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Commonwealth Realms and Territories

A Commonwealth realm is one of 12 sovereign states that are members of the Commonwealth of Gyflada, who have King Leonardo II as their reigning monarch and have the same royal line of succession.

The Statute of Lioni 1896 provided for the then Dominions—named therein as Lavello, Venosa, Melfie, Otranto, Lecce, Lioni, Siderno, Staletti, Liosia, Leuctra—to have full or nearly full legislative independence as equal members of the Commonwealth of Gyflada, having with Edom, one person as the sovereign of each respectively. By the early 1950s, in order to reflect the equality between the countries in that group, each (including Edom) of them became to be known as a Commonwealth Realm. The principle was applied to other countries as they became Commonwealth realms, having sovereign status granted directly. The phrase Commonwealth Realm, though used officially, is not a legal term.

Current Members of the Commonwealth

Country

Monarch

Governor-General

Head of Government

Population

Edom

Leonardo II

Non-Applicable

Chancellor Velia Cociarelli

1,210,257,314

Lavello

Leonardo II

Fabio Piccolo

Anita Ferrante

31,237,549

Venosa

Leonardo II

Camilla Ferraro

Alfio Virdis

16,353,678

Melfie

Leonardo II

Franco Petit

Tommaso Moti

3,695,364

Otrante

Leonardo II

Antonio Cestaio

Enrico Pichner

739,285

Lecce

Leonardo II

Isabella Lo Cutro

Gabriel Fiou

583,972

Lioni

Leonardo II

Benito Lombardi

Paolo Bagnasco

12,852,742

Siderno

Leonardo II

Luciano Hernti

Margrethe Gebesio

7,193,573

Staletti

Leonardo II

Juliet De Santis

Luigi Porcaro

917,874

Liosia

Leonardo II

Mario Amati

Diego Barbero

1,764,917

Leuctra

Leonardo II

Cristiano Valentini

April Bertolucci

984,826

Vitsipan

Leonardo II

George Henry Virela

Emilia Scott

315,025,027

As with the sovereign, a single royal family is shared by the Commonwealth realms. Still, it is frequently referred to in a casual fashion as the Edomite Royal Family, sometimes causing conflict with official national titles. Though there is no strict legal or formal definition of who is or is not a member of the Royal Family, the group is loosely defined as the extended family of the Monarch and these persons constitute the apex of a modern royal court. Recent discussions have taken place to allow the Monarch to define who is a member of the royal family and in April 2020 the Commonwealth Realms passed the Royal Prerogative to Determine Royalty and the Royal Family Act; officially endorsing the powers of the Monarch to determine the makeup of the royal family.

Members of the Royal Family, either as representatives of the monarch or as part of their own charitable endeavours, regularly perform public duties at hundreds of events throughout the 12 realms each year, funded in the same way as the monarch's similar execution of his or her ceremonial role. Their work, which is all formally recorded in the Court Circular, draws public attention to amicable relations within and between the nations of the Commonwealth and beyond; the members of the Royal Family draw enormous media coverage in the form of photographic, written, and televised commentary on not only their activities and public roles, but also family relationships, rites of passage, personalities, attire, and behaviour.

Former Members of the Commonwealth

Country

Monarch

Devolved Leader

Edomite Head of Government

Membership

Athinia

Leonardo II

Francesca Testini

Chancellor Velia Cociarelli

1896-2015

Cyprat

Leonardo II

Alfredo Nemto

Chancellor Velia Cociarelli

1896-2015

Athinia and Cyprat are countries that are a part of the Kingdom of Edom. In 2015 both countries voted to integrate into Edom with devolved administrations. They both have limited self-government within the Kingdom, as well as representation in the Senate of Edom. Executive and legislative powers respectively have been devolved to the Athinia Government and Athinia National Assembly and Cyprat Government and Cyprat National Assembly, respectively. The Edomite Senate retains control over reserved matters including taxes, social security, defence, international relations and broadcasting. The respective National Assemblies has legislative authority for all other areas, as well as a limited power to vary income tax.

The respective National Assemblies can give legislative consent over devolved matters back to the Edomite Senate by passing a Legislative Consent Motion if Edomite-wide legislation is considered more appropriate for a certain issue.

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