Our Imperial Majesty has proclaimed this edict today so as to give the people of the Empire more opportunity to be aware of its content before tomorrow, Independence Day, in celebration of which it has been proclaimed, but it is tomorrow when this Imperial Edict shall come into force.
In celebration of the sixth anniversary of the independence of Austenasia, Our Imperial Majesty bestows the following titles and honours:
- Lord Hengest Crannis, Duke of Grantabridge is made Knight of Honour of the Glorious Order of St. John.
- HM King Adam I is made Knight of Virtue of the Glorious Order of St. John.
- The following are made Knights of Edd of the Order of the Bullmastiff: HIH Emperor Father Terry; Lord John Gordon, Baron of Palasia; and HM King Quentin I.
- The following are made Knight Commanders of the Austenasian Order: HM Prince Andrew I; Bradley, Duke of Dullahan; and Tribune Jacob Lewis.
- The following are made Commanders of the Austenasian Order: Lord Centurion Alastair Cranston, Duke of New Virginia; President Jacob Huff; and Duke Elias I.
- President Shane Cahill is made Officer of the Austenasian Order.
Furthermore, Our Imperial Majesty, in our capacity as Emperor, in the exercise of our undoubted imperial prerogative does hereby declare and ordain with the approval of our Prime Minister that effective as of tomorrow Our Imperial Majesty does give and grant unto our trusted follower Lord Dux Joseph Kennedy, Count of Greater Richmond, the title and rank of Caesar and the style of Imperial Highness, to have and at all times to hold and enjoy the said title and style. We direct that his now secondary title of Joseph Nobilissimus Caesar may be used in all legal and official contexts.
In accordance with our eleventh Imperial Decree and with the Heischierland and Oregonia Act 2014, our Crown Dependencies of Oregonia and of Terentia are currently governed by Governing Commissioners in the name of and on behalf of Our Imperial Majesty. While desirous to keep this state of affairs, we ordain that henceforth, HIH Joseph Nobilissimus Caesar shall be set over our North American Crown Dependencies as our deputy, and for appropriate matters to be referred to him by our Governing Commissioners for his consideration and direction.
Furthermore, Our Imperial Majesty approves of and encourages the plans for a museum to be established in Lichtenstein by the Duke of Grantabridge, and we give our consent for it to bear the adjective Imperial.
Furthermore, in accordance with the Subjectship Act 2014, Our Imperial Majesty bestows upon Adam von Friedeck, Governing Commissioner of Oregonia, subjectship of the Empire of Austenasia.
Finally, in accordance with Section B of Article V of the Austenasian Constitution of 2011, we hereby give formal notice of three weeks that a Local Election will take place on 11 October later this year. Until 27 September later this year, any willing subject (or any resident or any non-residential subject who fulfils the criteria set out in Paragraphs 4 or 10 respectively of the New Richmond and Shineshore Act 2014) may stand for election to run for the office of Representative of their Town, and may use the time between 27 September and 11 October to campaign to persuade the subjects of their Town to vote for them. On 11 October, all subjects willing shall go to ballot stations organised by their respective Town Council to cast a vote for who they wish to be their Representative. Votes shall be delivered to, counted and verified by Our Imperial Majesty in our capacity as Secretary-General, and sent to the incumbent Representatives of each Town. On 12 October, the results of the Local Election shall be announced in each Town by the individual who was its Representative or Acting Representative before the Local Election – the person with the highest number of votes shall become its new Representative.
We wish all our subjects a happy Independence Day. Long live the Empire!
Proclaimed at Thanasia this nineteenth day of September during the second year of our reign, in the year of the consulship of Eritoshi Augusta and Imperator Caesar Jonathan Augustus.