The Faithful

The Faithful is one of the two Yashidi kingdoms that make their homeland in the islands of the coast of Alagon. While their king holds the power to levy taxes, declare war, raise an army, conduct diplomacy, and do many of the other important matters of state, a great deal of the actual power sits with the priesthood, who while officially sit as an advisory body to the king, in actuallity, write their agenda and makes most of their decisions. The crown is hereditary, and passes on from parent to eldest child, who is then crowned "king" regardless of gender. If a king's eldest child fails to show the proper sympathies with the church and its ideology, they are promptly removed from the lineage to make way for a more favorable ruler.