Monarchy of Imperium

' The monarchy of The Empire, commonly referred as the Imperial monarchy''', is the constitutional monarchy of The Empire and all its subdivisions. The current monarch and head of state is Emperor Gregorius IX, who ascended the throne in 2018.

The monarch and their inmediate family undertake various official, ceremonial, diplomatic and representational duties. As the monarchy is constitutional the monarch is limited to functions such as bestowing honours and present an annual report of the imperial situation to the Parliament, which are performed in a non-partisan manner. The emperor is also the Head of the Imperial Armed Forces. The emperor has no executive or legal authority over the decisions of the Consul Plebeius, the Epistalma, or the Parliament of the Empire, and at present the position is merely honorary and is granted with the objective of preserving the unity of the Empire, given the historical ties of the imperial era that are still vital in the current composition of the country.

The office of emperor is for life and cannot be inherited directly to his descendants (life peer), but the person who holds office after the previous monarch dies or resigns must be chosen from suitable candidates from the Bassus-Cotta family by the Senate of the Empire. This means that all the people who have held office since 1720 (after the Promulgatio Democratiae) are familiarly to each other, but generally they are not directly blood related (parents - children or grandchildren).

The Imperial monarchy traces its origins from the Ethereal Empire near 500 BC to the year 0, which slowly consolidated into its current form after 2.220 years, where it went through periods known as Dominate (221 - 452), First Electivate (452 - 1072) and Second Electivate (1072 - 1720). Since the formation of the Ethereal Empire, the country's territory has grown constantly and has reached an area greater than 11.3 million kilometers, in addition to a population greater than 2 billion inhabitants.

At first, mainly during the Ethereal Empire and the Dominate, the emperor had full power over the administration of the government, and his authority could not be questioned by any citizen, given the divine nature of the dynasty (started by the god Magius). This situation generated a general malaise among the population, especially among the most powerful groups (religious, landowners and regional leaders, and magicians), who formed the High Council with the aim of directing the Empire in a decentralized way, together with the emperor (who from that moment would be chosen by them). From the proclamation of the First Electivate in 452, the emperor would be chosen from among the oldest people with the greatest experience and ability to lead the Empire. Throughout this period the emperor was generally chosen from among the members of the High Council (mainly from the Concilium Principum), who had greater capacity and experience to lead the Empire, but this caused that the representation of the people in the government was almost non-existent; given the aristocratic nature of the High Council, which accompanied the emperor in the leadership of the Empire. This caused a general social unrest that unleashed in the Promulgatio Popularis by Martius Democratus in 1072; this promulgation created the Senate, an institution that gave greater representation to the population in the government, who from that moment had to ratify the election of the emperor (still elected by the High Council).