The State of the Alliance is a public annual address presented by the President of the Allied States to the Senate of the Allied States. The address not only reports on the condition of the nation but also allows the president to outline his legislative agenda (for which he needs the cooperation of Senate is most cases) and his national priorities. The practice arises from a command given to the president in the Constitution of the Allied States, which was primarily inherited from the United States: — Section 11 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the Allied States