The Norse Kingdom of Vestrland

The Government of the Norse Kingdom of Vestrland

  The Government of Vestrland is a Technocratic Semi-Constitutional Monarchy. The distribution of powers resembles that of a basic Parliamentary Monarchy where all powers derive from the Sovereign. They are distributed Between the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches. The Technocratic influence comes from the practice of the selection of Ministers. Those who are authorities in their respective fields are nominated for a ministerial position by their peers. Potential Ministers are contacted by the Special Privy Committee on Ministerial Selection and are interviewed by the Committee. The Chief Commissioner on Ministerial Selection is the Sovereign of Vestrland. The Semi-Constitutional part of the Government is derived from the fact that the Constitution has the full force of law but is overruled by Sovereign Mandate. This essentially means that Vestrland is an enlightened absolute monarchy with a moral Constitution. While the Sovereign does have full power to overrule the Constitution, it is considered unacceptable to suspend or abolish the Constitution.