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Region: Lazarus

Your imaginary friend wrote:That's a neat idea! :) Also if you ever decide to join the map and were interested, I could create an individual image for your nation including smaller subdivisions and towns etc fairly easily with the program I use.

I need to think about that because I don't even know how many states I actually have anymore! But thank you for the offer! By chance are you using Cartographer or a different map-making program?

Your imaginary friend wrote:Is your nation divided into smaller states/provinces/districts? If so what role do these play in governing the country?

Denado is divided into multiple different states. The states are governed by the Elector-Dukes of the House of Lords, the noble house in the empire's legislature. In effect these are hereditary governorships that stay within the noble house running them, and when an Emperor passes on every duke is eligible to be elected the next Emperor. Beneath these governorships are county/parish divisions, which are similarly ruled by hereditary counts that form the elector-duke's court and advisors and aid in the management of the individual states. Beneath these are the cities, which are the only truly democratic part of the nation's leadership. Every city mayor is elected in either a direct democratic election or by a republican convention, and every single mayor is considered de facto a part of the House of Burghers. Since the Burghers are directly involved in the management of their individual cities, the House of Burghers convenes seldomly by itself and often is only convened to standardize across the cities of the nation or to bring grievances to the House of Lords. Every Burgher in the House of Burghers has a single vote, and every Lord in the House of Lords has a number of votes equal to the number of Burghers within their demesne. The clergy, while they do hold land of their own in the nation, are considered separate from the actual legislative or executive part of the nation's government (save for the Emperor in Regency during interregnal periods). Their role is primarily more judiciary. There is a lack of king-tier leaders between the Emperor-Elect and the Elector-Dukes, and this is primarily because the Emperor gains the titles of King of Thäne and King of Akkitún as part of his office - in a way, the Emperor's title exists solely as a combination of two Kingly titles.

As a side effect of this particular setup, incorporation of new cities is a time-consuming ordeal littered in red tape, as every new city founded rocks the political equilibrium in both Houses. For this reason, Dinaden cities tend to sprawl or, as of very recently, utilize a lot of very high-density zoning.

Perchan, Your imaginary friend, Loftegen 2, and Leonism

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