The Western Isles Board

The legislative powers consist of the aforementioned parliaments. The national parliament of Nhoor is a unicameral institution. It has 199 members who are elected by the members of the provincial parliaments for a four year term. Each province elects a certain amount of seats the number of which is based on its number of inhabitants; before each election the amount of seats represented by a province is recalculated. The members of the provincial parlements elect the members of the national parliament using a system of proportional representation (following the Sainte-Lagüe method), except for the province of Sīron-Onharh, which uses a Single Transferable Vote system.

Under the current constitution, national elections took place in 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017. Usually they take place on the first Sunday of April, with the new parliament being inaugurated on the first Monday of May of the same year.

The executive powers of each level are (mostly) self-regulating institutions, which means that the incumbent alderpeople (pɵvar, municipal level), councillors (nhāsɵlteƨy, provincial level), and ministers (munusta, national level) decide for themselves who will leave and who will join them, although the respective legislative institutions can issue binding advise on the appointment or removal of executive members if they consider this in the nation’s interest. The chairperson of the Council of Ministers is the head of government, currently First Minister Armhad Cellichen, since the Council reshuffle of August 2019. First Ministers have been since 1978:

• 1978 - 1981 Corhad Sulumeqh

• 1981 - 1994 Osytir Javedeqh

• 1994 - 1999 Tado̦d Caqirlaqh-Swpar

• 1999 - 2002 Maron Rhuchws

• 2002 - 2005 Halisin Camiredy

• 2005 - 2012 Rhanhɵd Bīcela̦ch

• 2012 - 2019 Sanhad Bōra̦

• 2019 - now Armhad Cellichen

The members of the judiciary are appointed by citizens who have a law degree; citizens with a law degree cannot vote in the elections for the legislative parliaments. Members of the judiciary do not necessarily have to be citizens of Nhoor, but they will have to have a proven knowledge of the Nhoor constitution and the Nhoor Civil and Penal codes, and master the Nhoor language.

• Norhim pw Qhamhwsana (NQh, 'General Collective', socialists and communists; currently 2 seats in parliament; pink)

• Cwstana qo Onnubecāsa̦qo li Jorali (COJ, 'Workers' Party of the Dominion', socialdemocrats; 26 seats; red)

• Cwstana qo Rhonhwcoqo (CRh, 'Nature Party', greens and environmentalists; 10 seats; light green)

• Suhemhwn qo Illwnoqo s Qarhasytwnoqo (SIQ, 'Union for Progress and Prosperity', liberaldemocrats; 65 seats; dark blue)

• Onhws li Jorali (OJ, 'Future of the Dominion', intellectuals and pragmatists; listed under 'other' in the table below because of first time participation; 1 seat; yellow)

• Līberal pw Cwstana (LC, 'Liberal Party', liberals; 35 seats; light blue)

• Cwstana qo Esaswnoqo (CE, 'Party of Liberties', libertarians; 15 seats; purple)

• Cwstana qo Curhisorhanoqo s Jo̦qhuroqo (CCJ, 'Party of Agrarians and Fishermen', religious conservatives; 31 seats; dark green)

• Cwstana qo Qhonhwroqo s A̦sytanaqo (CQhA, 'Party of Values and Tradition', religious conservatives; 10 seats; orange)

• Democraƨīa̦nhoch pw Hwrhiswcamhana (DH, 'Democratic Alliance', ultra-conservatives; 4 seats; brown)

(META: It is my intention of looking for a new monarch of Nhoor among suitable foreign candidates; this search can be an RP theme)

Following King Armhad V's confinement to a mental institution in 1978, the government started looking for a successor, as the King had no children or other close relatives except for Queen Kadra, the widow of his cousin King Urhod V. There are a couple of more remote branches of the family tree which are intertwined with the royal houses of other countries but these lines were only briefly investigated. Nothing noteworthy happened until Prince Maximus of Havalland presented a claim to the throne of Nhoor in July 2019. Talks are underway and as of October there is a good chance that Maximus will indeed become the next King of Nhoor.

The Royal Family of Nhoor was hit by a series of unfortunate events in the 50s and 60s of the 20th century, with several members of the already small family dying before their time due to e.g. drug overdoses or car accidents. When the last remaining member Armhad V ascended the throne in 1971 after his cousin Urhod V died after hitting his head while swimming alone in his private pool, Armhad was in his early twenties and wholly unprepared to assume the royal duties. On top of that, he turned out to have a mental illness and was eventually declared insane and confined to a mental institution in 1978 where he died in 2017.

The King's unsuitability to lead the country had caused Nhoor's politicians to draft a change of the Constitution which came into effect in 1978, a couple of months before the King was declared insane. The monarch's political powers, which already had been significantly reduced in the early 20th century, were abolished completely and the role of head of state became a fully ceremonial one. In absence of the King, the role of head of state is executed by the Chairperson of Parliament.

After Armhad V's accession to the throne in 1971, the government considered asking him to lift the exclusion to succession of the descendants of princess Calivī, the elder sister of king Armhad III, but a dispute immediately arose among these distant relatives who would have priority to succeed; it was therefore decided to maintain the status quo and to look for a completely new King (or Queen) elsewhere. Officially, the country's leading politicians are looking for a new Royal Family, but rumours had it that many of them secretly find the current situation rather satisfactory and aren't looking very actively. Only a small minority of republicans wishes to abolish the monarchy altogether. Nothing substantial happened until Prince Maximus of Havalland made his claim to the throne in 2019.

The English translation of the oath is the one issued by the Royal Household; the translation is a bit pompous and doesn't always reflect the Nhoor original (for starters, the Nhoor language has no plural forms, but in English only one 'Heaven, Earth, and Sea' sounds less poetical).

Title
Mhwjy/Lāste li Nhōrili (The King/Queen of Nhoor)

Style
Maje̦steqho Mhwjy/Lāste [name] li Nhōrili (His/her Majesty, King/Queen [name] of Nhoor)

Maje̦steto (Your Majesty) (formal)

Rhwd/danha (sir/madam) (informal)

Oath
Demher tava Gerchēmh li Nhōrili, Covardadur, Sonujedur, sa Sa̦vēmh nōq [non-regal name] acanhoe̦sw̦q anh cosa̦ s och pw lwrdachire ehegɵte̦ oca̦r henna a̦sytahen Mhwjɵ̦t/Lāsteto, gil tavagil chwrbonitonc erenese̦ oca̦r, nōq acanharmesw̦q dus Cwrd li Jorali iminese̦ s abaqwre oca̦r, s nōq hīƨerije̦sw̦q dus Curhos s Gerch abramhene oca̦r, wch [regal name].

Before you the People of Nhoor, the Heavens, the Earths, and the Seas, I [non-regal name] stand today, accepting this call to be your King/Queen, offering my allegiance to you, swearing that I will uphold and preserve the Laws of the Dominion, and vowing to defend the Land and the People as [regal name].

Official residence
The Royal Palace Sanhirhōty in the city centre of Sārruc (the capital city of Nhoor)

Main living residence
Castle Amhordēqh outside the city of Chur

Monarchs of the Second Kinaera Kingdom (House of Ocurhda)

Archdukes of Ta̦rleqh (House of Cɵrh-Nhomhɵz)

Interim rulers

• 1587 - 1608 Numav the Explorer (recognised as Archduke)

Barhèn't not being Archdukes

• 1587 - 1596 Shukura Alahmoot (appointed as Barhèn by the Hangate of Tachil)

• 1596 - 1601 Ahiga Azim (appointed as Barhèn by the Hangate of Tachil)

• 1601 - 1604 Assyl T'ordem (appointed as Barhèn by the Empire of the Iskarian Isles)

• 1604 - 1608 K'avene Yilema (appointed as Barhèn by the Empire of the Iskarian Isles; inherits the Archducal title from Numav in 1608)

House of Cenharruc

• 1608 - 1619 K'avene Yilema (same as previous; declares himself Archduke I̦ldurud VI in 1608)

• 1619 - 1628 Acāver III

• 1628 - 1640 Osvīd I

• 1640 - 1644 Osvīd II (becomes King Osvīd of Nhoor)