Line of Succession

The Line of Succession is the order in which individuals ascend the throne as regents when a sovereign abdicates. Since the proper way to ascend the throne is through dutiful election by the Accession Council, the line of succession does not function as way to determine a permanent sovereign upon the end of a previous one's reign. Rather, it serves to smoothen the transition between sovereign electoral processes by designating a clearly defined temporary successor as regent.

The term "line of succession" is only proper when speaking of royalty and peers. If commoners are included in such a ranked list, the proper term for the list is order of precedence. Commoners are not always last in the order of precedence - the Prime Minister, if a commoner, ranks higher than all peers other than Dukes. However, because commoners cannot ascend the throne, a commoner Prime Minister does not appear in the line of succession.

Because the Prince and Princess are separate, elected positions, their thrones are distinct. Thus, there is both a male and a female line of succession. There is, however, a singular order of precedence.

The order of precedence (seen below) is used to determine protocol at the coronation and at all Crown Estates.

Current Male Line of Succession (2013-2014)

 * 1) HM The Prince
 * 2) HG The 1st Duke of PISO
 * 3) HG The 3rd Duke of PISO
 * 4) The Rt. Hon. The Count Lu
 * 5) The Rt. Hon. The Countess Wang
 * 6) The Rt. Hon. The Count Yang
 * 7) The Rt. Hon. The Count Zhao
 * 8) The Rt. Hon. The Baron Yeh
 * 9) The Rt. Hon. The Baron Omori
 * 10) The Rt. Hon. The Baron Zhou y Jung
 * 11) The Rt. Hon. The Lord Boateng
 * 12) The Rt. Hon. The Lord Liu
 * 13) The Rt. Hon. Matt Sun, The Baron Chu

Current Female Line of Succession (2013-2014)

 * 1) HM The Princess
 * 2) HH The Grand Duchess of PISO
 * 3) HG The 3rd Duchess of PISO
 * 4) The Rt. Hon. The Countess Wang
 * 5) The Rt. Hon The Countess Kleissler
 * 6) The Rt. Hon The Baroness Liang
 * 7) The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Jung y Zhou
 * 8) The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Chu
 * 9) The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Enriquez

The Order of Precedence

 * 1) The Sovereigns
 * 2) HM The Prince (more senior)
 * 3) HM The Princess
 * 4) The Heirs-Apparent
 * 5) Former Sovereigns in the order of their reign
 * 6) HRH Prince Jonathan of PISO
 * 7) HRH Princess Natalia of PISO
 * 8) HRH Princess Tianwei of PISO
 * 9) HRH Princess Qing Qing of PISO
 * 10) Consorts of the Sovereigns
 * 11) Consorts of the former Sovereigns
 * 12) Current Regents
 * 13) The Grand Duchess (HH April, Grand Duchess of PISO)
 * 14) Consort of The Grand Duchess
 * 15) HH Tazrian, Grand Duke of PISO (when with the Grand Duchess)
 * 16) The Hereditary Grand Duchess
 * 17) Former Grand Duchesses
 * 18) HH Grand Duchess Michelle of PISO
 * 19) HH Grand Duchess Angela of PISO
 * 20) Consorts of Former Grand Duchesses
 * 21) HH The Rt. Hon. The Baron Yeh
 * 22) Peer-Electors and Electresses and the Prime Minister
 * 23) The three Dukes and Duchesses in the order of seniority by length of term as Duke or Duchess, and then by class standing, and then by age.
 * 24) The Prime Minister
 * 25) The five Counts and Countesses in the order of seniority by length of term as Count or Countess, and then by class standing, and then by age
 * 26) The seven Barons and Baronesses in the order of seniority by length of term as Count or Countess, and then by class standing, and then by age
 * 27) Lords and Ladies of the Royal Household (who do not hold other peerages) in the order of seniority by class standing, and then by age
 * 28) Peers-Consort (who do not hold a substantive peerage)
 * 29) The Cabinet of PISO (who do not hold higher styles)
 * 30) The Deputy Prime Minister of Heritage
 * 31) The Deputy Prime Minister of the Interior
 * 32) The Minister of the Exchequer
 * 33) The General Secretary of the Government
 * 34) The Minister of Public Affairs
 * 35) The Minister of Social Affairs
 * 36) The Co-Ministers of Programming
 * 37) Dancers of the Singkil
 * 38) Dancers of the Tinikling
 * 39) Dancers of the Sayaw sa Bangko
 * 40) Paid and Dues Exempt members of PISO
 * 41) PISO nonmembers