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The historian and scholar Escobo de la Noncerivero wrote in his memoirs of travelling the region and staying in the courts of nobles:
''‘I enquired to her [Grace] the thought that planted in her head the name of her fair and mountainous
de la Noncerivero details that the original name of Réal was Valey di Rayal, meaning ‘valleys of Royalty.’ The modern name would first start to be used approximately 250 years later.
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== Politics ==
The history of democracy in
The tradition of noble titles and lands associated with them remains active in
There is no official state religion in
== Government ==
The legislative branch is made up of the House of the Populace (Cámara de la Población), a lower house with 220 members, each elected to six-year terms by popular vote, and the House of the Nobility (Cámara de la Nobleza), an upper house with 200 seats of which 180 are directly elected by popular vote, from a pool of the ennobled Peers of the Kingdom, and the last 20 are hereditary positions for those of Ducal rank.
Casilló y Réal consists of nine Administrative Districts, which each have a limited authority to elect their own governments, legislatures, and administrators, and to organize their own budgets and resources. There is also one Special Administrative District which is smaller than the others, Salasca, containing the capital city of Eleçeron, and the Maritime District, which contains the various small islands inside the nations maritime borders. Each District is subordinate to the central government, as opposed to a confederation or united state system. Health and education, while maintained by Ministries, are generally left up to district governments based on their own needs and priorities. The smallest division of land is the municipality. The Royal Corric Guard functions as a federal-level police over each of the districts.
=== Royal Cabinet ===
The executive branch consists of a twelve-member Royal Cabinet of Ministers, presided over by the Prime Minister and reigning Monarch. The Prime Minister is nominated from among the members of the Popular Assembly by their peers, and approved by the Monarch. They serve a six year term, and can be re-elected at the end of their term once. The Prime Minister appoints ambassadors, members of the Royal Cabinet, and a Second Minister as their deputy, again requisite to the approval of the Monarch and Popular Assembly.
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*The power to give assent to bills passed by the Popular Assembly, which formally makes the bills into law. The Monarch further directs the Prime Minister on enacting the law via the Royal Cabinet. The Monarch may refuse to give assent to a bill passed, but they may be overridden by a supermajority of the Assembly.
*The power to create and enact standards of lower importance than laws, such as Acts, Edicts, and Proclamations. These standards hold legal weight, but may not remain in place after certain lengths of time. This power must be countersigned by a government party appropriate to the context.
*The power to designate a successor to the position of Monarch, and to change or dismiss the succession. This authority is entirely the Monarch's and cannot be countermanded, though the Popular Assembly can choose to not recognize the heir as legitimate upon the Monarch's abdication or death, at which point the matter is taken over by the judiciary or put to referendum.
*The power to create a referendum upon a particular issue. This power must be countersigned by the Prime Minister, or at least half of the Royal Cabinet.
*The power to grant positions in the government, be they civil or military. This power must be countersigned by the appropriate minister.
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*The power to grant the Royal (Réal) title to establishments such as universities, sports teams, and infrastructure.
=== Feudalism in Casilló y Réal ===
The system of feudalism is still functioning at a secondary level in the Corric Kingdom. The system of noble titles in Cassiló y Réal has been described as post-feudal, semi feudal, and pseudo feudal, but is academically described as a hereditary peerage bureaucracy. There exists a list of eighty two family lines codified within the First Constitution as being ‘Noble Blood.’ These Houses, as they are known, retain certain rights and privileges carried over from their lineage as the most prominent noble lines of the Andoran kingdoms.
Members of the Noble Blood Houses are afforded limited control over the real estate historically associated with their titles. The nine districts of the nation were designed for the dual purpose of streamlining regional governance and maintaining the Noble Blood land borders. These expanses of land controlled are known as ''heredados''. Local governments must get the approval of their lords to build or rezone sections of the lord's ''heredad'', but may have overruled the lords decision with a supermajority vote. Lords have a responsibility to ensure the upkeep of their ''heredados'' public works and that the tax revenue collected is being used responsibly. The lords may appoint officials to positions in public works or taxation, but these appointments must be cross examined and approved by local governments.
Lords may participate actively in the governance of their ''heredad'', but are prohibited from appointing or being appointed to specific positions by other members of the nobility. Instead they must be nominated and confirmed by members of their territorial populace. Lords further have the right to retain one percent of the revenue of their ''heredad'' as nontaxable income. This right is provided in exchange for the lord using their privileges to improve the lives of their populace.
Legally speaking, all members of Noble Blood are considered employees of the national government once they reach their majority. While they are free to pursue careers and lifestyles independent of it, the government reserves the right to require service of them at any time. This may be the nomination to a position in the popular assembly by members of their ''heredados'' populace, but also includes appointments to posts in Ministries or the courts. Often, certain families will fulfil certain roles throughout several generations, which is why the system is considered a hereditary bureaucracy. Members of Houses will train younger members in their duties for a seamless transition upon retirement. Several generations of prominent Houses have served in the same ambassadorial positions for three to four generations.
The King may give individuals or families titles that count them as of Noble Blood. This process is not unilateral; the King must get the approval of the Popular Assembly to do so and pass a declaration through the Courts to make it legally recognized. Certain titles come with lands, and certain ones cannot be inherited. Likewise the King may rescind titles from individuals or their entire families. This may involve stripping them of the lands associated with the title, the rights and privileges of the title, or the entire title itself. The King must go through the same process for granting titles. Certain legal statutes mean people may have their Noble Blood status removed if they are convicted of certain crimes.
==Economy==
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