The Myeonghan Realm is a constitutional monarchy. The monarch exercises none of the executive, legislative, judicial, prosecutorial, and superintendent powers of the Realm. These powers are exercised by federal authorities, including HM Government and the Houses of the Central Assembly, which are either directly or indirectly selected through free, fair, and open democratic procedures. 

The monarch of the Myeonghan Realm is obligated to remain impartial and aloof of politics, and has 'no power to veto any resolution or decision of the Central Assembly, His Majesty's Government, the Federal Judiciary, the Office of Prosecutions the Commission of Vigilance, and the independent statutory commissions mentioned throughout the Constitution': Article III(5) of the Constitution of the Myeonghan Realm. Indeed, modern government is most efficient where the ceremonial functions of the state are separated from daily executive, law-making, and judicial operations.

Constitutional monarchy humbly embodies notions such as allegiance, duty, and hierarchy which might offend modern ears but are essential for the existence or survival of any successful civilisation. With a constitutional monarch, rather than a politician or political appointee, serving as a stable figurehead, symbolic, head of state, the Realm is able to provide its people with a sense of continuity and identity during times of political chaos and change. 

Whether through the preservation of cultural traditions or the promotion of external relations, the institution of constitutional monarchy has much to offer in today's ever-changing political landscape.

THE CONFUCIAN 

MANSEYA

The honorific Manseya (만세야) ('Lord of Ten Thousand Years') is used to address HM The Emperor, who is the Sovereign of All Beneath Heaven according to the ancient Confucian doctrine of 'There is Nowhere Under Heaven That is Not the Sovereign's' (하늘 아래 왕의 땅 아닌 곳이 없다), as a form of respect and reverence. 

Within the polity of constitutional monarchy of the Myeonghan Realm, the role of HM The Emperor is largely ceremonial. Following the Myeong Empire practice, the Realm confers the title of Manseya on HM The Emperor (pictured here, accompanied by HM The Empress) and his legitimate successors. HM The Emperor retains significant moral responsibilities despite his lack of legal and political powers. 

Article III of the Constitution of the Realm spells out the monarch's full title as 'By the Grace of God, the Emperor of the Myeonghans, Defender of the Way'  (황천상제의 은총으로의, 명한연방황제, 왕도 수호자). As 'Defender of the Way,' HM The Emperor has a unique constitutional responsibility—as a prospective Sage King—to admonish, from time to time, the entire Realm to organise their lives in greater accord with the Way of humaneness, justice, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, through documents known as 'Exhortations.' Exhortations are not legally binding.

The use of the Manseya title for the Sovereign during the Myeong Empire was a way to express hope in the Emperor's longevity and divine mandate to reign. In traditional Confucian culture, the number ten thousand symbolises infinity or an immeasurable quantity, so calling the Sovereign the 'Lord of Ten Thousand Years' is a way of wishing him a long reign.

HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL

The highest advisory body to the Monarch is the Privy Council (승추원). Ex officio members of the Privy Council include the Prime Minister, the First Deputy Prime Minister (Foreign Affairs), the Second Deputy Prime Minister (Home Affairs), the Lord Chancellor of the Privy Council, the Lord Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Central Assembly, the Lord President of the Constitutional Court, the Lord Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice, the Lord Prosecutor-General, the Deputy Lord Prosecutor-General, the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of the Commission of Vigilance, the Supreme Patriarch, and peers of the Realm.

The Lord Chancellor of the Privy Council (승추원 대승지), appointed by the Monarch for renewable five-year terms, upon recommendation of an independent statutory commission, will also serve as the Lord President of the Privy Council, the Lord President of the Federal Council, the Secretary of Justice of His Majesty's Government, and the Lord President (대리관) of the Federal Court of Appeal and of the Court of Chancery of the Supreme Court of Justice in cases not involving public authorities. This office aims to promote mutual respect and better understanding of fundamental constitutional principles, especially the rule of law and judicial independence, among these organs of the Realm. 

The Monarch must obtain the consent of the Privy Council, by a simple majority of attending Privy Counselors, before making decisions regarding accession, the adoption of a new reign name, the investiture of peers, the interpretation or amendment of the Grand Rules of the Imperial Household, and retirement from the Throne. The organisation of the Privy Council will be determined by law.