Talk:1979 Constitution

«Despite its second article being pilfered from a club constitution written by his father during his university days, Talossa's Constitution was perfectly adapted to the needs of the smallest country in the world: It was the shortest constitution in the world. Furthermore, it would serve as the supreme law of the Realm until 1987,»

R. Ben Madison, A History of the Kingdom of Talossa, Vol. I, 1994 / 2021 Comprehensive Edition ONLINE, p. 54

At 11:50 a.m. on Wednesday, the 11th of February, 1987, a document signed

by the King and the Prime Minister received the signature of Prince Robert Dobberpuhl: "WHEREAS, The will of the Talossan people has been made manifest (albeit by a tiny slimitude of a majority)... and Whereas, Prince Robert Charles Dobberpuhl, the Pricne of Prospect, has decided to throw himself bodily upon the Liberals and suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and/or misfortune.... Therefore, We, Robert I, by the Grace of God King of Talossa, Sovereign Lord and Protector of Pengöpäts, Cézembre and the New Falkalnds, Viceroy of Hoxha and Vicar of Atatürk, etc. do hereby execute the following declaration as is Our Right under Article I of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Talossa." The four-clause document--the Instrument of Abdication--permanently abolished the 1979 Constitution and transferred all hitherto-Royal powers to the Cosâ. It placed Prince Robert on the Throne as King Robert II. There. It was over. Robert Ben Madison, who had created the Kingdom of Talossa and reigned (more or less) over it for seven years, had abdicated. The old, "Ben-centric" Talossa had been dealt a body blow. However, it wasn't

really over; there were blows still to be dealt.

R. Ben Madison, A History of the Kingdom of Talossa, Vol. I, 1994 / 2021 Comprehensive Edition ONLINE, p. 220