Elected Kingdom

Elected Kingdoms are states of the dalmer empire led by an elected sovereign, the Elected King or Queen. These kingdoms are composed of regions who recognize the authority of the elected king as head of state. Elected Kingdoms are the nations that compose the Dalmer Empire.
An EK is generally created when a territory is chartered by the Lord Divisionary, then the colonists establish colonial settlements who become Kurats, who then become regions and then form an Elected Kingdom. The formation of an EK is particularly violent as leadership of the EK depends on which region manages to impose its leadership on the others. This can be achieved either by formal diplomacy, focusing on specific projects to further the common good of both regions, or by right of conquest.
====Elected King====
Main article: Elected King
Second only to high king, Elected Kings (or Queens) are elected by all the adult Dalmer in the Elected Kingdom. Contrary to its namesake the position of Elected King is not hereditary (but certain family lines tend to come back to power). The Elected King is elected to rule for the entirety of his life. The people of the Elected Kingdom can vote for a new Elected Monarch while the previous monarch is in power, but this is relatively rare as the process of selection for potential candidates is extremely complex.
The new candidates are interrogated by a panel of top university teachers and scholars on the candidate's knowledge of the kingdom and its policies (in short to ensure that the candidate knows what its going into). Then the candidate is interrogated by military officials to ensure the candidate's knowledge of the kingdom's military status quo. Finally the campaign between the sitting Elected Monarch and the approved candidates takes place after having decided on a general election day to take place at a maximum of 3 months after the candidacy is announced.
====Royal Capital====
Main article: Royal Capital
The central area of an Elected Kingdom is the Royal Capital. Royal capitals are decreed by the Elected King, as such they tend to change one in awhile when a new King is elected.
===Regent principality===
Main article: Regent Principality
An elected kingdom whose ruler is not an Elected King, but rather a Prince Regent named by the High king, or in the absence of the High King by a minimum of three Elected Kings. Regent Principalities are generally very ephemeral, as they exist only in the lapse of time during which an Elected King is dead or has abdicated and a new one is elected. However, there are cases when the prince regent, who is nominated by the High King stays in power long enough to become the de facto Elected Monarch
====Prince Regent====
Main article: Prince Regent
The leader of the Elected Kingdom in the absence (death, incapacity of abdication) of an Elected King, until a new one is elected. However, sometimes the public is so pleased with the Regency that the Prince Regent maintains his post without the need for election, however he is still under the control of the High King who can unilaterally decide to remove him from office. The Prince Regent has the obligation to abdicate in the same conditions as an Elected King if he is beaten in the general elections
====Regency====
Main article: Regency
The capital of a regent principality is known as the Regency.
== Elected Kingdoms ==
=== Elected Kingdoms of Dalmeran ===
Anhaendra
Calada
Crumble
Goggurum
Grom
Highgaroth
Maghalbur
Pentagon
Region on fire
Thamdoril
Thimeran
Thornulihar
Vargurihm
=== Overseas Elected Kingdoms ===
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