Declaration of Nivardom
| Declaration of Nivardom | |
| Charter of the Royal Caputian Government in Exile | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | Founding charter |
| Jurisdiction | The Caputian diaspora |
| Constitutes | Royal Caputian Government in Exile |
| Seat | Nivardom, Constancia |
| Provisions | |
| Purpose | Freedom, justice, peace, and prosperity for the Caputian diaspora across Micras |
| Franchise | Claim and proof of Caputian citizenship or ancestry |
| Authority derived from | The monarch of Caputia and the Head of the House of Rothborne |
| Context | |
| Occasioned by | Dissolution of Caputia on 30.XV.1668 AN |
| First chair | Queen Elizabeth I |
| First Prime Minister | Royston Merrick II |
The Declaration of Nivardom is the central legal charter of the Royal Caputian Government in Exile, the body constituted from the remnants of the Kingdom of the Union of Caputia after its dissolution on 30.XV.1668 AN. It establishes the purpose of that government and states its object as securing freedom, justice, peace, and prosperity for the Caputian diaspora across Micras.[1]
The Declaration takes its name from Nivardom in Constancia, the city in which the government in exile is seated.
Provisions
The Declaration constitutes the government in exile as the steward and protector of the dispersed Caputian population rather than as a movement to restore the kingdom, and the government disclaims any intention of recreating it.[1]
It defines the population the government represents by claim and proof of Caputian citizenship or ancestry. That standard is the franchise as well as the definition: delegates of Caputian political parties, organizations, and associations are elected to the government by persons meeting it, and the same criterion governs the census of claimants the government conducts.[1]
The Declaration establishes that the authority of the government flows from the monarch of Caputia and the Head of the House of Rothborne. The government was chaired at its founding by Queen Elizabeth I, who commissioned Royston Merrick II under a commission of government to serve as its first Prime Minister; since her death in 1723 AN the chairmanship has passed with the headship of the house.[1]
Effect
Because the charter binds the government to the headship rather than to a territory, the disposition of the Caputian dignities carries the chairmanship with it. The Rothborne Settlement of 14.VI.1758 AN designated Princess Guinevere heir to the titular crowns of Caputia and Hamland, and the government acknowledged the designation by an instrument of recognition issued at Nivardom, recording that it proceeds from the house whose stewardship the government exercises.[2]
See also
- Royal Caputian Government in Exile
- Caputian diaspora
- Queen Elizabeth I
- House of Rothborne
- Rothborne Settlement of the Caputian and Hamland Crowns, 1758
