King Leland IV

**King Leland IV** is the 4th and current king of Leland succeeding King Leland III in 1964. He is the country's longest running monarch and he has done more as king than his predecessors.

After ascending to the throne, King Leland IV would work to make the island kingdom more democratic by allowing political parties and improving equality. At the same time, King Leland IV as an ultraconservative, worked to keep Christian law in place and would amend the constitution to prohibit anything that contradicts the teachings of Christianity.

## Reign

### Autocratic Democracy

Before King Leland IV was ascended to the throne, Leland was an authoritarian dictatorship that was similar to Kiwi Island. Dissent of any kind was outlawed and political pluralism and independent journalism was severely restricted. Political rights and civil liberties were also severely restricted.

The country started moving towards a more democratic style government after King Leland IV became the king and dissent and political pluralism became widely respected. Independent journalism was allowed to operate, and political rights and civil liberties would be respected. Equality also improved since his ascension.

### Military Service and Majesty Act

In 1973, King Leland IV passed the Leland Conscription Act of 1973, making it mandatory for all male citizens to serve in the military for four years starting at age 18 or after graduation, while they can still be drafted again until the age of 38. He also passed the Majesty Act of 1974, which makes it a crime to insult the king or criticize him. King Leland IV also established the National Draft System and create a registry requiring all male citizens to register with incarceration and institutionalization being the only two exceptions.

The NDS was established in 1974 and it is based on the Selective Service System in the Yoshi States and its real-world counterpart, albeit with tougher penalties for not registering such as heavy prison time instead of loss of benefits as with the Selective Service System in the YS. The NDS does not replace or supersede the Leland Conscription Act of 1973 and almost all male citizens in Leland must serve four years in the military in addition to registering with the NDS or risk heavy prison time. The act would make four years of military service a mandatory requirement before getting a passport and it also criminalized leaving the country to avoid conscription under its conscription evasion statutes, making it almost impossible to avoid by any means.

Until 1990, mandatory military service lasted all twenty years, up to the age of 38, which is the age all recruiters retire. In 1990, this military service period was reduced to only five years, and then four years in 1996. The rest of the act however would remain the same.

### Social Issues

King Leland IV went on to pass internet regulations and impose a nationwide juvenile internet curfew for minors to prevent video game addiction under the National Internet Curfew Act and Video Games Control Act in an effort to crack down on gaming addiction and to keep them productive in life.

King Leland IV also implemented emergency internet curfews during state of emergencies and also passed a law allowing law enforcement to search personal electronics without a warrant during state of emergencies.