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A non-sovereign monarchy, subnational monarchy or constituent monarchy [1] is one in which the head of the monarchical polity (whether a geographic territory or an ethnic group), and the polity itself, are subject to a temporal authority higher than their own.
A subnational monarchy is a territory governed by a hereditary leader, but which is subordinate to a higher national government, either monarchical or republican in form. Sultanate of Kelantan (c. 2nd century – present; within Funan , Khmer Empire , Srivijaya , Siam , British Empire , Federation of Malaya , and Malaysia )
This is a list of currently reigning constituent monarchs, including traditional rulers and governing constitutional monarchs.Each monarch reigns over a legally recognised dominion, but in most cases possess little or no sovereign governing power.
This list includes defunct and extant monarchical dynasties of sovereign and non-sovereign statuses at the national and subnational levels. Monarchical polities each ruled by a single family—that is, a dynasty, although not explicitly styled as such, like the Golden Horde and the Qara Qoyunlu—are included.
The word "dynasty" (from the Greek: δυναστεία, dynasteía "power", "lordship", from dynástes "ruler") [3] is sometimes used informally for people who are not rulers but are, for example, members of a family with influence and power in other areas, such as a series of successive owners of a major company, or any family with a legacy, such as a dynasty of poets or actors.
Administrative divisions [1] (also administrative units, [2] [3] [4] administrative regions, [5] subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divided.
Subnational or sub-national may refer to: Administrative division , all administrative divisions are under the national level Subnational legislature , a type of regional legislature, under the national level
World map of subnational HDI (2018) The following list shows the subnational entities and regions with the highest and lowest Human Development Index (HDI) in the world and on different continents. The HDI is a summary measure of human development that considers three dimensions: health, education, and standard of living.