Government

Form of government: Confederation.

Constitution: the ‘Clauses of Confederation’ [i](as modified by nine amendments, so far…)[/i].

Legislature: the ‘High Council of Clans (and other Confederated Bodys)’. 

Head of Government: the ‘Chairbear of the High Council [etc.]’ [i](= ‘High ChairBear’)[/i], currently Orraie o Barrdenn.

Head of State: the ‘ChairBear of the Committee for Little Bear’ [i](= ‘ChairBear for Little Bear’)[/i], currently Jhorro o BerryGlades.

Capital city: Council Groves.
Autonomous regions: [b][nation]The Ursine Northlands[/nation][/b] [i](with the rest of the country commonly referred to in contrast, at least by its own inhabitants, as [b]“The Mainland”[/b]…)[/i], which has its own legislature ‘The Council of the North’.

Primary Political Divisions: 69 Clans, 1 League, 23 Separate Demi-Clans, 3 Double Septs, and 84 Free Septs [i](total = 180; those of them that are resident in [nation]The Ursine Northlands[/nation] are represented in [u]both[/u] legislatures)[/i].