Imperial Characters

Imperial characters represent ceremonial monarchs and emperors separately from ordinary political characters. They supply a persistent named head of state for countries configured with an imperial role, without turning that ceremonial office into an election.

Availability and control#

Creation is an admin-only world operation. An eligible country can have one imperial character, and a country may share another country's imperial character when its configuration says so. The public country and profile views can display the character even though ordinary players cannot create one themselves.

An imperial character records a name, title, royal house, home region, biography, portrait, coat of arms, and profile styling. The title and possessive form come from the country's configuration and the character's gender.

Economic participation#

Creation also establishes a starter corporation owned by the imperial character. Imperial characters can hold cash, currencies, corporate shares, bonds, and other investment records through the same economic ledgers used by ordinary characters. Their holdings identify them with an imperial-character ID, so ownership and payouts survive without pretending they are elected politicians.

Political limits#

An imperial character is not the Prime Minister, Cabinet, or legislature. The elected or confidence-backed government still proposes laws, runs policy, and faces elections or confidence votes. The imperial role fills the ceremonial head-of-state slot and appears on country and profile surfaces.

See also: United Kingdom, Japan, Create a Character, Multi-Country Play, Corporations.