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Changes to a Tradition?
Topic Started: Apr 12 2011, 06:14 PM (244 Views)
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The Asian Tiger
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~~THE NATIONAL EXPRESS~~


Is the Republic really a way to go?

The Imperial Union of United Asian Islands wasn't always a natural country. It was created out of marriage and a civil war, but even then through all of its recorded history it was a high rising monarchy. After the death of the Late Empress Victoria, support for the monarchy was assured. Millions turned up for the state funeral to show support and indeed at the ceremony for the crowning of a new King even more turned up. So suddenly the rise in minority groups who wish to create an open discussion in Parliament about the state of the monarchy shows us that perhaps the safety of our nation isn't all that. But for a country where our traditions go back thousands of years, is a republic really the way to go?

Before we go on, the power of the crown isn't absolute. It's constitutional - limited power for the King and ceremonial duties for the Imperial Family. The political, social and other economical issues of our country are filled by parliament – the administration where our democracy begins. Therefore our country is a mixture of both democracy and monarchy. Yet even when our nation finds the balance between the two systems, others still choose to say that the monarch is not needed.

One of the main arguments for the removal of the monarchy is the lack of power they hold makes them no longer. But one thing people often overlook is everything that materialises as law in our country has been passed through the desks of our king. Also one important thing that the monarch holds is the power of peace and war. Only the monarch has the decision to declare war upon a country or so choose to sign peace with it. It’s true that troops can be sent off for missions into other countries territories but war is different. It can damage the entire country and will officially involve every single citizen. It is up to the monarch to choose whether the people are in such danger that war must be declared. In fact in all of history the declaration of war against another country was fully decided by the monarch and through his own declarations. This leads onto another thing - comfort. The Imperial Family is everyone’s family - in times of need we look to them for comfort but most importantly we relate to them. The Imperial Family will always try to symbolise the modern family. In fact the late Empress once stated that "The Art of the Monarchy depends upon two things - one is to know the mood of your people and to know that you are to stand by them, and the other is to know that the monarch is to move with time. People do not wait for you, the art is to not move too fast ahead of the time, or to move too slowly and get left behind. Once the two are perfected it is easy to win over the people"

That leads us onto another thing. Most of the monarch's time is taken up by ceremonial duties. Many claim this should be a thing of the past. But why, traditions go back thousands of years and to suddenly remove that would only mean that perhaps Unasians are losing their grip in culture. In fact our country should always celebrate such traditions, not condemn it. People will also go on about the cost of The Imperial Family and simply my reply to that is simple - tourist revenue! Our country has always changed, developed and evolved and it has done so beside a monarchy so why shouldn’t our country continue to do these things for the next thousand years and do it beside a monarchy. After all our country has prospered under such an administration.

So a republic may not exactly be the way to go for a country like United Asian Islands, in fact support for the monarchy is actually still very high, yet people seem to always expect the numbers to soon fall. The idea of a republic for a country that was born out of a monarchy, grew up by the marriage of royalty and spent adulthood maintaining an empire isn’t very practical. Our nation is an old one and yes there is room for modernisation but who said Republicanism is modernising our country, just because Monarchism has been around longer that doesn't mean it should be underlined below a republic. The monarchy is the last system that is stopping corrupt, tyrant politicians from claiming all of great country.

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"The Art of the Monarchy depends upon two things - one is to know the mood of your people and to know that you are to stand by them, and the other is to know that the monarch is to move with time. People do not wait for you, the art is to not move too fast ahead of the time, or to move too slowly and get left behind. Once the two are perfected it is easy to win over the people"
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The Swiss Confederation fully supports the plight of Repulicanism in the Imperial Union of United Asian Islands.
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