Decree XLII Adam I
Office of the Emperor
Decree XLII
ColoniesWe, the Adammic Imperial Majesty, do hereby issue the following Decree, clarifying our previous Decree, elevating the Territory of Dearneland to the Colony status, ceding Adammia to the Holy Roman Empire, and establishing the Principality of Burghlia.
Noting that certain details were neglected in our previous Imperial Decree, this being Decree XLI (Borealian Independence), we hereby clarify that the Governor of the colony of El Grandens is to be the Grand Duke of El Grandens, this being His Grace Sir Cavan Garfield, and that this position will be held by him and his descendants for all time to come until We the occupant of this Office declare otherwise; furthermore, we hereby clarify that the Governor of the colony of Kappania is to be the Lord of Kappania, this being Lord Sir Euan Carey, and that this position will be held by him and his descendants for all time to come until We the occupant of this Office declare otherwise.
We hereby declare that the Territory of Dearneland will hereby be upgraded to the status of Colony. We declare that the Governor of Dearneland shall be Sir Daniel Pettinger, who shall accordingly hold the title of Shogun of Dearneland and the style of Shogun Sir Daniel Pettinger, and that this position will be held by him and his descendants for all time to come until We the occupant of this Office declare otherwise.
Noting that the population of the Colony of Adammic Columbia has expressed its wish under the right to self-determination to join the Holy Roman Empire, the Empire of Adammia hereby recognises the Holy Roman Empire, this being the entity ruled by Quentin of Wyvern as Emperor, as a sovereign state; furthermore the Empire of Adammia hereby cedes the entirety of the territory of Adammic Columbia to the Holy Roman Empire, and Adammic Columbia shall no longer be a Colony of the Empire of Adammia, and Sir Grant Hawkins shall no longer bear the title of Governor of Adammic Columbia or the style of Lord.
Noting that an agreement was made in the February of this year between Our Imperial Majesty and Madam Becky Spencer-Smith that the residence of the latter would become a territory of the Empire of Adammia; noting furthermore that the residents of the said territory have not expressed any opposition to this; We hereby declare that the entirety of the property inhabited by Madam Becky Spencer-Smith is claimed as territory of the Empire of Adammia, which shall be incorporated as a Colony known as the Principality of Burghlia; furthermore we declare that the Governor of the Principality of Burghlia shall be Madam Becky Spencer-Smith, who shall accordingly hold the title of Princess of Burghlia and the style of Her Highness Princess Rebecca of Burghlia, and that this position will be held by her and her descendants for all time to come until We the occupant of this Office declare otherwise.
This, the forty-second Imperial Decree of Our Imperial Majesty Adam the First, Emperor of Adammia, Count of Penmine and Spildcastle, Lord Chancellor of State, Grand Admiral etcetera, is decreed at Adamsville in the Province of Primoria on this the eleventh day of August, two-thousand and sixteenth year of the Common Era and the fourth year of Our reign, and is signed into immediate effect.
Adamus Primus Imperator
11th August 2016 00:31
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