The Greco-Australian Treaty

Although he had smoothly reclaimed his throne, George II was in anything but a good mood.

After Kronos amended the constitution, George II had become the most powerless king in the world, with far less authority than other monarchs.

Even the most basic rights of a king—the right to dissolve Parliament and the Cabinet—had been revised so that he was only allowed to dissolve the Cabinet, and even that required Parliament's approval.

Parliament had become the most powerful and stable institution in the Kingdom of Greece. It not only possessed the right to supervise the government, but was also free from restrictions by both the king and the government.

The Greek King had also lost the power to appoint and dismiss Cabinet personnel, retaining only the power to nominate them. This meant that if the Greek King had no prestige whatsoever, he would essentially be reduced to a figurehead.

At the same time, the very core of Greece's power was the Hellenic Parliament. This was also the greatest reason the Greek Parliament had agreed to restore the monarchy. After all, its own power would not change much.

The most important powers of a country—the Military Power and Financial Power—were managed by the government as a whole, while the monarch and Parliament exercised supervision.

The Military Power and Financial Power George II could control amounted to nothing more than the palace guards and the annuities of the Royal Family.

Although Greek officials were still nominally loyal to the king, the ones truly managing the government and its officials had already become the Hellenic Parliament.

This also meant that if George II wanted to regain power, he had to win the support of most members of Parliament and seize control of its voice.

That was George II's greatest challenge. After all, it