There is an interesting historical anomaly regarding the current Sovereign, HRH Declan I. (If a country founded in 2001 can said to be old enough to have a historical anomaly)
While legally The Kingdom of Tycho is a democracy (were a country’s sovereignty is derived from the people who elect a government to govern on their behalf), with the people electing a Sovereign to govern on their behalf, the current Sovereign was not actually elected as such.
The founding of our country happened like this:
- Declan Stanley made a public claim to own the land that forms the territory of The Kingdom of Tycho.
- In the absence of any other country claiming ownership of this land he then claimed status as an independent country.
- Having declared himself King he then declared the constitution, which turned the country into a democracy.
However Declan had declared himself King before declaring the constitution, so whether he is Sovereign under the constitution, or King above the constitution is an interesting legal grey area.
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