royal government
Rule by king
Royal government is governance by or under a monarch—a king, queen, or sovereign ruler.
The term often distinguishes crown-controlled administration from local or colonial self-governance: The colonies chafed under royal government.
It may also refer to the apparatus of state serving the crown: He held a position in the royal government.
- chancelleryGovernment's executive office
- kingdomMonarch's ruled territory
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- privy councilSovereign's official consultants
king's council · monarchy · imperial decree · constitutional monarchy · dynasty · sovereign · throne room · hereditary rule · noble blood · magistrate · orb · regalia · crown jewels · scepter · anointing · statecraft · palace intrigue · divine right
royal governmentrepublic
State with elected leaders
republican government · democratic government · constitutional republic · theocracy · military junta
royal governmentdemocracy
Rule by the people
popular sovereignty · self-governance · federalism · confederation · direct democracy
royal governmentanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
statelessness · anarchism · failed state · power vacuum · lawlessness
royal, government, royalty, royally, royalist, royalism, regent, regency, regime