Caliantene Empire

The Caliantene Empire, officially referred to as the Caliantene Imperial Commonwealth, is a collection of colonial, semi-sovereign, and sovereign nations under the rule of the Caliantene Emperor. The Commonwealth contains 86 territories, with varying degrees of sovereignty and political circumstances. The capital of the empire is Calise.

Imperial Commonwealths
Imperial Commonwealths are the first classification of state within the Caliantene Empire, in which nations are treated as largely independent states, but are bound to the empire through the monarch, who is the head of state. which are sovereign nations which are bound to the Empire through the monarch as the head of state

Legal Framework of the Empire
The Caliantene Empire is actually organized under the Edict of Calise, which was signed in 1858, and is one of the documents which makes up the Constitution of Calise. The Edict installs the Emperor of Calise as the sovereign of all territories within the Empire, and establishes the divisions of territories within the imperial domain as three classifications: Imperial Governates, Imperial Dominions, and Commonwealths. Governates are territories which are administered directly by the Estate-General and Prime Minister of Caliane, with no control over interior or foreign affairs; Dominions are territories which have an elected assembly and governor with powers of interior matters, but no power over foreign or defense matters; and Commonwealths, which are sovereign nations which are bound to the Empire through the monarch as the head of state.

Under the Edict, however, the Imperial government holds certain powers:


 * The Imperial Government may, at any time, call for the general mobilization of the empire's military forces to fight in a conflict to protect imperial territory. In such cases, the militaries of the governates, dominions, and commonwealths are under the command of the Imperial government in Calise.
 * Nations of the Empire are required to peg their currencies to the Caliantene currency.

Governing Structures
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