Although most Arandolian regions have feudal and aristocratic systems of government, there are also those self-ruled autonomous regions and City-States which locally adopt different systems of government of their own. Democracies, Theocracies, Republics, Oligarchies and even Tribal Confederations within Arandolia have their own distinct hierarchies, and they work as follows:

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• Theocracy: In some regions of Arandolia (specially at the Marble Strip), the priestesses of the many goddesses of the Amazon Pantheon are so influent that they actually hold political and military power over the local population. In such cases, a High Priestess is appointed by the curia of Amazon Priestesses to rule over the region in question, acting pretty much just like a Duchess or a Countess would act in her place. The only actual difference is that the title is neither hereditary nor appointed by the Queen, but "chosen by the goddesses themselves".
   

• Classical Democracy: Introduced to the amazons along with the Helenization of Arandolia, it is a system of direct democracy adapted from ancient Athens itself. It is still in full vigour at many autonomous City-States on the southwestern quadrant of Arandolia. Each participating citizens vote directly on local legislation and executive bills, which are always debated in an open assembly at each city's senate. There is no centralized ruler such as a president or governor, only appointed ministers and officers elected by the senate, so political resolutions tent to be fair and take into account every citizen's points of view. However, this process is rather slow and costly, so in times of war or in dire need of immediate action, an Amazon Strategos is elected to act as a centralized ruler for brief periods of 2 to 5 years, holding total power over the entire City-State till the crisis is averted.
   

• Oligarchy: Not all of the many City-States within Arandolia adopted Democracy as their local form of government. Some of them adopted much simpler oligarchic systems in which only the richest and most influent families have access to political offices. Either by forbiding the masses of voting altogether or by establishing censitary suffrage to give yet more power to te rich, power is heavily concentrated in the hands of the wealthy, eliminating the need of a centralized ruler by assigning all the government power in the hands of a small council of Matricians. Such is the case of Salacia, as well as some City-States at the shores of Amphitrite Bay.
   

• Elder Republic: Also known as Seniority Republic, it is a midterm in between a Democracy and an Oligarchy. An Elder Republic is the specific case of the City-State of Eldara, where every family within the region has the same access to representation in the government by holding 1 chair in the city's renowned Council of Elders. By tradition, only the eldest member of every family has the right to sit on that chair and take part on the council, thus the name "Elder Republic". The Elders therefore decide everything amongst themselves, while the council itself is always presided by a Chairwoman, who receives that post through being the Eldest Eldarian woman alive. Just like in a Democracy, the Council of Elders usually elect a Consul to rule upon them all in times of war or need, and this Consul doesn't have to be necessarely as old as the Elders themselves.
   

• Tribal Confederation: On the cold vast steppes of Windcliff, the semi-nomadic ways of the locals still divides them in several clans with their own culture and traditions. Each clan is ruled by a Chieftess, who would be the equivalent of a Countess, if they actually had castles and fixed seats of power. However, the Windcliff Riders are always on the move throughout the vast pastures of the cold northern steppes of Arandolia, thus the seat of power of their Chieftesses are the very saddle of their horses, not an actual throne. They are therefore a Confederation of United Clans, whose chieftesses assemble and ellect a Grand Chieftess from amongst themselves every 10 years to rule upon all Windcliff. The Grand Chieftess acts just like an Archduchess, but instead of being appointed by the Queen, she is appointed by the other chieftesses, granting her far more freedom and autonomy from the Arandolian Royal Crown than any actual Archduchess on the far South.
   

• Anarchism: The complete absence of government is also a form of government, up to some extent. So the Edgelands is quite unique in having a government without any kind of law or order. No one rules, so crime and impunity run rampant there. The survival of the fittest plays its due part on this accursed region's population.

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