 | 28123120 | ||||||||
| Currency | Arkiasian Shilling | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Template:Country data Arkiasis | ||||||||
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Robert Douglas was the second President of Arkiasia to be elected by a direct popular vote. However, in 1852, when he was blocked by the Constitution and Parliament from running for a second term, he staged a coup d'état on 2 December 1852 by dissolving the National Assembly without having the constitutional right to do so. This ended in the successful dissolution of the Arkiasia National Assembly, and the subsequent establishment of a Monarchy the following year.
Robert Douglas took the throne as Robert I on 4 March 1853. During the first years of the Kingdom, his government imposed censorship and harsh repressive measures against his opponents. Some six thousand persons were imprisoned or sent to penal colonies.
With help from the Catholic Church Robert I suppressed the Lutheran Church of Vesperia who constituted the majority of the population at the time by imposing punitive taxes on members of the church. He subsequently demolished churches and imprisoned members who who unable to pay the taxes.
The double-headed eagle symbolizes Robert's unification and control of the Anglo south and the Nordic north.
House of Douglas
Robert I
Robert Douglas (King Robert I) 1800 - 1873 [73 years old]
Robert II
Robert Douglas II (King Robert II) 1822 - 1893 [71 years old]
Robert III
Robert Douglas III (King Robert III) 1840 - 1921 [81 years old] - Spouse: Princess Lyanna of Ghant
Monarchy of Arkiasia in Exile
Richard I
Richard Douglas (King Richard I) 1971 - present [43 years old] - Spouse: Princess Catherine-Laura