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Originally Posted by Varyon
The Misttorn Witches book series had an interesting option - the country is divided into Princedoms, ruled over by a king (I think the term used is High Prince or similar) who is also the Prince of one of the Princedoms. Every so many years (I think it was 7 in that series), the Princes all come together to elect a new king from their number.
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Likely based on the
elective monarchy of Malaysia. That country is a federation of 13 states, 9 of which are hereditary monarchies. Every five years, the nine monarchs elect one of their number to be monarch of Malaysia. Nowadays, it's simply done in rotation, but that's an informal agreement, rather than a rule.