Granada System

The **Granada System** is an informal name given to the government system of the personal union of the Kingdom of Arveyres, the union of the Kingdom of Almeria (coterminous with the (Eurasian) Province of Arveyres), the Sultanate of Cordoba, and the Kingdom of the Navarras. Throughout the majority of Arveyran history, the three entities developed alongside each other, often times acting as one single political entity. The system was established in 552 CE following the Conquest of the Navarras by the last single-crown monarch of the Kingdom of Almeria, Valentina the Conqueror.

The Granada System replaced the method by which the Proconsul of Almeria (the King of Almeria) was chosen; previously by direct appointment by the Emperor of Eurasia. The imperial selective system was replaced by the Imperial Congress, a collection of the most senior Almerian consuls from each province who would convene to elect the King of Almeria upon the death of the reigning King.

By 735 the most senior provincial consuls had began to pass their office through hereditary succession, effectively creating the Royal Confederation within the Kingdom of Almeria. The elected Monarch of Almeria would by right be the Monarch of the Navarras.

As the King of Almeria began to acquire lands that were outside of Imperial Territory, they were gradually incorporated into the Kingdom of the Navarras, creating a state outside of imperial jurisdiction of near-equal importance to the Monarch. The first privately owned Crown Territories were the lands that would become the modern province of Salamanca in 998.

The Sultanate of Cordoba is the third integral state in the Kingdom of Arveyres. It comprises five provinces and is the most autonomous of the three states. The Sultanate came under personal union in 1899 with the abdication of Camilo, passing down the three crowns to his daughter Isabel III, who became the first ruler of the Three Crowns.

## **Superior Province of Arveyres**

*See also: Superior Province of Arveyres*

The Superior Province of Arveyres is the area of the Kingdom of Arveyres in which Imperial Law, or laws passed by the Senate of Eurasia and the Emperor of Eurasia are in effect. The Superior Province is further divided into seven provinces, only one of which is a constituent entity of the Kingdom of Arveyres.

* Arveyres
* Castra Albana
* Florentia
* Garulata
* Melta
* Ostium
* Paestum

The six provinces following Arveyres are all directly controlled by the Empire and are all subject to Imperial Law, but only the Province of Arveyres (Kingdom of Almeria) is subject to laws created in Arveyres.

## **Province of Arveyres (Kingdom of Almeria)**

The Province of Arveyres, sometimes referred to as the Kingdom of Almeria, is the largest province of the Superior Province of Arveyres. Its capital is Calabasas. Laws passed in the Province of Arveyres (Kingdom of Almeria) apply only to the Province of Arveyres.

The Proconsul of Arveyres (King of Almeria), the sucessor to the Proconsul of All-Granada (also called the King of Almeria) is a hereditary role that is occupied currently by the head of the House of Vergara, currently the Queen Sofia X. The Province of Arveyres operates under a parliamentary democratic monarchical system, where the Monarch is simply a figurehead to the nation, symbolically partaking in the lawmaking process.

## **Kingdom of the Navarras**

The Realm of Arveyres, sometimes referred to as the Kingdom of the Navarras, is a large independent nation ruled by the Queen of the Navarras, a hereditary role that is also currently occupied by the head of the House of Vergara, Queen Sofia X. As the first Queen of the Navarras, Valentina was also the Queen of Almeria, the two nations have always had the same monarch.

The Queen of the Navarras is a hereditary role that presides over an absolute monarchy. Laws passed in the Kingdom of the Navarras only apply within the Kingdom of the Navarras and never to the Province of Arveyres.

## **Kingdom of Arveyres**

The Kingdom of Arveyres is the common name given to the Kingdom of Almeria, Cordoba and the Navarras (Almeria-Navarras) which is the name of the three entities when treated as a single nation. All of the entities have nearly-identical governments and both entities take part in the Senate of Arveyres, leading to most laws being passed in the Senate applying to both entities.