Imperial Decrees (Shireroth)/Resumption of the Adelsraad and the Folksraad

A Decree from Her Imperial Magnificence

Salome, through the intercessions of Divine Providence, Kaiseress of Shireroth,

Sovereign among Laqs, Queen of Ransenar, Rani of Tas Neemia, Emira of Sathrati, Sardar of Talenore, Princess of Hurmu, Princess among the Lakes, Duchess of Brookshire, Duchess of the Guttuli, Duchess of Chestnut, Duchess of New Aquitane, Marchioness of Zy-Rodun, Khanum of Caer Lum'ruush, Countess of Upper Macon, Countess of Andiopolis, Countess of Dracoheim, Countess of Istvan, Baroness of Port Mills, Lady of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan, Lady in Jorvik, Progeny of the Once-Living God, Scion of the King of Kings, Thane of the Shirelands, Keeper of the Apollo Legacy, Grand Master of the Orders of the Dragon, of Griffin, of Phoenix, and of Chimera, Sovereign of the Golden Mango Throne, Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad,

announcing for the sake of all Shireroth that,

Since the setting of Our father's reign, extraordinary measures have been necessary so that order may prevail within the Imperium. Order has indeed prevailed, the foundations of the Imperium have been made secure once again, and now so too shall prosperity prevail within the Imperium.

For prosperity to prevail within the Imperium, We shall here restore advisory bodies for the citizenry and the denizenry that they may provide advice and consent for laws regulating their interests, rights, and obligations in accordance with the Lawbook of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth, and thus

The following have been offered, as a sign of Our devotion to right government:

1. The emergency provisions, which had been enacted during Our regency, to suspend the activities of the Adelsraad and the Folksraad are lifted.
2. Citizens and denizens shall participate in a general election, to be held across the entire Imperium on 1.VII.1717, to select, from among their eligible number, electees to sit in the Adelsraad and the Folksraad respectively.
3. The number of seats apportioned to represent the citizenry and the denizenry of each imperial state shall be as follows:

   	Adelsraad	Folksraad
   Alrig	1	1
   Audentior	19	70
   Batavia	9	91
   Blackrock	26	104
   Brookshire	10	30
   Camoleo	1	1
   Dalmacija	12	62
   Draconia	1	15
   Gong Li	3	20
   Guttuli	6	68
   Highpass	1	3
   Jingdao	5	27
   Jinkeai	7	40
   Kezan	3	12
   Kildare	7	16
   Modan	2	129
   Qaoshan	10	20
   Sagittarius	1	1
   Sathrati	11	186
   Shirekeep	11	80
   Skyla	1	1
   Talenore	1	13
   Xianbei	2	10

4. The Imperial Commission for Ranks shall oversee the counting and finalization of electoral results in each imperial state.
5. Those elected to sit in the Adelsraad and the Folksraad shall assemble at the Palace of Zirandorthel on 1.I.1718 to be sworn in and seated. The four-year electoral cycle shall continue from that date.
6. Upon the opening of the Adelsraad and the Folksraad, each body is instructed to nominate, from among its members, candidates for the seats of the imperial ministries and commissions, to be considered by Us for Our government in the new year.

Given at Shirekeep on the First day of the Third month of the Year of Our Norton Seven-Hundred Seventeen,

SALOME