31 Royal Simblr Worldbuilding Questions
1. What kind of government does your country have?
2. What are your country’s succession laws? Is inheritance restricted in any way by legitimacy, age, gender, ability, or other factors? Can your monarch choose their successor?
3. If your monarch died with no legitimate heirs and no chosen successor, who would become the next monarch?
4. What is the age of majority in your country? What happens if a minor inherits a title?
5. Does your monarch have absolute power? If there are limits on their authority, what are they?
6. Who creates and enforces laws in your country? What is the punishment for breaking the law?
Protocol, titles, and forms of address
7. What titles are used in your country? Are there any special titles unique to your country? (e.g., Hereditary Prince, Princess Royal)
8. How are members of your royal family styled (e.g., His Royal Highness, Her Royal Majesty, etc.)
9. How formal is your royal family in public? How formal is your royal family in private?
10. How is your monarch addressed in public? How are they addressed in private?
11. How are members of your royal family expected to dress? Are they allowed to choose their own outfits for engagements and official events?
Public Image and the Press
12. Can private citizens criticize or insult the monarch or the monarchy? Are there penalties for private citizens who critique or insult the monarch or royal family? Are those penalties enforced?
13. Can journalists and public figures criticize or insult the monarch or the monarchy? Do journalists or news agencies face penalties for critiquing or insulting the monarch or royal family? Are those penalties enforced?
14. Are members of your royal family allowed to give interviews and speak freely to the press?
15. How does your family make announcements and communicate with the public?
16. How popular and well-respected is your monarch and the institution of monarchy?
17. Is there a mechanism to remove unpopular or incapable monarchs from the throne?
18. Have there been any civil wars or succession crises in your country’s history?
19. Are there any organized anti-monarchy groups within your country? What are their goals?
20. Do members of your royal family marry for love, or are they expected to enter into arranged marriages?
21. Can members of your royal family marry whomever they wish, or are they required to get approval from the monarch or other governing bodies?
22. If royal marriages must be approved, what does the approval process look like? What kinds of factors are considered? Do all members of the royal family require formal approval, or only those close to the throne?
23. Are members of the royal family allowed to marry commoners? Are they allowed to marry citizens of other countries?
24. Are members of your royal family expected to be monogamous? Are affairs and non-monogamy accepted, tolerated, or frowned upon?
25. Are members of your royal family allowed to divorce? Are they expected to remarry if widowed?
26. Are members of your royal family expected to have children? If so, how many?
27. When and how does your royal family announce pregnancies?
28. When and how does your royal family announce births and the names of newborn children?
29. How actively do members of the royal family participate in parenting? Are royal children raised by their parents, by extended family, or by staff?
30. Do children attend school, or are they educated at home by tutors or governesses?
31. What role do illegitimate children play in your royal family? Do they receive titles?
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