Monarch of Risevne
The Monarch (Mirselec Risevan Korai "King" or Risevan Imkorai "Queen"), as under the 1827 Constitution, is the head of state of Risevne and all territories under Risevan sovereignty. While the constitution gives the King substantial autonomy in managing his own estates, as well as certain legislative powers, in practice the monarch rarely uses these powers, and mostly takes on ceremonial roles.
The Kingdom of Risevne is, in terms of lineage, the successor state of the Kingdom of Masal and Kingdom of Rarena, which were merged by marriage in 1249 DN. The kingdom was then extended through all Masalne in 1477, in the Matafengar, and finally to Agalmare in 1493; with this extension it also took on the form of a parliamentary monarchy, where the status of the king was laid out beyond doubt but was in turn circumscribed by the Afengar. While the practice of things have since changed, with the embrace of parliamentary democracy, much of the symbolism of the monarchy remains, a sign of the respect of the Risevani towards the ancient sovereignty.
Note: The term King of Risevne may be used to refer to the monarch hereafter; this is a matter of convenience, not gender discrimination. (In any case there was a profusion of Risevan Queens.)
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History
The Monarchy Today
Politics and Public Life
The monarch's role in the modern governmental system of Risevne is mostly symbolic, though nonetheless significant.
The monarch, while mostly excluded from the political process in modern times, is in fact vested with certain powers as according to the 1827 Constitution; one of the most important and significant is the allowance of a royally imposed temporary veto, where the monarch may force a law to be frozen for three months, pending debate and another vote, as long as the law does not have a 2/3 majority within the Afengar. At the same time the monarch is charged with the "power and responsibility" to "ensure that the laws apply throughout the nation, and are not enforced upon a part of the people alone, be the separation for better or worse".
