Algoquona

The Hierarchy of Algoquona is a country in Cusinaut. A, the Algoquonan state came into being during the War of the Northern Confederation from the Algosh people, who established a new state under the leadership of its military hierarchs. The Algosh people were founding members of the Confederation and continued the war against Urcea following the Confederation's downfall, also subjugating many local tribes and nations who were previously members of the Confederation. The Hierarchy was recognized as the Confederation's successor in the Treaty of Narasseta and by the League of Nations.

Government
Algoquona is a organized as a fusion unitary-federal  divided into two types of administrative units, hierarchies - which are units of direct administration from the central government - and chiefdoms - which are "federal" units of subject tribes and nations with varying degrees of autonomy. The leaders of those units are arrayed together in the Assembly of Chiefs and Hierarchs, the primary decision-making body of the Hierarchy of Algoquona. The Assembly is responsible for creating and implementing legislation as well as organizing the state. The Assembly is also responsible for elevating hierarchs and chiefs and is thus responsible for choosing its own members. The Grand Hierarch is, nominally, chosen by the Assembly to serve a life term as guardian and protector of the Hierarchy. In practice, the most powerful hierarch uses their military power and influence to establish themselves as the Grand Hierarch in violent wars of succession.

In practice, Algoquona is a military dictatorship lead by ethnic Algosh people who rule over other, subject peoples of Cusinaut by means of military force. The Assembly is responsible for ensuring the subservience of subject tribes to the state, typically by means of elevating loyalist chiefs or by means of bribery. The Algoquonan state is considered one of the "least free" states according to numerous freedom watchdog organizations. It has been characterized by many as a militaristic  constructed for the service of the Algosh people.

Hierarchies
Hierarchies are which are responsible for the direct governance of large portions of territory, especially within Algosh proper but also in regions bordering Occidental territories. They represent a form of governance; rule in hierarchies is direct central administration with no degree of autonomy. Hierarchies are lead by Hierarchs, who serve both as administrator and local general. Hierarchs have ultimate judicial authority within their hierarchy without any appeal beyond their ruling. While Hierarchs are nominally appointed by the Assembly, in practice the Hierarchs are the most powerful local who receives legitimation from the Assembly, often by means of marriage alliance with other Hierarchs or by means of political connections. Hierarch is a life post, and typically most Hierarchs succeed by means of a war of succession between.

Chiefdoms
Chiefdoms are semi-autonomous tribal units associated with national and ethnic groups which are subject to the Algoquonan state. The degrees of autonomy and rights afforded to each Chiefdom depends on the Chiefdom, but many of the nominal rights afforded to the Chiefdoms can be superseded by order of any Hierarch. Chiefs are a life post which are normally succeeded on basis of heredity, but the Assembly resolves the right to replace Chiefs at any time. In effect, this practice leads to jockeying between leading members of tribes attempting to be appointed Chief in exchange for loyalty and favors to members of the Assembly and the central government. Chiefdoms have been classified by international observers as political entities.