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Chain of Secession; In the case of ultimely death...
Topic Started: Jul 3 2007, 03:40:48 PM (834 Views)
Free Pacific States
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Chapter 14: Chains and Arbiters of Succession
It is a rare but extremely tragic event when the leader of a nation dies. For most of the nation, a time of mourning occurs, as the populace reflects on the merits and failures of the recently deceased commander in chief. In particular, those within the political sphere are hard hit, as it is very difficult for a government to function without a clear center of authority. For this reason, the ascendancy of a new leader is necessary.

However, selecting a new ruler can be quite difficult in many cases. Elections take months, nomination ceremonies weeks at least, and appointments just as long. To facilitate the continued operation of government services during the course of this process, many nations have legally mandated a Successor to take charge in the untimely death of a national leader. In some cases, this successor may actually take charge for the remainder of the original ruler's term, while in others, s/he simply runs the government until a new leader can be properly chosen. Successors of the former type are referred to as Full Successors while those of the latter are referred to as Interim Successors.

Some governments have created a Chain of Succession in the case of a major catastrophe, specifying who should take charge should not only the leader but also the successor be killed simultaneously. These lists can vary in size from only five or six successors to several million (every government employee of the executive branch of the Federated Alliance of Free Pacific States, for instance, is on the chain of succession). Most nations that have a Chain of Succession also have an Arbiter of Succession, a person charged with determining the identity of the nation's proper successor. In some cases, this same person may see to the ascendancy of that person.

It should be noted that the sudden resignation or legal removal of a national leader, among other causes, may also create a requirement for a successor to come forward.

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Please note that this information is out of date.

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One of the most cumbersome governments in the East Pacific, the Federated Alliance of Free Pacific States does not fail to add bureaucracy to any process. This also true in the case of its chain of succession. Consisting of a list of millions of people, the FPS Chain of Succession includes every person that works, has worked, or intends to work in the executive branch.

Legally speaking, the Arbiter of Succession in the Federated Alliance is the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court. In all reality, however, the work of determining the identity of a successor is left to the National Protection Agency's Division of Succession, which consists of about two hundred agents who spend their lives keeping track of the order of succession.

In order to facilitate succession, the FPS Government has only one specific position listed on its chain of succession: the Vice-President. The rest of the chain is merely a general template. According to this template, in the case of the deaths of both the President and Vice-President, the Division of Succession should locate all of the following:

Highest Ranking Surviving Member of the Department of State
Highest Ranking Surviving Member of the Department of the Interior
Highest Ranking Surviving Member of the Department of International Relations
Highest Ranking Surviving Member of the Department of Defense
Highest Ranking Surviving Member of the Department of the Treasury
Highest Ranking Surviving Member of the Department of Justice

After locating these six people, the Division of Succession is then charged with determining the which person was highest ranked within his/her department relative to the others. That person is then appointed the President. In the case that two equally ranked persons are found, the person in the higher department is appointed President. Should two people of equal rank and position be located within a department, the person with seniority will be appointed.
Edited by Free Pacific States, Oct 20 2015, 01:18:12 PM.
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Referring to this thread and according to the present political structure of the grand Duchy of Reziel, the question can be translated as “What will happen in New Irem, should Grand Duke Elistar Reziel die?”
The answer necessarily needs a bipartition.



For the Generality of the Grand Duchy, a written down Chain of Succession will be followed. According to said Chain, this would be the sequence of people stepping in as Head of State:

  • the Lord of the Council of the Five (leader of the Senate, or Higher Chamber)
  • the standing Prime minister (leader of the Parliament, or Lower Chamber)
  • the Ministry for Internal Affairs
  • a panel formed by the one/four surviving members of the Council and the leaders of the three main parties in the Grand Duchal Parliament
All said successors have to be considered as Interim ones, with the Arbiter of Succession being the Grand Duchal Parliament, which will have to get the approval of the Council of the Five (*) in order to appoint the next leader.

Shouldn’t any of these chain-rings be able to lead the nation, it would mean some kind of high-profile catastrophe has struck either the Government or the Grand Duchy as a whole. Consequently, the military elite would step in, assuming the control of the country until order will have been re-established.

(*) Note: the seconding of the Council of the Five is not required if the Parliament has approved the successor with a 75%+ majority




Under the New Iremian perspective, Prince Lachdanan Uth Reiser will get his heritage back and will step in as natural leader of the group. Shouldn’t he be able to assume such role, the members of the Noble Families will gather to appoint an heraldic commission which will be charged to peruse the genealogies to locate the next in the line of succession according to the Iremian standards. As soon as such Heir to the Ruby Throne will be located, he will take the leadership.

To this purpose, at present time these are the nearest in the Line of Succession:

  • Count Lothar De Corde, at present time enlisted among the Archangels with the rank of Major
  • Count Arian De Corde at present time enlisted among the Archangels with the rank of Second Lieutenant
  • Count Francis Almsyck, at present time serving as Ambassador to Kangarawa
  • Count Codric Valenstar, at present time serving as Consul to Christie Island
  • Count Eldemar Valenstar, at present time enlisted among the Archangels with the rank of Captain
Obviously, the abovementioned Commission is de facto the Arbiter of Succession, while the chosen member is entitled to be considered as Successor, with no ‘interim’ disclaimer.
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Chain of Succession: The Star Empire of East Malaysia

As the Star Empire of East Malaysia is a multinational conglomerate, it has prepared this Chain of Succession if anything were to happen to the Emperor/Empress.

Prince
Prime Emperor/Empress
Director of Foreign Affairs and Diplomacy
Chief Justice of the Imperial Supreme Court
President of the Imperial Senate
Deputy President of the Imperial Senate
President of the Imperial Council
High Chancellor, Federation of South Malaysia
President, Kingdom of Caven
High Minister, Confederacy of Kir'Shara
People's President, People’s Republic of Vaytan
Governor, North Caven Union
Governor, State of Southrovia
Governor, Kingdom of Sava
Governor, State of Java
President, Tau Cygna Republic
Colony Representative, Colony of East Malaysian Prime
Administrator, Administration of Maxia Zeta
President, Vantex Federation
President-Governor, Commonwealth of the Lissepians
Secretary-General, Qua and Zulu Assembly
Arbiter of Succession Program Project

If by any chance the Secretary-General of the Qua and Zulu Assembly where to meet an end, the Arbiter of Succession Program Project will be activated. All government members have to submit their government ID. The AoSPP will then select the highest ranking officials that will continue the Chain of Succession.
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Despite being formally a democracy, Drakkengard was build from the ashes of an empire and in many things it still behaves like one. And since the Drakken family were entitled as protectors of Drakkengard when the nation was created a succession would happen like this:

If the president is also a member of the Drakken family:
The sucessor is the closest adult male relative of the deceased (and from there goes until the end of the bloodline)

If the president is not a member of the Drakken family:
The sucessor is the oldest adult male member of the Drakken family (and from there goes until the end of the bloodline)

In both cases they will be full successors.

The arbiter of succession if needed would be the Defense Minister, as keeping tabs on Drakken bloodline is a matter of national security.
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The Premier of the Kandarin Federation is a very functional, quiet figure, elected by and from the Senate. If he died, a replacement would be elected from the Senate in very short order. Elections for the nation's highest office are very quick and low-key, emergency or no. The Vice Premier would act as Premier in the time period between the death of the Premier and the appointment of a new one.

The Eldar Lords* are just as functional and quiet, but since they essentially run the country, a little more forethought goes into their replacement. Every Eldar Lord chooses their own successor. They may use any means they like to do this. Some choose their adoptive or even biological children. Some may raise an apprentice or elevate a particularly promising student. Some have gone down more bizarre routes, like choosing a successor seemingly at random and subtly steering them toward their own point of view, or creating a specially designed bio-construct for the job.

Successors who are publicly identified immediately become members of the Eldar Caste, although they are not Eldar Lords. They may pursue any caste for which they are qualified until the death of their forebear, whereupon they become Eldar Lords. Successors who are not publicly identified retain their previous caste until the death of their forebear, and are not always informed of the choice. In theory the appointment could be refused, but no one has done it yet.

For Eldar Lords within a Great House, the administrative ranks - Primary, Secondary, Tertiary - are determined by a Conclave. This is a meeting held upon the death or resignation of any Eldar Lord who is a part of the House. All remaining Lords, as well as the successor of the departed/deceased, meet and determine who will hold which ranks. What exactly goes on in a Conclave is a fairly well-guarded secret.

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*"Eldar Lord is a misnomer term, as some or often most of the holders of the title at any given time are female. The mistake arises as a result of translation difficulties with the Elven term, Ilkora, which has no English equivalent. At the time of Kandarin's conversion to English, it was decided that Lord was more potentially gender-neutral than Lady, and the term stuck. Ilkora is still sometimes used in the rare occasions where Eldar Lords are actually addressed as such instead of by name.
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Kandarin should just implode from the sheer ridiculousness of it all.
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I mean, no nation could ever sustain that many contradicting belief systems and still exist.
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Well, I imagine Beaulac would secede first, followed by Conroy- oh wait... :P
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