Constitution of Anglien - Revision history

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	The '''Constitution of Anglien''' ([[Crandish language\|Crandish]]: ''Verfassung fonn Anglien'') is the permanent constitution of the [[Anglien\|Free Duchy of Anglien]], adopted in its final form by the [[Diet of Anglien\|Constitutional Diet]] in II.{{AN\|1759}} and ratified at a [[Anglien national referendum, 1759\|national referendum]] on 7.VII.{{AN\|1759}} by 79 percent to 21 on an 88 percent turnout. Certified on 26.VII.{{AN\|1759}} and in force from 1.VIII.{{AN\|1759}}, it supersedes the [[Charter of Anglien]], the transitional instrument under which the duchy had been governed since independence, and brings the post-occupation transitional period to a close.		The '''Constitution of Anglien''' ([[Crandish language\|Crandish]]: ''Verfassung fonn Anglien'') is the permanent constitution of the [[Anglien\|Free Duchy of Anglien]], adopted in its final form by the [[Diet of Anglien\|Constitutional Diet]] in II.{{AN\|1759}} and ratified at a [[Anglien national referendum, 1759\|national referendum]] on 7.VII.{{AN\|1759}} by 79 percent to 21 on an 88 percent turnout. Certified on 23.VII.{{AN\|1759}} and in force from 1.VIII.{{AN\|1759}}, it supersedes the [[Charter of Anglien]], the transitional instrument under which the duchy had been governed since independence, and brings the post-occupation transitional period to a close.

	The Constitution establishes a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Legislative power rests in a bicameral legislature: an enlarged, directly elected Diet of 84 members and a territorial second chamber, the [[Burgenraat]], of 36. Executive power passes to a Prime Minister and a Chancellor of the Free Duchy, each answerable to the Diet and removable only by constructive vote of no confidence. The [[Sovereign Duke of Anglien\|Sovereign Duke]] becomes a ceremonial head of state holding three defined reserve powers, including an independent right of dissolution and the emergency authority of the Vigilance Doctrine. The text entrenches the duchy's policy of non-alignment and recognizes [[Constituent communities of Anglien\|seven constituent communities]] under the Anglien Compact, four with protected status. The accountability institutions of the transitional period carry over into the permanent order.		The Constitution establishes a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Legislative power rests in a bicameral legislature: an enlarged, directly elected Diet of 84 members and a territorial second chamber, the [[Burgenraat]], of 36. Executive power passes to a Prime Minister and a Chancellor of the Free Duchy, each answerable to the Diet and removable only by constructive vote of no confidence. The [[Sovereign Duke of Anglien\|Sovereign Duke]] becomes a ceremonial head of state holding three defined reserve powers, including an independent right of dissolution and the emergency authority of the Vigilance Doctrine. The text entrenches the duchy's policy of non-alignment and recognizes [[Constituent communities of Anglien\|seven constituent communities]] under the Anglien Compact, four with protected status. The accountability institutions of the transitional period carry over into the permanent order.
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	Four disputes dominated the drafting record. On the ducal reserve powers, delegates who regarded a strong crown as the guarantee of stability faced those who, after the occupation, wanted concentrated authority checked wherever it appeared; the adopted text strips the crown of ordinary executive power while arming it with defined reserve functions. The interior and eastern delegates pressed the entrenchment of non-alignment most consistently, over the resistance of the Johannsessbuurg benches, and carried it: the adopted article is reversible only by special procedure. The communities added by the {{AN\|1756}} incorporation had no place in the Charter's structures, a gap answered by the expansion of the Compact's protected tier and the fourth reserved community roll. The confidence mechanism had been advocated in the Diet since the first session by delegates who argued that an executive accountable only to the Duke was tolerable in a transitional government but not a permanent one; it entered the text in its constructive form.		Four disputes dominated the drafting record. On the ducal reserve powers, delegates who regarded a strong crown as the guarantee of stability faced those who, after the occupation, wanted concentrated authority checked wherever it appeared; the adopted text strips the crown of ordinary executive power while arming it with defined reserve functions. The interior and eastern delegates pressed the entrenchment of non-alignment most consistently, over the resistance of the Johannsessbuurg benches, and carried it: the adopted article is reversible only by special procedure. The communities added by the {{AN\|1756}} incorporation had no place in the Charter's structures, a gap answered by the expansion of the Compact's protected tier and the fourth reserved community roll. The confidence mechanism had been advocated in the Diet since the first session by delegates who argued that an executive accountable only to the Duke was tolerable in a transitional government but not a permanent one; it entered the text in its constructive form.

	The consolidated text passed its final plenary vote in II.{{AN\|1759}}. The [[CATO Commissioner of Peace for Anglien]], whose office certifies the referendum under the Charter, stated that the adopted text satisfied the governance benchmarks attached to [[Concord Alliance]] support. The referendum was held on 7.VII.{{AN\|1759}} and certified by the [[CATO Commissioner of Peace for Anglien\|CATO Commissioner]] on 26.VII.{{AN\|1759}}; ratification required an absolute majority of valid votes with turnout of at least fifty percent of registered voters, both thresholds met.		The consolidated text passed its final plenary vote in II.{{AN\|1759}}. The [[CATO Commissioner of Peace for Anglien]], whose office certifies the referendum under the Charter, stated that the adopted text satisfied the governance benchmarks attached to [[Concord Alliance]] support. The referendum was held on 7.VII.{{AN\|1759}} and certified by the [[CATO Commissioner of Peace for Anglien\|CATO Commissioner]] on 23.VII.{{AN\|1759}}; ratification required an absolute majority of valid votes with turnout of at least fifty percent of registered voters, both thresholds met.

	== Structure ==		== Structure ==

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	== Reception ==		== Reception ==
	''Te Landbond'' and the eastern delegates carried the entrenchment of non-alignment and the checked crown, and the interior press has claimed the text accordingly, while objecting that the registration regime's breadth treats sovereigntist expression as a security question and that the dissolution power hands the crown a weapon no one now living will see Edgard III use. ''Te Herstelliberalen'' point to the constructive vote of no confidence, the chartered cities, and the Compact's entrenched protections as the safeguards they had sought, and have absorbed the entrenchment defeat without proposing to reopen it. The reserved communities' delegates supported the text unanimously at the final plenary vote; the Lac Glaceian roll and the Eesdehaven charter secured the support of the incorporated territories' notables, whose alignment the [[Anglien general election, 1759\|coming election]] will test. The [[CATO Commissioner of Peace for Anglien\|CATO Commissioner]] has certified that the text meets the Charter's Chapter ~~VII~~ benchmarks, and the [[Concord Council]] has restated that the alliance's presence concludes with the constitutional process.		''Te Landbond'' and the eastern delegates carried the entrenchment of non-alignment and the checked crown, and the interior press has claimed the text accordingly, while objecting that the registration regime's breadth treats sovereigntist expression as a security question and that the dissolution power hands the crown a weapon no one now living will see Edgard III use. ''Te Herstelliberalen'' point to the constructive vote of no confidence, the chartered cities, and the Compact's entrenched protections as the safeguards they had sought, and have absorbed the entrenchment defeat without proposing to reopen it. The reserved communities' delegates supported the text unanimously at the final plenary vote; the Lac Glaceian roll and the Eesdehaven charter secured the support of the incorporated territories' notables, whose alignment the [[Anglien general election, 1759\|coming election]] will test. The [[CATO Commissioner of Peace for Anglien\|CATO Commissioner]] has certified that the text meets the Charter's Chapter IX benchmarks, and the [[Concord Council]] has restated that the alliance's presence concludes with the constitutional process.

	== Text of the Constitution ==		== Text of the Constitution ==

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	The '''Constitution of Anglien''' ([[Crandish language\|Crandish]]: ''Verfassung fonn Anglien'') is the permanent constitution of the [[Anglien\|Free Duchy of Anglien]], adopted in its final form by the [[Diet of Anglien\|Constitutional Diet]] in II.{{AN\|1759}} and ~~submitted to~~ a [[Anglien national referendum, 1759\|national referendum]] on 7.VII.{{AN\|1759}}. ~~On ratification~~ it supersedes the [[Charter of Anglien]], the transitional instrument under which the duchy ~~has~~ been governed since independence, and brings the post-occupation transitional period to a close.		The '''Constitution of Anglien''' ([[Crandish language\|Crandish]]: ''Verfassung fonn Anglien'') is the permanent constitution of the [[Anglien\|Free Duchy of Anglien]], adopted in its final form by the [[Diet of Anglien\|Constitutional Diet]] in II.{{AN\|1759}} and ratified at a [[Anglien national referendum, 1759\|national referendum]] on 7.VII.{{AN\|1759}} by 79 percent to 21 on an 88 percent turnout. Certified on 26.VII.{{AN\|1759}} and in force from 1.VIII.{{AN\|1759}}, it supersedes the [[Charter of Anglien]], the transitional instrument under which the duchy had been governed since independence, and brings the post-occupation transitional period to a close.

	The Constitution establishes a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Legislative power rests in a bicameral legislature: an enlarged, directly elected Diet of 84 members and a territorial second chamber, the [[Burgenraat]], of 36. Executive power passes to a Prime Minister and a Chancellor of the Free Duchy, each answerable to the Diet and removable only by constructive vote of no confidence. The [[Sovereign Duke of Anglien\|Sovereign Duke]] becomes a ceremonial head of state holding three defined reserve powers, including an independent right of dissolution and the emergency authority of the Vigilance Doctrine. The text entrenches the duchy's policy of non-alignment and recognizes [[Constituent communities of Anglien\|seven constituent communities]] under the Anglien Compact, four with protected status. The accountability institutions of the transitional period carry over into the permanent order.		The Constitution establishes a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Legislative power rests in a bicameral legislature: an enlarged, directly elected Diet of 84 members and a territorial second chamber, the [[Burgenraat]], of 36. Executive power passes to a Prime Minister and a Chancellor of the Free Duchy, each answerable to the Diet and removable only by constructive vote of no confidence. The [[Sovereign Duke of Anglien\|Sovereign Duke]] becomes a ceremonial head of state holding three defined reserve powers, including an independent right of dissolution and the emergency authority of the Vigilance Doctrine. The text entrenches the duchy's policy of non-alignment and recognizes [[Constituent communities of Anglien\|seven constituent communities]] under the Anglien Compact, four with protected status. The accountability institutions of the transitional period carry over into the permanent order.
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	Four disputes dominated the drafting record. On the ducal reserve powers, delegates who regarded a strong crown as the guarantee of stability faced those who, after the occupation, wanted concentrated authority checked wherever it appeared; the adopted text strips the crown of ordinary executive power while arming it with defined reserve functions. The interior and eastern delegates pressed the entrenchment of non-alignment most consistently, over the resistance of the Johannsessbuurg benches, and carried it: the adopted article is reversible only by special procedure. The communities added by the {{AN\|1756}} incorporation had no place in the Charter's structures, a gap answered by the expansion of the Compact's protected tier and the fourth reserved community roll. The confidence mechanism had been advocated in the Diet since the first session by delegates who argued that an executive accountable only to the Duke was tolerable in a transitional government but not a permanent one; it entered the text in its constructive form.		Four disputes dominated the drafting record. On the ducal reserve powers, delegates who regarded a strong crown as the guarantee of stability faced those who, after the occupation, wanted concentrated authority checked wherever it appeared; the adopted text strips the crown of ordinary executive power while arming it with defined reserve functions. The interior and eastern delegates pressed the entrenchment of non-alignment most consistently, over the resistance of the Johannsessbuurg benches, and carried it: the adopted article is reversible only by special procedure. The communities added by the {{AN\|1756}} incorporation had no place in the Charter's structures, a gap answered by the expansion of the Compact's protected tier and the fourth reserved community roll. The confidence mechanism had been advocated in the Diet since the first session by delegates who argued that an executive accountable only to the Duke was tolerable in a transitional government but not a permanent one; it entered the text in its constructive form.

	The consolidated text passed its final plenary vote in II.{{AN\|1759}}. The [[CATO Commissioner of Peace for Anglien]], whose office certifies the referendum under the Charter, stated that the adopted text satisfied the governance benchmarks attached to [[Concord Alliance]] support. The referendum was held on 7.VII.{{AN\|1759}}~~, with~~ the ~~count and certification pending~~; ratification ~~requires~~ an absolute majority of valid votes with turnout of at least fifty percent of registered voters.		The consolidated text passed its final plenary vote in II.{{AN\|1759}}. The [[CATO Commissioner of Peace for Anglien]], whose office certifies the referendum under the Charter, stated that the adopted text satisfied the governance benchmarks attached to [[Concord Alliance]] support. The referendum was held on 7.VII.{{AN\|1759}} and certified by the [[CATO Commissioner of Peace for Anglien\|CATO Commissioner]] on 26.VII.{{AN\|1759}}; ratification required an absolute majority of valid votes with turnout of at least fifty percent of registered voters, both thresholds met.

	== Structure ==		== Structure ==

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	The '''Constitution of Anglien''' ([[Crandish language\|Crandish]]: ''Verfassung fonn Anglien'') is the permanent constitution of the [[Anglien\|Free Duchy of Anglien]], adopted in its final form by the [[Diet of Anglien\|Constitutional Diet]] in II.{{AN\|1759}} and ~~scheduled for submission~~ to a [[Anglien national referendum, 1759\|national referendum]] in VII.{{AN\|1759}}. On ratification it supersedes the [[Charter of Anglien]], the transitional instrument under which the duchy has been governed since independence, and brings the post-occupation transitional period to a close.		The '''Constitution of Anglien''' ([[Crandish language\|Crandish]]: ''Verfassung fonn Anglien'') is the permanent constitution of the [[Anglien\|Free Duchy of Anglien]], adopted in its final form by the [[Diet of Anglien\|Constitutional Diet]] in II.{{AN\|1759}} and submitted to a [[Anglien national referendum, 1759\|national referendum]] on 7.VII.{{AN\|1759}}. On ratification it supersedes the [[Charter of Anglien]], the transitional instrument under which the duchy has been governed since independence, and brings the post-occupation transitional period to a close.

	The Constitution establishes a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Legislative power rests in a bicameral legislature: an enlarged, directly elected Diet of 84 members and a territorial second chamber, the [[Burgenraat]], of 36. Executive power passes to a Prime Minister and a Chancellor of the Free Duchy, each answerable to the Diet and removable only by constructive vote of no confidence. The [[Sovereign Duke of Anglien\|Sovereign Duke]] becomes a ceremonial head of state holding three defined reserve powers, including an independent right of dissolution and the emergency authority of the Vigilance Doctrine. The text entrenches the duchy's policy of non-alignment and recognizes [[Constituent communities of Anglien\|seven constituent communities]] under the Anglien Compact, four with protected status. The accountability institutions of the transitional period carry over into the permanent order.		The Constitution establishes a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Legislative power rests in a bicameral legislature: an enlarged, directly elected Diet of 84 members and a territorial second chamber, the [[Burgenraat]], of 36. Executive power passes to a Prime Minister and a Chancellor of the Free Duchy, each answerable to the Diet and removable only by constructive vote of no confidence. The [[Sovereign Duke of Anglien\|Sovereign Duke]] becomes a ceremonial head of state holding three defined reserve powers, including an independent right of dissolution and the emergency authority of the Vigilance Doctrine. The text entrenches the duchy's policy of non-alignment and recognizes [[Constituent communities of Anglien\|seven constituent communities]] under the Anglien Compact, four with protected status. The accountability institutions of the transitional period carry over into the permanent order.
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	Four disputes dominated the drafting record. On the ducal reserve powers, delegates who regarded a strong crown as the guarantee of stability faced those who, after the occupation, wanted concentrated authority checked wherever it appeared; the adopted text strips the crown of ordinary executive power while arming it with defined reserve functions. The interior and eastern delegates pressed the entrenchment of non-alignment most consistently, over the resistance of the Johannsessbuurg benches, and carried it: the adopted article is reversible only by special procedure. The communities added by the {{AN\|1756}} incorporation had no place in the Charter's structures, a gap answered by the expansion of the Compact's protected tier and the fourth reserved community roll. The confidence mechanism had been advocated in the Diet since the first session by delegates who argued that an executive accountable only to the Duke was tolerable in a transitional government but not a permanent one; it entered the text in its constructive form.		Four disputes dominated the drafting record. On the ducal reserve powers, delegates who regarded a strong crown as the guarantee of stability faced those who, after the occupation, wanted concentrated authority checked wherever it appeared; the adopted text strips the crown of ordinary executive power while arming it with defined reserve functions. The interior and eastern delegates pressed the entrenchment of non-alignment most consistently, over the resistance of the Johannsessbuurg benches, and carried it: the adopted article is reversible only by special procedure. The communities added by the {{AN\|1756}} incorporation had no place in the Charter's structures, a gap answered by the expansion of the Compact's protected tier and the fourth reserved community roll. The confidence mechanism had been advocated in the Diet since the first session by delegates who argued that an executive accountable only to the Duke was tolerable in a transitional government but not a permanent one; it entered the text in its constructive form.

	The consolidated text passed its final plenary vote in II.{{AN\|1759}}. The [[CATO Commissioner of Peace for Anglien]], whose office certifies the referendum under the Charter, stated that the adopted text satisfied the governance benchmarks attached to [[Concord Alliance]] support. The referendum ~~is scheduled for~~ VII.{{AN\|1759}}; ratification requires an absolute majority of valid votes with turnout of at least fifty percent of registered voters.		The consolidated text passed its final plenary vote in II.{{AN\|1759}}. The [[CATO Commissioner of Peace for Anglien]], whose office certifies the referendum under the Charter, stated that the adopted text satisfied the governance benchmarks attached to [[Concord Alliance]] support. The referendum was held on 7.VII.{{AN\|1759}}, with the count and certification pending; ratification requires an absolute majority of valid votes with turnout of at least fifty percent of registered voters.

	== Structure ==		== Structure ==
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	=== Fundamental rights ===		=== Fundamental rights ===
	Chapter III sets out the rights catalog: the civil and political freedoms the Charter guaranteed provisionally, ~~elevated~~ and expanded. The chapter prohibits prior censorship and licensing of the press, constitutionalizes minority-language broadcasting, and carries the broadcaster-independence design of the [[Anglienen Rundfunk]]'s founding decree into the permanent framework, following the recommendations of the Committee on Fundamental Rights' {{AN\|1755}} working paper. Two prohibitions are absolute and admit no derogation, in a State of Vigilance or otherwise: torture and capital punishment.		Chapter III sets out the rights catalog: the civil and political freedoms the Charter guaranteed provisionally, entrenched and expanded. The chapter prohibits prior censorship and licensing of the press, constitutionalizes minority-language broadcasting, and carries the broadcaster-independence design of the [[Anglienen Rundfunk]]'s founding decree into the permanent framework, following the recommendations of the Committee on Fundamental Rights' {{AN\|1755}} working paper. Two prohibitions are absolute and admit no derogation, in a State of Vigilance or otherwise: torture and capital punishment.

	=== Local government ===		=== Local government ===

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	* [[Diet of Anglien]]		* [[Diet of Anglien]]
	* [[Sovereign Duke of Anglien]]		* [[Sovereign Duke of Anglien]]
			* [[NBC Newsfeed/1759#ANGLIEN_VOTES_ON_A_PERMANENT_CONSTITUTION_THAT_WOULD_END_THE_TRANSITION_AND_BEGIN_THE_CONCORD_DRAWDOWN\|NBC Newsfeed: Anglien votes on its constitution (7.VII.1759)]]

	[[Category:Anglien]]		[[Category:Anglien]]

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	The '''Constitution of Anglien''' ([[Crandish language\|Crandish]]: ''Verfassung fonn Anglien'') is the permanent constitution of the [[Anglien\|Free Duchy of Anglien]], adopted in its final form by the [[Diet of Anglien\|Constitutional Diet]] in II.{{AN\|1759}} and scheduled for submission to a [[Anglien national referendum, 1759\|national referendum]] in VII.{{AN\|1759}}. On ratification it supersedes the [[Charter of Anglien]], the transitional instrument under which the duchy has been governed since independence, and brings the post-occupation transitional period to a close.		The '''Constitution of Anglien''' ([[Crandish language\|Crandish]]: ''Verfassung fonn Anglien'') is the permanent constitution of the [[Anglien\|Free Duchy of Anglien]], adopted in its final form by the [[Diet of Anglien\|Constitutional Diet]] in II.{{AN\|1759}} and scheduled for submission to a [[Anglien national referendum, 1759\|national referendum]] in VII.{{AN\|1759}}. On ratification it supersedes the [[Charter of Anglien]], the transitional instrument under which the duchy has been governed since independence, and brings the post-occupation transitional period to a close.

	The Constitution establishes a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Legislative power rests in a bicameral legislature: an enlarged, directly elected Diet of 84 members and a territorial second chamber, the [[Burgenraat]], of 36. Executive power passes to a Prime Minister and a Chancellor of the Free Duchy, each answerable to the Diet and removable only by constructive vote of no confidence. The [[Sovereign Duke of Anglien\|Sovereign Duke]] becomes a ceremonial head of state holding three defined reserve powers, including an independent right of dissolution and the emergency authority of the Vigilance Doctrine. The text entrenches the duchy's policy of non-alignment and recognizes seven constituent communities under the Anglien Compact, four with protected status. The accountability institutions of the transitional period carry over into the permanent order.		The Constitution establishes a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Legislative power rests in a bicameral legislature: an enlarged, directly elected Diet of 84 members and a territorial second chamber, the [[Burgenraat]], of 36. Executive power passes to a Prime Minister and a Chancellor of the Free Duchy, each answerable to the Diet and removable only by constructive vote of no confidence. The [[Sovereign Duke of Anglien\|Sovereign Duke]] becomes a ceremonial head of state holding three defined reserve powers, including an independent right of dissolution and the emergency authority of the Vigilance Doctrine. The text entrenches the duchy's policy of non-alignment and recognizes [[Constituent communities of Anglien\|seven constituent communities]] under the Anglien Compact, four with protected status. The accountability institutions of the transitional period carry over into the permanent order.

	The constitutional text is authoritative in Crandish, Anglo-Saksen, and Alexandrian, with the [[Constitutional Court of Anglien]] empowered to resolve divergences among the three versions. It comprises fifteen chapters and an annexed Schedule of Transition governing the passage from the Charter framework to the permanent order. The full text appears below.		The constitutional text is authoritative in Crandish, Anglo-Saksen, and Alexandrian, with the [[Constitutional Court of Anglien]] empowered to resolve divergences among the three versions. It comprises fifteen chapters and an annexed Schedule of Transition governing the passage from the Charter framework to the permanent order. The full text appears below.

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The Anglien Compact

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	=== The Anglien Compact ===		=== The Anglien Compact ===
	Chapter II recognizes seven constituent communities of the Free Duchy: the Crandish, Anglo-Saksen, and Crandish-Alexandrian communities by general recognition, and the Mala'anje, Alexandrian Nazarene, Norse-Crandish, and Lac Glaceian communities with entrenched constitutional protection. Protected status carries the reserved Diet seats, community electoral rolls, and the Compact's guarantees against discrimination and assimilationist policy. The Lac Glaceian provision, the Constitution's principal response to the {{AN\|1756}} incorporation, expressly encompasses the Purple Islanders, whose Purple Temple faith the heritage and religious-freedom provisions cover by name.		{{Main\|Anglien Compact}}
			Chapter II recognizes seven constituent communities of the Free Duchy: the Crandish, Anglo-Saksen, and Crandish-Alexandrian communities by general recognition, and the [[Mala'anje]], [[Alexandrian Nazarenes in Lac Glacei\|Alexandrian Nazarene]], Norse-Crandish, and [[Lac Glacei\|Lac Glaceian]] communities with entrenched constitutional protection. Protected status carries the reserved Diet seats, community electoral rolls, and the Compact's guarantees against discrimination and assimilationist policy. The Lac Glaceian provision, the Constitution's principal response to the {{AN\|1756}} incorporation, expressly encompasses the [[Purple Isles\|Purple Islanders]], whose Purple Temple faith the heritage and religious-freedom provisions cover by name.

	The language regime makes Crandish the principal language of national administration, with Anglo-Saksen and Alexandrian holding administrative status in bailiwicks where their speakers form a substantial proportion of the population, and Lac Glaceian holding the same status in the Eesdehaven, Montrial, Purple Isles, and Rielrar bailiwicks. The Norse-Crandish dialect, whose status the Charter left undetermined, receives recognition within the Compact's protection of the Norse-Crandish community, resolving a question the Diet's Committee on Fundamental Rights had flagged since {{AN\|1755}}.		The language regime makes Crandish the principal language of national administration, with Anglo-Saksen and Alexandrian holding administrative status in bailiwicks where their speakers form a substantial proportion of the population, and Lac Glaceian holding the same status in the [[Eesdehaven]], [[Montrial]], [[Purple Isles]], and [[Rielrar]] bailiwicks. The Norse-Crandish dialect, whose status the Charter left undetermined, receives recognition within the Compact's protection of the Norse-Crandish community, resolving a question the Diet's Committee on Fundamental Rights had flagged since {{AN\|1755}}.

	=== Fundamental rights ===		=== Fundamental rights ===

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Executive

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	=== Executive ===		=== Executive ===
			{{Main\|Prime Minister of Anglien\|Chancellor of Anglien\|}}
	Chapter VII vests the government in a Prime Minister and a Chancellor of the Free Duchy (''Kanzler fonn der Frii Ataltom''). The Diet elects the Prime Minister by simple majority and the Chancellor on the Prime Minister's nomination. Each is removable only by constructive vote of no confidence, in which the chamber simultaneously elects a successor by majority of its full membership, and the two offices are removable independently of one another. The Prime Minister chairs the Council of Ministers and directs general policy. The Chancellor holds a defined statutory portfolio: constitutional affairs, the civil service, anti-corruption, oversight of the [[Ducal Police Service]], and the State Audit Office. The design answers the convention's confidence-mechanism advocates while building a second, structural check on executive power inside the government itself.		Chapter VII vests the government in a Prime Minister and a Chancellor of the Free Duchy (''Kanzler fonn der Frii Ataltom''). The Diet elects the Prime Minister by simple majority and the Chancellor on the Prime Minister's nomination. Each is removable only by constructive vote of no confidence, in which the chamber simultaneously elects a successor by majority of its full membership, and the two offices are removable independently of one another. The Prime Minister chairs the Council of Ministers and directs general policy. The Chancellor holds a defined statutory portfolio: constitutional affairs, the civil service, anti-corruption, oversight of the [[Ducal Police Service]], and the State Audit Office. The design answers the convention's confidence-mechanism advocates while building a second, structural check on executive power inside the government itself.

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