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Enacting Laws of the Empire of Ananto and Kalistan

Imperial House Law
TITLE III Articles 5 and 6 Enthronement Ceremony and Royal Household Organization

ARTICLE 5- ENTHRONEMENT CEREMONY
The Enthronement Ceremony will take place either in The Formal Audience Chambers at the Imperial Seat in Kaliburg-Port Davon, Grand Duchy of Ananto, or at another place of the Sovereign's selection. The Ceremony will be formalized and must contain the following Elements, in specific succession.
1. If the Event is held at the Imperial Seat, the Throne and the interior of the Pagoda are curtained off from view.
-a. If at another location, a temporary pagoda is in place with the best seat in the venue found to serve as a throne. There are no specifications on the temporary pagoda or the replacement throne. Anything will serve for the purpose of the ceremony.
2. Guests are seated. All members of the Royal Family are seated in the front row directly before the Throne. Members of the Government are seated to their right, Peers and all Deputies in Attendance are seated to their left. Foreign Royals are seated immediately behind the Members of the Government in order of rank.
-a. Seating order is as follows: Invited Guests, Deputies, Members of the Government, Peers, Foreign Dignitaries, Royal Family.
3. Sovereign enters, wearing only simple untailored full length white linen robe and barefoot enters. No undergarments are permitted.
-a. Sovereign is escorted in escorted by two personal attendants who assist.
-b. Procession goes to front center of room where the uncrowned Sovereign meets the Chancellor of the Empire and then both face outward and the Chancellor calls for recognition by all in attendance with the words: "Citizens of the Empire of Ananto and Kalistan, please recognize your Emperor/Empress and Sovereign, His/Her Imperial Majesty, Emperor/Empress [common name].
-c. All Kalistanis present respond "Long Live our Emperor/Empress!"
4. Attendants and Sovereign then turn enter the Curtained Pagoda, followed by the Chancellor of the Empire, remembering to seal the pagoda off from view.
-a. Inside, the attendants strip off the linen robe.
-b. The two attendants then help the sovereign into their Coronation Garment, which must formally include a tunic and trousers, or a full length dress that may be made of any materials the Sovereign shall choose. Undergarments remain forbidden at this point. Following the rerobing, the Attendants will leave the pagoda and take up their places on either side of the Pagoda.
-c. The Chancellor of the Empire drips three drops of hemp oil upon the crown of the Sovereign's bare head. The drops are meant to be small and entirely unnoticeable. The Chancellor may speak to the Sovereign as a Citizen during this part. There is to be no mention of the details of this ceremony. Following the anointment, the Chancellor will leave the Pagoda. The Sovereign will take a seat on the Throne at this time.
-d. The Attendants will drop the curtain on the pagoda revealing the newly robed and seated Sovereign.
5. At this time, a Representative of the Kalistani Annual Meeting of Brethren will read a minute of support and care for the Sovereign. The Chancellor may also read the minute if an appointed member of the Yearly Meeting is not present.
6. At this point, the Chancellor is entitled to say a few words in support of the Sovereign.
-a. The Chancellor will formally end their speech with the words: "Do you affirm that you will govern us honestly, administer justice evenly, according to the law, and rule with the end of good and common welfare of your Subjects and your Citizens as your first, last and only considerations, in all matters, from now forward?"
-b. The Sovereign will respond in the affirmative with the words "I affirm that I will try, though it may kill me." This is the only exception to personal pronouns regulations which is permitted. If they do not, they cannot be crowned.
7. The Chancellor shall then produce the Crown, and with head bowed reverently, offer it to the seated Sovereign, with the words ""Then we, the People of Kalistan offer you our loyalty and pledge our honor to you, our eternal sovereign, and signify so by offering you your Crown."
-a. The Sovereign will take the Crown from the Chancellor and place it on their own head.
-b. The Attendants will now produce the Robe of State and will drape it over the shoulders of the Sovereign. The Robe may look like anything but it must be bright orange satin, and trimmed with burgundy velvet If there is embroidery upon the velvet, it must use 24 Karat Gold thread. If there is to be any fur on the Robe or on the Cap of the Crown, it must be either spotted Ermine or Black Bear fur.
-c. Following the Robing, the Attendants will leave the pagoda
8. The Chancellor will situate herself at the side of the Sovereign, and with head remaining bowed, declare: "All Kalistanis, behold, your Empress. Her True and Complete Name is:" The Chancellor will then recite the full Royal Style of the Emperor or Empress as determined by law.
-a. The Chancellor will then back away from the Sovereign and out of the Pagoda. The Sovereign will stand.
-b. All Kalistanis present will stand and shout in unison, and in Egelian: "Viva el Emperador/la Emperatriz!"
-c. The Chancellor may offer a short benediction at this point.
9. At this point, all guests and foreigners will be invited to leave. The doors to the Coronation chamber will be locked. The Chancellor will administer the Affirmations of Fealty.
-a. All members of the Royal Family will be ordered to kneel. The Chancellor will read the Affirmation and direct the Royals to repeat: "I affirm that I shall support, uphold and defend the Crown and its bearer, to life or limb, as I defend my own life, and remain the Sovereign's ardent defender until the end of my days, though it may kill me to do so." The Royals will remain kneeled.
-b. All Peers will be directed to kneel. The Chancellor will read the Affirmation and Direct the Royals to repeat: "I affirm that I pledge complete and unquestioned loyalty to the Crown and its Bearer, as its liegeman. The Sovereign's Fiat is absolute law above question or challenge and I shall uphold it as if it were my own, though it may kill me to do so." The Peerage will remain kneeled.
-c. All commoners present will be directed to kneel. The Chancellor will read the Affirmation and direct royals to repeat: "I affirm that I pledge loyalty and obedience to the fiat of the Sovereign and shall act in good faith and with integrity to the Crown and its Bearers and the Sovereign's Heirs as required by Law, though it may kill me to do so." Commoners will remain kneeled.
10. The Chancellor will dismiss all Kalistanis.
-a. At this time, the Sovereign may remain for photographs.
-b. Ceremony having ended, the Sovereign may also, with the help of her Attendants, change back into regular clothing. The Crown and the Coronation garments will be taken and stored for safekeeping and later use.