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 of Arizona, while styling its head of state and government "King", is a monarchy not even in name, but a republic that is both liberal and democratic: a republic in which government is instituted and derives its just powers "by and with the consent of the governed", one which was created and exists for the sole purpose of "protecting and maintaining individual rights."

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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 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 have no function other than as designating positions of honor.