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Austenasia is a constitutional monarchy. The current Emperor as of September 2025 is Alexander VI, and the current Prime Minister is HIH Crown Prince John.

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Austenasia is an imperial monarchy, currently ruled by His Imperial Majesty Emperor Alexander VI, who has held the vast executive, legislative, and judicial powers of the Throne since the abdication of Aggelos I on 30 September 2025. The Monarch is held accountable by the Austenasian Senate, a body which can pass advisory resolutions and ultimately has the power to install a regency should the Monarch be considered incapable of ruling. The holder of the Throne is also advised by the Privy Council, a body which he can consult for and which can issue the Monarch with non-binding advice and suggestions.

Although the Throne is officially hereditary, the Senate may amend the line of succession with the Monarch’s consent. In early 2024, the relatives of Jonathan I were removed from the line of succession by his own request and replaced with five statesmen considered more suitable candidates to be in line to one day succeed as Emperor; this led to his succession by Aggelos I later that year. Indeed, out of the six Monarchs that Austenasia has had in its history, only Jonathan I was a relation of Terry I, the founding Emperor, with the others having instead ascended the Throne due to the effects of Acts of Parliament or resolutions of the Senate.

On a daily basis, most executive power is exercised by the Throne and the Cabinet of Austenasia, with the Prime Minister helping to co-ordinate the activities of Cabinet in accordance with policies decided by themselves and the Monarch. Legislative power is vested in Parliament, which is comprised of the Monarch, Prime Minister, and House of Representatives. The judiciary is comprised of Town Courts, High Courts, and an Imperial Court, to try differing degrees of crimes, with the Consuls issuing sentences for those found guilty.

The part of Austenasia under the control of the central government is split into administrative districts of seven Towns, each run by a local council, and twenty nine Territories, uninhabited areas of land in which law is when possible enforced by a Governor. In practice, Town Councils generally tend to desist from formally making any but basic and emergency bye-laws, with local government tending to function more on a communal consensus basis. All Representatives make up the House of Representatives, out of which is elected by universal suffrage the Prime Minister no less often than every four years. The Prime Minister and House of Representatives propose, debate and reword laws to be passed. They are then given Imperial Consent by the Monarch, entering them into law.

The Imperial Capital, Wrythe, falls under the autonomous governance of the Pater Patriae. The Empire of Austenasia also contains fourteen Crown Dependencies, which fall under the direct and absolute authority of the Monarch, with Governing Commissioners usually being appointed to represent him and exercise his power. Acts of Parliament and other Austenasian laws do not apply to Crown Dependencies unless explicitly stated, with the Governing Commissioners exercising near-absolute domestic power.

Just over half of all Austenasians – 53.9% – do not live within Austenasia itself, instead holding the status of non-residential subjects. They elect the Diasporic List, a number of Representatives which jointly represent non-residential subjects in Parliament.

ATTENTION: Please do ignore and discount any references to the “Commonwealth of Austenasia” or to the Throne being vacant; this is false information placed online by a disgruntled former member of the Empire.