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Elective Monarchy: The Imperial Party supports the establishment of an Elective Monarchy in the region. We envision an Elective Monarchy not only as a way to differ Thaecia from the rest of the world, but also as an additional means to promote activity, through the implementation of systems such as royal houses, titles and awards. We also believe the monarch should be required to remain unaffiliated to a political party, as a representative of the people at large, and that they should serve a one year term.

House of Lords: We support the reformation of the Senate into a "House of Lords", an upper chamber appointed by merit and capable of providing fair and impartial scrutiny. Being nominated to be a lord would occur in two ways: monarchical-awarding of a peerage, which would be possible for up to three sitting members of the chamber, as well as automatic nomination for service to the region, available to merit-based positions, such as the Prime Minister, Chief Justice, Speaker of the Commons and Electoral Commissioner, provided they served in office for a minimum period of time. For the maintenance of democracy, we believe the Lords should not be able to block legislation which received over three-fifths support in the Commons, instead only having the power to suggest amendments to said bills. Such a system would ensure that bills which pass the House with thin margins can be properly scrutinised before becoming law.

Representative Democracy: We are staunchly opposed to any attempts to transition the region into a direct democracy, a system we believe would only serve to destroy Thaecia's long-lasting political system. We are committed to representative democracy, while also supporting a sensible, common sense policy in favour of referenda for big, region-defining issues.

Opposition to Frontier Transition: At present, our party stands in opposition to the transition of Thaecia into a "frontier" region. While we recognise the possible benefits to our population numbers, it is not yet clear if our region can protect itself from raiders, nor whether most new nations would even be properly integrated into the region. We support the maintenance of our status as a "stronghold" region for the foreseeable future, while encouraging recruitment through the means of stamps and manual recruitment.

Pro-Parliamentarism: The Imperial Party supports the transitioning of the region into a parliamentary system of democracy. We believe that the greater integration between the Executive and Legislative branches, provided by parliamentarism, would be an incentive for newcomers to get involved in executive work, while also ensuring that the Executive is more properly accountable to the legislature, and that unpopular governments can be brought down by parliament.

Pro-Bicameralism: Our party remains committed to support Thaecia's historically bicameral legislature. We believe that bicameralism remains an effective force through which ensure a system of checks and balances in the legislature, while also differing Thaecia from other regions.

Position Restrictions: We believe in the implementation of a set of restrictions to government officials holding multiple positions at once. We are staunchly opposed to positions such as the Electoral Commissioner, as well as Justices of the High Court, being able to sit in parliament, as this would configure a clear conflict of interest.

Opposition to State-Owned Media: The Imperial Party expresses its utmost opposition to the establishment of state-owned media. We believe such organisations to be tools of the existing government to spread propaganda to the citizenry.

Soft-Isolationism: The Imperial Party believes that the region should adopt a soft-isolationist approach to foreign affairs. While the region should continue to build embassies and sign treaties with friendly regions, we must remember that Thaecia's success lies within Thaecia itself, and as such the government should never seek to drop a policy that is beneficial to our region in order to please a third party.

Opposition to Interregional Organisations: We express our staunch opposition to Thaecia's entry into any foreign organisations that would constitute any form of political union with power over Thaecia. We must not allow our laws to be written outside of our region.

Pro-Interregional Collaboration: The Imperial Party is supportive of the region participating in interregional events, such as the likes of N-Day, with its allies. Such events are good means through which promote activity between regions in a healthy and respectful manner.

Pro-Military: Our party remains committed to supporting Thaecia's longstanding military forces. Our enemies must perish in the battlefield.

Judicial Independence: The Imperial Party believes Justices of the High Court must be constitutionally mandated to remain unaffiliated to a political party. Judicial independence is key for there to be trust in the institution of the High Court, and that is not possible with a partisan court.

Monarchical Nomination of Justices: With a future implementation of the Thaecian Monarchy, the Imperial Party would support moving judicial nominations to the independent figure of the monarch, with the justices then being confirmed by parliament following a hearing.

Private Property as a Right: Our party believes that legislation should be introduced in order to protect the rights of privately-owned organisations, such as political parties and news organisations, in order to ensure that names and logos can not be stolen by ill-intentioned citizens.

Opposition to Lower Courts: At present the Imperial Party opposes the creation of Lower Courts, as we believe them to be unnecessary due to the historically low volume of court cases.

Roleplay Autonomy: The Imperial Party supports roleplay autonomy, believing the government should generally not intervene in internal roleplay policy. We believe that a Roleplay Minister/Director, along with a roleplay staff selected by said minister, should autonomously manage the roleplay.

Regional Polls: We support the continuation of RMB polls as a means to promote activity and discussion within the region. We do note however, that many polls are often not very interesting and fail at this task. We believe the government should seek to explore polls of various political issues, including real life ones, as a means to generate discussion and debate.

Regional Events: Our party is of the opinion that cultural events is not where Thaecia's main focus is, and will very likely never be. That said, we do recognise there to still be some form of demand for such events, and stand in support of the continuing existence of the Cultural Affairs Ministry to promote them through Thaecia's discord server. Additionally, we believe the government should explore activities with demonstrable popularity in the past, such as some form of Thaecian "Minecraft Server".

Sovereign: The Party Sovereign is to serve as the de-facto leader of the Imperial Party of Thaecia. A vote of no-confidence in the Sovereign may be proposed with the support of a third of party members. Should the Sovereign lose the confidence of a majority of the party, a new election for Sovereign is to be held.

Deputy Sovereign: The Deputy Sovereign is to serve at the de-facto deputy leader of the Imperial Party of Thaecia. The Deputy Sovereign is to be appointed/dismissed by the Sovereign at their leisure. Should the Sovereign resign, the Deputy Sovereign shall take over as Sovereign in an acting fashion until a new election for Sovereign is held.

Elections: Elections for the position of Sovereign are to be organised by the Deputy Sovereign. Said election shall be held through a public ballot with a two-round voting system. The two candidates with the most votes in the first round shall advance to a second round, in which the candidate with the most votes shall be victorious.

Manifesto and Conventions: The Manifesto of the Imperial Party of Thaecia may be amended unilaterally by the Party Sovereign at their leisure. In the leading up to a General Election, the party shall convene for a Party Convention in order to discuss policy and changes to the manifesto.

Party Constitution: Changes to the Party Constitution may be presented by the Sovereign, or by party members with support of a third of the membership. All changes to the Party Constitution shall require approval of two-thirds of voting members.