Magical Governments

Like the Muggle world, the Magical world is divided into several governments.

## Europe

### British Ministry of Magic

The British Ministry of Magic controls Great Britain and Ireland. The Ministry is led by the Minister for Magic, and its main (and seemingly only) legislative body is the Wizengamot, which is controlled by several powerful families whose seats are hereditary.

The Ministry of Magic was first formed around the 7th century as the Wizards' Council, an alliance of seventeen magical families that had emigrated from Rome several centuries earlier. The Council was the de facto wizarding government of the British Isles for over 300 years, though it still faced threats from goblin rebellions, giant bands, Dark Lords, and the four Founders of Hogwarts.

In 1066 England was invaded and succesfully conquered by William of Normandy, who brought with him twenty-nine Norman, Breton, and French wizarding families, who quickly clashed with the seventeen families of the Wizards' Council. After several decades of warfare a member of the Wizards' Council and ancestor of House Malfoy managed to broker a peace treaty between the warring factions. The result of this treaty was the Wizengamot, where the seventeen elder families would hold seats as Ancient and Noble Houses, while the younger continental families would hold seats as Noble Houses.

Elections for the position of Minister for Magic are held every seven years, with the last one having been held in 1990.

### Balkan Alliance

The Balkan Alliance is the political union of several Eastern European wizarding governments. The Balkan Alliance is more insular than Britain, likely as a result of only recently coming out of a period of having to contend with repressive Muggle dictatorships. Most wizards in the Balkan Alliance live in hidden magical enclaves. While abortion is considered immoral in the Balkan Alliance, it is completely legal to murder a child of eleven who has yet to show signs of accidental magic. The Balkan Alliance has instituted what the British refer to as the Slytherin Solution, taking Muggle-born wizards and witches from their parents at a young age and obliviating said parents, allowing the children to grow up in Wizarding society.

The Alliance's various member-states still have their own governments, as Bulgaria has its own Minister of Magic. Barty Crouch described the Alliance's goverment as reactionary Pure-bloods.

The Balkan Alliance currently consists of Bulgaria, Albania, and several other former members of the Warsaw Pact and Soviet Union. The Alliance may stretch as far north as Lithuania. There was a Transylvanian Ministry of Magic in the 1890s, but it unknown if it joined the Balkan Alliance, or if it is even extant in the 1990s.

### Entente Magique

The Entente Magique was revealed by TSM on Discord to be the magical government of a large part of Western Europe, tentatively consisting of France (the dominant member of the Entente), Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Monaco.

In the 18th century France was, like Britain, ruled by an alliance of old Pure-blood families, which was overthrown in the 1790s when French Muggle-borns and Half-bloods were swept up in the French Revolution of the Muggles that overthrew the Bourbon monarchy. Unlike Muggle France, which wouldn't establish a permanent democratic government until 1870, magical France managed to establish the Assemblée Magique in 1804, which ratified the French Declaration of Wizarding Rights that would serve as the primary inspiration for the ICW's charter decades later. The Assemblée Magique declared it illegal for any individual wizard or family of wizards to maintain exclusive ownership of any ley line convergences, which led them to seize many ancient wizarding mansions that had belonged to the old families.

France is home to somewhere around 30,000 wizards and witches, of whom 9,000 live in Paris. France is also far more open to Muggle culture, and was declared to be "a nation of blood traitors" by Gellert Grindelwald, who tried on two seperate occasion to destroy Paris.

Germany appears to have recently unified in the early 1990s.

## North America

In the magical world the land that comprises the United States of America is divided into several magical goverments.

### Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA)

MACUSA controls the east coast of the United States. Its western border is most likely at the Mississippi River.

In an erased timeline Hermione Granger was planning to emigrate to MACUSA and transfer to Ilvermorny School due to political changes enacted by Corban Yaxley's Ministry.

### American Wizarding Confederation

The Confederation stretches from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, though according to some they only have loose control over the area. The Confederation is led by the Governor-General, a position currently filled by Elias Hucksteen, who was elected in July of 1994.

### Free States

The cities of Las Vegas, Chicago, and Los Angeles are said to be "Free States", independent from the two larger wizarding governments.

In addition to these governments North America also contains many small cabals of unaffiliated hedge wizards and witches controlling small towns.

## Oceania

### Magical Commonwealth of Australia

The MCA is the wizarding government of Australia, which, while having a slightly smaller magical population than Britain, has only a third of Britain Muggle population, meaning the wizard-to-Muggle ratio is much higher. As such, many of Australia's wizards split their time between the magical and non-magical worlds, working in Muggle jobs, partaking in Muggle entertainment, and taking Muggle partners. This attitude towards Muggles has resulted in very few Australians having what British wizards would consider Pure-blood ancestry, with the vast majority having at least one Muggle grandparent, and very few people placing any stock in blood status.

The main wizarding settlement of Australia is Horizont Alley in Sidney. Sidney also contains the MCA's government, led by the Minister for Magic, a position that was held by Beatrice Kemper in the 1980's.

Australia does not give the death penalty, and instead uses the Tabula Rasa Spell, in a sentence referred to as Death of Personality. The Tabula Rasa Spell fully wipes a criminal's memories, allowing healers to give them a new appearance and memories to reintegrate into Australian society. The Aurors of the Australian DMLE are the only ones allowed to learn the Tabula Rasa Spell, and have to swear Unbreakable Vows not to misuse it before they do so.

## Asia

### Shamballa

Shamballa is a magical Himalayan city-state with around 50.000 permantent residents (of whom ~20.000 are squibs) and 10.000 temporary residents, in Shamballa to work or study, as well as a few thousand tourists. It was judged by Jim Potter to be at least ten times the size of Diagon Alley. The city of Shamballa was founded over 3000 years before 1993 by a collection of wizards from all across Asia, from the Persian Empire to India and China all the way to Japan and Malaysia. These wizards and witches wished to establish a true magical nation seperate from the non-magical world.

They settled in a secluded valley in the Himalayas in the shadow of Mount Everest, weaving spells into the city that allowed anyone who entered it to speak the same language (excluding Parselmouths, who will only be legible by other Parselmouths). The law of Shamballa is maintained by a corps of Aurors, and only select individuals are allowed to apparate within the city limits. Education in Shamballa is given at the Temple of Wisdom.

Twenty miles north of the city lies the Naga Cultural Center and Ski Resort, the last remnant of the Paar'zheal species, discovered by wizards in 1891. The caves are currently the only known way to come into contact with Sardeth, the Last of the Naga, though Sardeth was visited by the wizards Imhotep and Salazar Slytherin at some point before 1891.

## Africa

TSM has revealed on Discord that Wizarding Africa is comprised of an alliance of powerful isolationist city-states hidden from Muggles with powerful charms.

## Canon Divergence

Of the various governments mentioned in Prince of Slytherin only the British Ministry and MACUSA appear in canon.

The American Wizarding Confederation first appeared in the Alexandra Quick fanfiction series, which takes place in North America and predates the Fantastic Beasts movies.

The Balkan Alliance, Entente Magique, Free States of Las Vegas, Chicago, and Los Angeles, Magical Commonwealth of Australia, and City of Shamballa are original creations of the Prince of Slytherin universe.

## References

Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 90 - Reactions & Overreactions (Pt 1),

Harry recalls the contents of Hutchinson's Commentary on Wizengamot Inheritance Law.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 75 - Endgame (Pt 2),

Hogwarts: A History , 1st Edition (publ. 1485) Chapter 14, Page 193 – "Slytherin's Basilisk".
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 131 - Moving Forward,

"Every adult wizard and witch in Britain could cast a vote on Election Day (held every seven years)...".
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 147 - The Quidditch World Cup (Pt 2),

Hermione describes the Balkan Alliance.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 117 - The Month of January.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 27 - Who Is the Prince of Slytherin?,

Harry leads Rodney Montague and Olivia Kolumbiko into the Prince's Lair.
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 147 - The Quidditch World Cup (Pt 2),

Dan Granger expresses disgust that in Bulgaria and Albania Hermione would have been taken by wizards who would obliviate him and Emma of her existence.
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 149 - The Quidditch World Cup (Pt 4),

"France is a Muggle-friendly nation that's gotten rid of all its Purebloods, while the Balkan Alliance has a reactionary government run by Purebloods who have gotten rid of all their Muggleborns.".
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 148 - The Quidditch World Cup (Pt 3),

"Director McAvity, allow me to introduce Grigor Dermitov, Minister of Magic for Bulgaria and Emissary from the Balkan Alliance.".
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Chapter not added yet,

"Not just Albania; I ended up taking a tour of the whole misbegotten Balkan Alliance... ...Ironically, when I was off in Eastern Europe, Fenrir Greyback and his whole damned pack were back here.".
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 143 - A Series of Tense Conversations (Pt 1),

"[The publication of Dracula] caused all kinds of problems between the ICW, the British and Transylvanian Ministries of Magic...".
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 141 - Speaking of Harry Black,

"A brief discourse on Le Quartier Magique and the History of Magical France".
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Chapter not added yet,

"She is the newly appointed Junior Mugwump from Unified Wizarding Germany.".
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 96 - Back to School (Finale),

A brief description of the wizarding governments of the US is given.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 126 - Speaking of Time,

Hermione recounts the old timeline to Harry.
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 141 - Speaking of Harry Black,

"It seems Elias Hucksteen has just been elected Governor-General of the American Wizarding Confederation.".
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 148 - The Quidditch World Cup (Pt 3),

"Magical. Commonwealth. Of Australia. MCA has been the official abbreviation for their country for nearly as long as it's existed.".
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 79 - Meet Regulus Black,

Regulus spends several years in Australia as Lazarus White.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 85 - Prelude (Jim) (Pt 1),

Jim, Ron, Lily, and the Patils visit Shamballa.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 87 - Prelude (Ron),

Ron meets the Last of the Naga.