Line of Succession

The AHSCA royal line of succession defines who may become or act as Duke or Duchess of the United Island States upon the incapacity, death, resignation, or removal from office (by impeachment and subsequent conviction) of a sitting royal.

Criteria
Under Constitutional Laws the Line of succession must follow a standard order and a special order along major government positions. Hereditary and spousal lines take precedent over other cabinet members and maintain first order and permanent order if able. A governmental must be of natural birth at home or abroad to one or more parents of AHSCAian decent and the role must be conducive to be able to act as a head of state.

Order
The order is flexible to account for the circumstances of the state, such as war, peace or calamity or the position of the current family on hereditary lines.

* Not a natural-born citizen (acquired U.I.S. citizenship by naturalization) and thus ineligible.

† In the event of wartime and complete incapacitation of the Royal Family, the Officer of Defense will become immediate successor.

Changes in the Order
Under specific circumstances the order may be changed to fit the needs of the nation in current circumstances. For example in war time or times of other national crisis, the Officer of Defense would take priority and thus change to 5th in line in the event of total incapacitation of the royal family. In the event the Immediate heir apparent, young lady, young sir or young mistress is to young to take position the line of succession may immediately skip to the Congressional Head whom will act in a pro temproe position until the young heir can come of age.

In the event the leader of a state is deemed intelligible for the office, the position will shift to their immediate associate leader assuming  qualifications are still met.

Excluded Offices
Excludes offices include minor government positions, such as the Officer of Meteorology, Culture and Information and the Congressional Assistant due to these positions not meeting believed criteria for head of state.