Constitution of the High Kingdoms of Alaxia

The Constitution of the High Kingdoms is the supreme law document of the High Kingdoms of Alaxia. The first draft was mainly a stitched together from the constitutions of Ahitereira-Koresa and Kiavalar, but the current version was finalised and implemented following the integration of both Empherias and Peryzium, in late 2452.

Current edition of the constitution

Article I

This article primarily describes the opening text of the document:

• Following the tragic death of her majesty Queen Joana I, the realms of the United Kingdom of Ahitereira and Koresa and the High Kingdom of Serene Kiavalar were joined together in a personal union. The federation would soon blossom into a mighty country respected across the world with the addition of two new members - Empherias and Peryzium. This document lays the basis of the union in the law, its government and proceedings, and how the country will function. To ensure unity within not only the legislative, executive and judicial bodies of the country but unity between the many peoples inhabiting it. There are some fundamental rights and statute laws that are the bare minimum for states to function properly. This document will also primarily serve as the basis for other governments to build upon.
• For terminology in this constitution, the entity of the High Kingdoms of Alaxia shall be referred to as ‘the union’, ‘the HKA’ or ‘the country’. Those countries within the union, which are the entities of Ahitereira, Empherias, Kiavalar, Koresa, and Peryzium, shall be referred to by their names, ‘the devolved countries’ or ‘the constituent countries’.
• The union of these five member countries (Ahitereira, Empherias, Kiavalar, Koresa, and Peryzium) shall be known as the “High Kingdoms of Alaxia''. Also accepted are shortenings to “H.K.A” or the “High Kingdoms''. Citizens of this country will foremost take the citizenship of their individual member state. Those citizens born in Ahitereira shall be an Ahitereiran; those citizens born in Empherias shall be an Empheri; those citizens born in Kiavalar shall be a Valari, those citizens born in Koresa shall be a Koresan; those citizens born in Peryzium shall be a Peryzi. Those born to High Alaxian parents outside of the union shall be referred to as just that: a High Alaxian. Those who later wish to have no specific devolved country as their citizenship can also refer to themselves as a High Alaxian.
• The official language of the country will be the officialised Ahitereiria-Kavalar creole, known as Exteras. Each individual constituent country’s government will have the ability to approve a devolved secondary language with a simple majority in their devolved parliament. Ahitereira has secondary languages which include: Ahitereiran. Empherias has secondary languages which include: Traditional Empheri, Palak, and Traditional Durbinian.

Article II

This article summarises the levels of government to which later articles will go further in depth on. The federal government of the High Kingdoms of Alaxia would be split, as many are, into three branches of executive, legislative, and judicial. Of the legislative branch, the House of Representatives would be a single chamber made up of 525 nation-wide representatives. Of the executive branch, the President would be elected through the electoral college and serve a term of five years. Of the judicial branch, the Supreme Court would be made up of 15 justices, 3 from each devolved nation, and would oversee a variety of courts below.

Section I

This section would go into more detail about the legislative branch.

1. The House of Representatives would be a single chamber made up of 525 nation-wide representatives. Legislative elections to elect these members would take place every three years. The amount of representatives in the House is set at a total of 525 members and cannot be changed. The 2nd Amendment to the Constitution states that each devolved country would be assigned 104 seats, and for the province of Esperiy to have a further 5 seats themselves. Previously, in the original constitution, each devolved country had 175 seats, owing to the fact that only Ahitereira, Kiavalar, and Koresa, had representation in the House. The 1st Amendment changed this to 105 seats for each devolved country owing to the inclusion of Empherias and Peryzium. The current amendment was created to give Esperiy, the later built capital city, to have it's own representation separate from Ahitereira.
2. The distribution of these 104 seats across a devolved country would be done differently by each country. Redistricting would happen every ten years on the 1 July of every year ending in '7', the last of which being 1 July 2517, to match new population trends. Some redistricting would be done federally, some devolved, some by government-owned commissions, some by completely independent commissions. In Ahitereira, the devolved government assigns each province a set amount of districts to which the provincial government would set the district borders within them. In Empherias, the devolved government gives power to an independent and non-partisan commission to set the districts nationwide, but within the borders of provinces. Details of the Kiavalari, Koresan, and Peryzi methods to come.
3. The winning party in each district only needs a plurality, not the majority, of the vote.

Section II

This section would go into more detail about the executive branch.

Section III

This section would go into more detail about the judicial branch.