Monarchy of Mobius

The King of the Mobians (French: Roi des Möbiens; German: König der Möbischen), also styled as the King of the Confederation (French: Roi du royaume fédéral; German: König des Staatenbundes), is the head of state and chief executive of Mobius as well as the commander-in-chief of the Royal Mobian Armed Forces. In Mobian terms the monarchy is the supreme magistracy of the country, in other words, the holder of the highest office in Mobius.

The powers, functions and duties of the monarchical office, as well as their relation with the prime minister and Privy Council of Mobius, is highly unusual for a constitutional monarchy and liberal democracy given the elective nature of the monarchy, and the monarch actually having executive powers. The king of the Confederation is also the Duke of Leód and Limerick, grand master of the Knights of St. Bartholomew and of the Order of Merit of the Mobian Confederation.

The current king of the Confederation is Myles, who was officially declared king on 21 May 1976 after the Knothole Accords.

History
The monarchy of Mobius was first attempted during the Revolutions of 1848 during the brief existence of the Kingdom of Mobius, which was offered to the reigning King of Acorn Henri XV. The Mobian monarch at this time was highly ceremonial with the unicameral Council of Aldermen holding power. When the revolution died out, so did the unified Mobian kingdom for the time being.

The idea of the Mobian monarchy would be revived in the early 20th Century after the revival of pan-Mobian nationalism in the 1870s. In 1975, a referendum was held on whether or not the Mobian Provisional Union should remain a republic or become a monarchy with the monarchy option winning the referendum, thus establishing the Mobian monarchy again with Myles McCloud becoming King of the Mobians. Unlike the previous 1848 monarchy, the modern Mobian monarchy was given far more executive powers, which was unheard of in a democratic society, and was also an elective position.