Commonwealth of Arizona


 * This article is about the Commonwealth of Arizona. For information on the State of the same name, see State of Arizona, and for other uses see Arizona (disambiguation).

Arizona (/ærɪˈzoʊnə/) is the sovereign political community of Arizona vampires.

A member of the Zeus clan of vampires, the Commonwealth of Arizona was founded in 1717 after declaring independence from the Kingdom of California.

Politics and government
The Commonwealth of Arizona is organized as a popular monarchy, in which the King derives his just Powers and Legitimacy from the Consent of his People. In the Commonwealth of Arizona, the King is answerable to his people, and he reigns so long as he maintains their confidence. However, unlike popular monarchies elsewhere, the King is styled not as the “King of the Arizonans”, but as the “King of Arizona”.

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State and Foreign Affairs
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Demographics
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Population
As of the most recent Commonwealth Census (1720), there were 352,237 vampires domiciled in Arizona. Around three-fifths (roughly 215,000) live within Maricopa County, followed by approximately 54,000 in Pima County; with the rest living in the other thirteen Counties of the Commonwealth.

Society
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Etiquette
Vampire society in Arizona is formal and egalitarian. Unlike monarchies among humans, vampiric monarchies do not confer any titles of nobility. Rather, vampiric monarchies connotate a place of honor and esteem vested in the monarch by his or her countrymen: The titles of King and Queen are egalitarian, much like "President", "Governor", and "Prime Minister" among humans.

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In Arizona, as in most other vampire kingdoms, all vampires other than the monarch are styled Sir or Madam, while the monarch is styled using a variant of Sir/Madam, namely Sire in the case of the King, and Lady in the case of the Queen. These titles serve no purpose other than to denote positions of trust and honor.