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).

The Commonwealth of Arizona (: Mancommunidad de Arizona) is the sovereign political community of Arizona vampires.

Politics and government
The Commonwealth is governed as a constitutional monarchy; however, such is that of the Commonwealth of Arizona where the King of Arizona is both reigning and ruling monarch, while at the same time he is not above the Constitution and Laws of the Commonwealth of Arizona: As to the Constitution and Laws of the Commonwealth of Arizona, the King is subject thereto on the same Terms and Conditions as all other vampires in the Commonwealth, and all vampires including the King are equally required to abide by and defend the Constitution of the Commonwealth and all Laws enacted in strict pursuance thereof.

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Commonwealth of Arizona–State of Arizona relations
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Society
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Etiquette
Vampire society in Arizona is formal and egalitarian. Unlike monarchies among humans, vampiric monarchies do not confer a title 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 merely honorific, 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. Other than as titles of honor, these honorifics serve no other purpose.