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# Sovereign Dignity Expenses

## Definition

The additional public expenditure required to maintain the elevated status and ceremonial functions of the monarch, which increases with societal wealth and the prevailing standards of luxury and display.

## Source Chapter

Book V, Chapter 1

## Context

The final category of public expense, following defence, justice, and public works, representing the non-functional but socially necessary costs of maintaining the sovereign's position and the dignity of the state.

## Economic Domain

Regulation

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