Kings State Council

The Kings State Council is a legislature that advises and assists the Governor of the state of Kings.

History
Up until 2003, when centralization took place on a large scale, Kings was ruled by a State Council and a Governor according to the state constitution, written by Lawrence Sagan in 1906. The abolishment of state legislatures was accepted, though with some demur, up until October 2011, when the Seven State Council was created by the Governor of Seven, Semyon Breyev. Sylvania soon followed this model, creating the Sylvania State Council two weeks later. A week after that, Oceana created an advisory board, the Oceana Advisory State Board using a slightly different model from the Sylvania and Seven. Kings became the fourth state to create a state council near the end of November.

Unlike the system in Seven and Sylvania, Governor William Krosby did not pledge to always respect the decision of the state council. He stated that the council would "be an advisory board, aimed to assist me and the deputy governor and help develop Kings further." However, like in Seven and Sylvania, all members would be elected by the citizens, instead of some members being appointed, as in Oceana.

Legality
The body has technically no legal status, as such a concept is not described in the Constitution. Semyon Breyev, the first governor to create a state council, pointed out that the Constitution also did not forbid such a body. This means that the power of the council is somewhat limited. Unlike in some other states, Krosby did not pledge to always carry out the decision of the state council. Because the council could be abolished at any time, either by the current or any successsive governors, there have been calls for its existence to be guaranteed by law. Krosby has cited Breyev's response to the question, saying that in Breyev's opinion, "the system needs some 'fine-tuning' before a bill is taken to Congress, though he does support the idea." Krosby has said that he agreed with Breyev in this.

2012 election
Elections were held on the 29th of November and results released on the next day.