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The British Dominion Kingdom of the Constitutional Monarchy of Kotire is a country within the British Empire as part of the game at www.nationstates.net This is an account of the great history of this Dominion Kingdom, written by B.D.Jacques, the Prime Minister of the said Dominion Kingdom.

The British Dominion Kingdom of the Constitutional Monarchy of Kotire is a small nation state found geographically within the Realm of New Zealand in the South Pacific. It was founded in 1989 by Royal petition of the Late Queen Tabatha of Kotire, formerly a Princess of the exiled royal house of Egypt, but being of British royal descent. The small amount of land allotted to Her Royal Highness was set up as a Principality under the legislative jurisdiction of the New Zealand Government. By the end of 1995 Her Highness was given greater autonomy by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the British Empire. In 1999 the final step was taken when the Principality was declared an independent Kingdom called Kotire, under Queen Tabatha who ruled directly, and an absolute Monarchy was set up, along with a new Capital city of Campania. Her Majesty reigned until her death on the 13th of August 2004. Durring her reign she oversaw the initiatives put in place for an elected House of Representatives and Parliament with a House of Lords to be set up after her death. She appointed Admiral Sir Lord Jacques of the British Empire to be the Lord Protector of Her Majesty’s Royalist Cause to oversee the establishment of a democratic Constitutional Monarchy once the nation had the infrastructure to support it. Her Majesty lived to the age of 105, and upon her death, after a long sickness, the entire British Empire mourned her passing, and her Imperial State funeral took place at the Anglican Cathedral of St. Paul the following day with Heads of State and Governments attending from New Zealand, Great Britain, Australia, Egypt, and representatives of several other European Royal families. Her late Majesty was laid to rest in her monumental mausoleum in the capital city. Her passing was difficult to bare for many of her subjects, as she was dearly loved by all, and to many was seen as a grand mother figure. For the state it was difficult also, as Her Majesty had never married and produced an heir to reign after her. This was anticipated to create difficulties for her succession and thus the constitutional make up of the tiny country. Therefore in the April of 2004 with the possibility of Her Majesty’s death being imminent the Succession Act 2004 was written and passed by the Queen to address this situation. The Succession Act allowed for a period not exceeding 90 days of interregnum to allow for the Lord Protector to find a suitable successor. Should none be found within the interregnum period the country would then be re-absorbed into the British Empire under New Zealand sovereignty. Therefore the Lord Protector’s success was imperative for the future of the country. This task took him to many of the Royal Houses of Europe seeking a Prince who was not about to inherit the throne of his own homeland, therefore making him available to take the throne of Kotire. This was a difficult task, as the candidates had to be suitable culturally, politically and theologically. After spending one month in Europe Prince Felix of Luxembourg was officially called upon to become the new King of Kotire. He was second in line to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg behind his older brother, and so was available. His Highness accepted the call, and was proclaimed Heir to the throne of Kotire.

Prince Felix was the most suitable candidate, as his royal decent was of a similar ancient family line to the late Queen of Kotire, rather than his potential rival of the House of Orange. Though he had been brought up a Catholic he was prepared to convert to become an Anglican, and thus compatible with the British law barring Catholics from the throne of Great Britain of her Imperial dependencies or colonies. He was 19 years old at the time and was engaged to Her Royal Highness the Infanta of Spain, Misthie Maria Augusta. This was exactly what the small country of Kotire needed, a new King who was already engaged, which gave the country a Queen consort as well, and thus the possibility of heirs. On Boxing Day, the 26th of December 2004 Prince Felix was proclaimed and crowned His Majesty King Montgomery Felix Leopold I of Kotire giving him an English name to reflect the English heritage of Kotire. He was crowned in St. Paul’s Cathedral in the newly re-named city of Waterloo. The nation rejoiced after the three-month period of official mourning for the beloved late queen. Celebrations continued into January of 2005 when His Majesty married his fiancée. The wedding doubled as the coronation of the queen consort Her Majesty Queen Misthie Maria Augusta. A new age began to dawn for Kotire. Economic growth picked up and the country flourished as the new Constitutional Monarchy system of government was brought in under his reign. The Lord Protector was elected Prime Minister and set up his national government.

Upon the news of the death of the Prince of Monaco, HM Prime Minister travelled to the tiny European Principality to offer official as well as familial and personal condolences to the Monaco Royal family. It was that same week that news of the death of Pope John Paul II came, and so the Prime Minister was sent to Rome for the official funeral. The Prime Minister was instructed to stay in Europe to visit other Heads of State to establish diplomatic relations on Kotire’s behalf. Upon the night of the Prime Minister’s return to Kotire, the 27th of August 2005 tragedy struck Kotire. Her Majesty Queen Misthie Maria Augusta the young Queen Consort of Kotire was hit by a car on the main road of the capital city and was killed instantly. Kotire was plunged once more into deep mourning. The official mourning black clothes of the state were to be kept on for a further month as the young country and her young King grieved. Once again, Kotire had only one sole head of state and no consort, and once again the royal families of Europe, particularly that of Spain and Luxembourg ascended on the tiny capital city of Waterloo for the state funeral. Though the state was in mourning, the economy, population and culture was beginning to boom and flourish well. New Embassies were set up around the world to represent the new Government of Kotire to the nations of the world. His Majesty’s Prime Minister spent the rest of the year travelling continuing the diplomatic purposes of his government to establish stronger trade, defence and cultural links with other nations, particularly those member states of the British Empire.

At the end of 2005 His Majesty King Montgomery Felix Leopold I instructed his government to once again begin a search for a suitor to become his Queen Consort. A new approach was taken, as His Majesty had no particular Princesses in mind, the Diplomatic Corps sent out a general invitation to all European Heads of State to put forward any Princesses or young women of noble birth who would wish to entertain the idea of courtship with His Majesty the young King. His Majesty King Ulrich of the Kingdom of Eiceheim in Northern Europe responded, offering his 19 year old daughter, and so the Prime Minister and King Montgomery Felix Leopold travelled to Eiceheim to meet Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Eiceheim. The Government back home in Kotire were slow to respond, due to the potential difficulties which may have arisen because Eiceheim was an Orthodox Christian country, as were it’s royal family, and so there were some among the back benches of the government bench who doubted if Eiceheim would permit marriage to an Anglican Catholic on the other side of the world. Others too found it necessary to voice their opinion that Kotire should seek only an Anglican Consort. The issue was defused quickly when His Majesty met the Princess and her father the King of Eiceheim, whose faith in the All Mighty God was real and vibrant. Denomination was no longer a problem for the King or Kotire’s cabinet. Courtship was announced only three days after meeting in the Eiceheimian capital of St. Augustine where the two young royals grew to know and like each other. Eventually the wedding was announced and planned for the 27th day of February 2007 back in Kotire. Formal full military and trade alliances were drawn up and quickly established between Kotire and Eiceheim as the two countries courted each other along side their young royal family members. For the third time in only a short period of time, again the Heads of State of Europe and the world descended upon Waterloo for the Royal Wedding again in the Cathedral of St. Paul. The air and hope of stability now emanated the country, with the country picking itself up from the tragedies that had marked the previous year.

This new period ushered in a growth and development of the Royal Armed Forces of Kotire as the Royal Navy was built up to include ten new capital class battleships and five cruisers to add to the order of twenty frigates which would serve to protect Kotire’s maritime interests at home and abroad. They also were to serve the protection of Eiceheim’s overseas territories and provinces, and the trade between them and Kotire. A new naval base was sought to be established in the Wellington Harbour in Wellington, New Zealand. The New Zealand government was slow to grant permission and so the base was not constructed until later events forced their hand to allow it.

The diplomatic web of relations grew and Her Imperial Majesty Queen Empress Elizabeth II of the British Empire granted Kotire the new position of being a British Dominion Kingdom. This enhanced the constitutional make up of the state. This made the Queen Empress of Kotire, the highest authority under God. Below her ruled the King and his new Queen Consort on Her Majesty’s behalf and in her name with semiautonomous power. Below the King and Queen were the two Houses of Parliament. The nation was therefore proclaimed a Dominion of Great Britain, but had its own Royal Family. This allowed Kotire to remain a member of the European Union, even though it is geographically located in the South Pacific within New Zealand land.

This added both diplomatic and greater military protection for the tiny country. This was timely as diplomatic relations grew, the rogue state of Zoeland began aggressive foreign policies against Kotire which began with illegal naval ‘escorting’ of Kotian merchant vessels between the South Pacific and Europe. The Government of Kotire sought to dissuade the dictator of Zoeland from such actions. However these diplomatic warnings were ignored and the harassment of the Kotian government and trade intensified. His Majesty’s Government withdrew all diplomatic relations with Zoeland and considered the next move. The Kotian Royal Navy was put on high alert around the high-risk zones on the trade routes and Eiceheim offered the use of their naval base in the Indian Ocean from which to monitor the situation. With hostilities becoming a greater risk His Majesty’s Government petitioned the British Government along with Eiceheim to put all the weight of their combined imperial pressure upon Zoeland. The message was sent to the rogue state that should their aggression continue the wrath of the British Empire and the empire of Eiceheim would be unleashed against them with little mercy. The two royal navies of Kotire and Eiceheim were stationed off Zoeland and a blockade was set up eliminating trade by sea to their main ports. The blockade was maintained rigorously for several months. Under intense international pressure from Kotire’s Imperial allies and the United Nations Zoeland was forced to back down from her aggressive trade interception and insulting of the Kotian government. The back down allowed Kotire to recall her South Pacific Fleet closer to home. The effect of the diplomatic defeat of the Zoeland dictator also caused the collapse of the government of the country because it’s military leaders saw it as an act of treason to the nation. A military coup took place and the president was deposed and exiled to Iran. However Eiceheim took the regime change as a potentially hostile action, and so invaded Zoeland with the might of it’s South Pacific Expeditionary Force. The invasion received the consent of the United Nations Security Council and had the full support of the Kotian government. Kotire sent back several ships of the South Pacific Fleet and several units of the Royal Kotian Army to assist. Because of the poor state of the countries infrastructure and military the state was pacified within one week and thus absorbed into the empire of Eiceheim. The Zoeland crisis fused the alliance between Eiceheim and Kotire together in an unbreakable bond of military and national friendship and solidarity. The growth of relations brought forth a new affection between the two countries and measures were made to extend to each other the exclusive right to purchase land in each other’s country to build seminaries and churches. Anglican missionaries were sent to Eiceheim to set up the Anglican Church amongst their people, and Eiceheim sent Orthodox missionaries to Kotire to do likewise. The people of both nations responded well to this. Other steps included full access to universities for their citizens also.

Relations with Eiceheim became even more paramount as diplomatic relations with other European Union member states became fraught as it was not seen that Kotire should be a part of Europe politically, but because of Britain, Eiceheim and Gallantaria, the UN Delegate for the EU, the EU could not eject Kotire. At the same time as this was developing New Zealand was facing growing internal strife with a separatist movement in the lower North Island springing up. Upon the 1st of March 2007 the separatist group in the Wellington region declared independence from New Zealand. Their strategic goal was to overthrow the Wellington administration, and thus posed a great military threat to both New Zealand and Kotire. The Government of Kotire petitioned the New Zealand Government to allow them again to build the naval base at the north end of the harbour so as to station the Royal Kotian Navy South Pacific Fleet there. New Zealand agreed reluctantly. The separatists saw this as a hostile act and so the next day they declared war on Kotire and launched a guerrilla war against Kotian forces and civilians within Kotire’s boarders. The Kotian Royal Armed Forces were once more mobilised en-mass, and the remaining ships stationed off Zoeland were urgently recalled to Kotire. Eiceheim also responded to the request for assistance and offered several army units and ships to repel the attacks. One of the separatist artillery shells hit the Royal Palace of Waterloo late in the night of the 3rd of March. His Majesty the King sustained minor injuries. Kotire was once more in crisis within her own boarders. The Government called crisis meetings to address the situation. The Boarder Expansion Act of 2007 was pushed through Parliament with urgency and was given Imperial ascent by the Queen Empress. This allowed Kotire to occupy and incorporate all of the land of the Hutt Valley of the lower North Island into the British Dominion Kingdom of Kotire. The European Union condemned the government of Kotire for this Act, but failed to understand that the land was already legally under the dominion of the Queen Empress, as she is Queen of New Zealand also, and so it was hers to give to whom she pleased. Within the week the Eiceheimian forces arrived and the fortunes of the war turned in Kotire’s favour. The allies again fought side by side to suppress the separatists and occupy their land. Within three weeks the job was done. The leaders of the separatists were sent to London for imperial trials on charges of High Treason. The Privy Council in London found the lead rebels guilty and sentenced them to death by lethal injection. The Boarder Expansion Act 2007 allowed Kotire to build a naval base, military bases and defence installations to protect Kotire from other such land based attacks. It also gave greater space for the citizens to move into, as the population had grown phenomenally and living conditions up until then were cramped and substandard. The Royal Armed Forces of Eiceheim remained in Kotire to maintain the peace and to assist the development of more police to enforce the law and help rebuild the damaged infrastructure. Europe however failed to forgive Kotire for it’s defensive action and relations continued to deteriorate and so after three months of the European Union failing to compromise, His Majesty’s Government decided to cut all official political ties to Europe and instead became a full political member of the British Empire yet retaining it’s current constitutional make up. This allowed Kotire to begin to take a leading role in the life of the British Empire along side its strong nations of influence. Upon the weekend of the Queen’s Birthday Kotire attained the coveted position of Delegate to the United Nations for the British Empire. The new dawn of influence had begun for Kotire.