Sovereign Decree on the Establishment and Regulation of the Civil and Military Dignity of Vožvode

HAVING REGARD TO the prerogative of the Crown to distinguish those whose steadfast loyalty, valour, or counsel have strengthened the Principality and advanced the welfare of the Káhareži People;

WHEREAS honours and dignities serve not as tokens of vanity, but as instruments of public virtue through which the State expresses gratitude and sets forth examples of devotion to the Sovereign and to Kaharagia;

WHEREAS it is meet that We establish, within Our civil and ceremonial hierarchy, a personal dignity of the State, not of nobiliary rank nor transmissible heritage, by which We may acknowledge the most exceptional fidelity and service;

WHEREAS historical example commends the creation of marshalates and analogous dignities of honour, bearing the ensigns of high trust without conferring peerage or hereditary prerogative;

AND WHEREAS the Kaharagian tongue provides the appellation Vožvode derived from the Kaharagian linguistic tradition, signifying one who bears leadership in the Sovereign’s confidence;

NOW, THEREFORE, WE, in Our Sovereign capacity and having duly considered the advice of Our counsel, do decree as follows: