Local government of the Imperial State of Constancia

The local government of the Imperial State of Constancia is prescribed by law.

History

Governance within the realm was subject to the Basileus.

The Regulation of The Krýon Theme Act 1638

First legislation on local government was The Regulation of The Krýon Theme Act 1638, which specified:

• The Local Authority of Krýon is the administrative body led by the Strategos of Krýon
• The Local Authority is responsible for: Issuing residence permits; Issuing land permits; Issuing work permits; Collecting local taxes; Budgeting Krýon's finances; Providing rules and regulations on the civil, economic, cultural and geographic life of the people of Krýon under Constancian law and custom
• Any further responsibility can be delegated to the Local Authority by the Mesazōn
• The Local Authority provides guidance and support to the Constancians in the pursuit of their rights and responsibilities as such
• The Strategos is accountable to the Mesazōn by providing monthly reports on any and all Krýon Theme matters
• The Strategos may be summoned by the Synklētos to deliver such and other reports, and accept any rules, regulations, guides on the management of Krýon Theme that the Synklētos may have
• A phone and internet private security channel is established to connect the offices of the Strategos and the Mesazōn
• The Strategos, through the Local Authority, shall provide the communication between the Basileus and the Central government, and the the people of Krýon

The Metropole Act 1642

This law repealed The Colonies Act 1637, and that all currently established themes are retained. It specified that:

• This Bill, or any part of it, does not repeal nor overrule any part of the The Regulation of The Krýon Theme Act 1638.
• The Constancian territories on Micras are divided into Themes. Exceptions are the Prosgeiosi Basileus and the Basileusian Capital (Vey).
• Themes are established by the Basileus on the advice of the Synklētos. Themes are disestablished by the Basileus on the advice of the Synklētos.
• Themes are governed and administered in accordance with this Act, any further Acts concerning a particular theme, or group of themes, each theme's own customs and the Constancian law.
• Leaders of the Themes are accountable to the Synklētos and the Council.
• Themes are sub-sovereign entities within the Free Associative Kingdom of Constancia. No part of this Act, any other Act, custom or legal-binding script can alter their status as such. The Constitutional Settlement Act of 1463, all other Acts of the Synklētos, unless otherwise stated, and the Basileusian Prerogative are applicable throughout the Kingdom.

Resolution of the Permanent Standing Committee of the Synkletos, 1673

The following measures are introduced by the decision of the Permanent Standing Committee of the Synkletos and enacted by its own authority: All rural (non-urban) households in the provinces of Aqabah, Mitra, Nivardom, and Varaz, shall be organised into communes of ten households under the authority of a Headman. Each commune must provide one Home Guardsman, aged between 18 and 40, and contribute towards the cost of his maintenance. Each commune must provide four corvée labourers, aged between 15 and 50, and contribute towards the cost of their maintenance. In each province commissioners shall be appointed to apportion households, delineate communal boundaries, and conduct annual conscription assemblies, to be attended by all commune inhabitants. The penalty for any person failing to attend a conscription assembly shall be automatic enrolment into the labour corvée. For any offence committed by the member of a commune, the Headman shall be held accountable. Penalties for individual infractions by members of a commune may, at the discretion of a magistrate, be visited upon all members of a commune collectively. A member of a commune who reports to the authority, whether the magistrate, the gendarmerie, or the servants of the governor, an infraction or crime that has either been committed or is in commission by one or more of his fellow commune members shall receive a community trust reward, exemption from conscription, and immunity from the consequences of collective punishment if his accusations are borne out by subsequent investigation. If the accusation is determined to be false the accuser shall be automatically enrolled into the labour corvée.

Local Government Reform

Local government within the Imperial State was reformed by Autokratorial Decree in response to the

City Councils were established, with elected councilors to provide advice and to consult with as representatives of the people, and, mirroring the Imperial Synkletos, to attempt local oversight, and to provide local legislative proposals and other policy recommendations.

Local Governments

Aqabah

A Minister for Aqabah, a member of the Imperial Constancian Government, was first appointed in 1667, starting with Stefanos Themistoklis, from 1667 to 1686, followed by his successor, Annalisa Trevino, from 1686 onward, replaced by Darcel Slater on 13.I.1694.

Valerija Zulfaqar was appointed Minister for Aqabah on 14.1.1710. She was succeeded by Brendan Ankra on 14.1.1731.

Aqaba

Aqaba was governed by an appointed Military Governor, Demetrios Thesalonikis, from 1656-1667, who possessed plenipotentiary power.

On 18.XIII.1695, the 40th anniversary of its conquest via Operation Debellatio, it was granted a charter by Autokratorial Decree, providing for a new polity known as Metropolitan Aqaba with an elected Mayor, Vice Mayor, 50-member City Council, with mandatory public safety, sanitation, public health, environment, architecture and engineering departments, and certain autonomy in local governance, subject to the oversight of the Ministry of Aqabah of the Imperial Constancian Government. The charter also established the Aqaba International Airport Authority, Port of Aqaba Authority, Aqaba Metropolitan Transport Authority; established the City of Aqaba Corporation to govern the commercial areas, charters and recognizes Euranikon City as a separate but subordinate polity, recognizes historic Aqaba as a separate but subordinate policy and mandates its preservation and conservation, renames New Town to Thesalonikis and recognizes it as a separate but subordinate polity, excludes military installations and Imperial Government complexes from the jurisdiction of city and metropolitan authorities, and authorizes the Metropolitan Aqaba government to institute certain tolls, fees, and taxes.