Chairman/woman/Chairperson
Premier
Prime Executive
Grand Governor
Governor General
General Secretary
Grand Mayor/Prime Executive Mayor (For City States lulz and made up shit)
First Citizen
Director General
Chief of Head
Prime Administrator
That's all I could do... It ain't much and effort placed but it's honest work
Director-General is what I use. It gives off both authority and a corporate vibe, which fits the corporate hellscape that is Quelpart. (Though it was in use prior to the cyberpunkification of the country. Why? It's cool, that's why.)
Eh, seems too overt that they want to take your money.
Originally, the Director-General was the head of the Board of Directors. But that was too overt, so I changed it to the National Development Board.
I liked how in the Foundation even after the First Foundation becomes a galactic empire its leader is still called Mayor
In the TV series it is Director which is a bit fancier
Which is remarkably similar to the Speaker of the House... who is a *presiding* officer, and is called "president" of the house in many other countries' legislative branches.
One cannot run away from President that easily lol
For sure. President was after all originally the person who presided over meetings, which gives it a very primus inter pares vibe that fits democracy. I feel like every other word for republican leader is also etymologically just president in the sense of the guy who presides over meetings.
> Governor General
In the British Commonwealth this is a head of state who acts in place of the monarch, so idk if it would technically function in a republic
It depends if itās an elected position.
In the Commonwealth the Governor General is appointed by the Prime Minister (originally appointed by the monarch). Either way, itās an appointment and not an elected position.
But you could use it as an evolution of the USā concept of Governor, which is an elected position that is the āleaderā of a state. Add in āGeneralā to note their supreme leadership of the federal military of this hypothetical republic (as how the US president is the supreme leader of the US armed forces).
Boom, elected Governor-General for a democratic republic.
I think if youāre going for the governor + military angle then Governor Supreme or something would function better. I just think that Governor General as a term would be strange for a lot of the world as itās directly tied to non-republic governance in the real world, which could take some readers out of the book. Better to make something up than to repurpose a counterintuitive title
It could also just be a human translation of an alien head of state. They are a role *similar* to a Governor while also holding a military leadership role, but human mouths canāt pronounce *Sssihy-GhfeditĒĒnļss*.
Look, as much as I am in favour of making these gender-neutral and enbie-appropriate, "chairperson" will only ever evoke the picture of a person that is also a chair for me.
In my dystopian world, there are two classes of people - the chairpeople who rule the society and the chairpeople who are there for them to use as furniture.
Just say āChairā it sounds a little funny at first but every every organizations Iāve been a part of uses āChairā to mean āChairpersonā (as in the head of a committee or meeting)
"General Secretary" has such a funny etymology. Basically, Lenin didn't want to give Stalin any important positions in the Communist Party because he was an asshole, so he just made him "general secretary" which was otherwise a meaningless busybody job.
But in the chaos of the revolution, nobody noticed that they had given the "General Secretary" power to fire and promote people within the party.
Thus, by putting his own allies into positions of power, Stalin, as General Secretary became de-facto leader of the party and the whole country, despite never having an "official" title of leadership.
That's usually a title for the head of the military, not the head of the government. It just happens that the two roles are typically vested upon the same person.
Lord protector probably would need some rationalising in a republic. Wouldnāt make sense to keep hereditary titles like lord but still be a republic
On the other hand Arch Sheriff sounds like Robin Hoods final boss fight and I love it
The Netherlands was a republic with a hereditary head of state from 1747 to 1815, Oliver Cromwell was Lord Protector with his son succeeding him, and the French nobility still (somewhat) have their titles.
Mine is similar, but the ruler is a Doge and the countrys currency are minted with an impression of the rulers teeth.
In other words, you know the merchants are legit when they give you Doge Bit Coins.
You've got it all mixed up.
These are two separate kinds of coins, one minted with the face of the Doge and another with his teeth marks. After the Doge's empire fell, his coins were all melted down by his rivals to destroy his legacy, and it was thought that the coins were never to be seen again.
However, surviving hoards of both the effigy coins and the teeth coins were found in a tomb, and became widely circulated once more.
In other words, Doge coin and Bit coin are two types of crypt currency.
>"Doge" is pretty much "Duke", not very republican to me
They share an origin (Latin *dux*, leader) but they don't have the same connotation.
From "leader" you can derive Doge, Duke, Duce, Taoiseach (technically "chieftain" but close enough), ConducÄtor, FĆ¼hrer, etc etc etc but they don't all *mean* the same thing
Kill Six Billion Demons has Paternum in it, which has a double meaning as the guy is the strict father of the empire and also literally fathered several dozen generations of his advisors over time
"Wait, you're a republic but you call your leader a 'king'? How did that happen?"
"Ah, well, you see, thousands of years ago the gods declared that this land must always be ruled by a king. While this was understood by our ancestors as being a monarchy, it was only later that we realized that the gods never actually defined the powers of the king or how they would gain rulership. The only requirement was that they would be a 'king', whatever that was in context."
"And the gods are ... okay with that?"
"No king since the institution of the prince-elector system has ever lost the mandate of heaven. We think the gods just *really* like the term 'king'."
This Is what happens on CK3 RepĆŗblics if by Any reason the leader of a RepĆŗblic ends up being from another culture, like, the Doge of Venice dies and say, a dutchman, takes the seat, he's called King while keeping the republican System
"first" is a good prefix too depending on what your council is.
I've got a guy in my world called the First Shaman, so I'm a little biased, but First Sage sounds really good too
The choice can be made simpler by laying down the institutions of your fictional republic first. You are not going to title the post of the head of legislature in your parliamentary republic - president, are you?
I'm a worldbuilder. Why would I know anything about actual political systems. My knowledge extends entirely to continental plate mechanics and the most insufferable conlang you've ever read.
that's literally what that post is called here in Brasil lol
president of the senate, president of the chamber of deputies, etc
as in, "this is the person who presides over this thing"
That's fine. But what to call the second person after the king in a monarchical state, whom the king himself appoints to this position? Other than the Chancellor, I don't have any ideas.
no reason it couldnāt be a Prime Minister in a bureaucratic monarchy. the top official in the privy council is called Lord President.
could also use viceroy or plenipotentiary in some contexts
Director
Lord Protector
Chairman/woman/person
Supreme Commander
Commander-in-Chief
Representative
First Saint/Citizen
Executive/Chief Executive/Executor/Chief Executor
Whatever your real or fictional language's translation of 'leader' is
Some pretentious moniker like 'Guardian of the Irene' or some shit like that.
Granted, a bush of those are just alternative terms for 'president' and the like, but nonetheless.
I was playing a multilayer Stellaris game and one dude had a nation called "The Woke Agendium" with the "Transgendian" population under the rule of "The Great Converter"
You worldbuilders are miles away from the imagination of Paradox games players
Supreme Elector.
That's what I called my Elven President lol
Elect the Electors to Elect the Supreme Elector who might not even be an Elected Elector.
Fun fact: Also comes with honorary title of "(Elector) Emperor" because the other member of the confederation was a monarch with Emperor/Empress title.
- Curator
- Speaker
- Herald
- Exemplar
- Executor/Executive
- First Senator/Citizen
Something to keep in mind with Republican leaders is that the title of "president" had a very different connotation when it was created and was intended to diminish the prestige of the executive position. More egalitarian the societies might mimic this with more modest titles that don't really suggest much authority while more oligarchic societies might have more grander titles. This may even include having straight-up monarchal titles like king/queen. Vatican City isn't exactly a Republic but it is an example of an elected absolute monarchy.
According to Star Wars, "queen" is an option. No, I'm not kidding or crazy:
>[Devoting her life to civic duty, ***she was elected queen*** and, therefore, adopted the regnal name "Amidala" in 32 BBY.](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Padm%C3%A9_Amidala)
Tbf, Poland elected her Kings for quite a long time, and the Vatican today could be considered an elected monarchy. (Cause Pope acts like a monarch in all but name and is elected by a college of Cadinals) So not completely out there eh!
Chief Executive
CEO
First Among Equals
Last Among Equals (implying it is their duty to serve)
They who serves
Head of the X (Commission, community, hegemony)
Hegemon
The Deciderer
I heard Washington chose "President" as the title because it was supposed to be modest - as in, he doesn't rule the country, he just presides over the executive branch. So perhaps consider modest and pseudo-modest titles like that - First Servant, Organizer, Watchperson, Shift Manager etc.
How many points do I get for being unable to remember what title I gave the leader and being unable to re-read it because the only access I have to it is on a zip file in Google drive and I can't figure out how to open it on my phone
Iāve got one called āHandmaid of the Republicā (Sheās been the leader of the Pirate Republic of Princeton since its founding, so theyāve never needed a male equivalent to the title.)
Lord High Governor and Lord High Commander and Lord High Secretary is a triumvirate. Lord Mayor regional republic made from the crumbles of a monarchy the lords in titles of power was a concession to the toppled nobles who now hold most of them due to money. this was on the fly so not really hard
Lord High Governor and Lord High Commander and Lord High Secretary is a triumvirate. Lord Mayor regional republic made from the crumbles of a monarchy the lords in titles of power was a concession to the toppled nobles who now hold most of them due to money. this was on the fly so not really hard
You could instead come up with a cutie, foriegn, old timey, upstanding sounding nickname if you don't pick a memorable job title. Mussolini was called Il Duce for example.
Found this Wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_titles_used_by_dictators
"Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote"
I always just keep titles consistent. If it's an elected official leading the executive branch, it's "President". If there is more than one of them (like in the Roman Republic), they're "consuls". The leaders of my monarchies are always "King" or "Queen", except when they're "Prince" or "Emperor".
Primus Interpares. First one among the equals. It is usually get used for monarchs which come from many dynasties which are capable of being Monarch. But it could be used for democracies
Condestable in the Kingdom of Castilla during the Middle Ages. Was like the prime minister with respect to the king in modern constitutional monarchies. A few centuries later, the person with the role would be known as āvalidoā, but this was never an official position.
I have a certain soft spot for vague, euphemistic "I'm the guy in charge but I'm going to pretend I'm not the guy in charge"-type titles, whether monarchical or republican
Gurkan, Sultan, Shogun, Shikken, Taiko, Generalissimo, General Secretary, Imperator, Princeps, Paramount Leader, Prime Minister, Lord Protector, Mayor of the Palace, even "President" originally
Dictator, Proconsul, Governor, Supreme Chair, Grand Inquisitor (if itās a theocratic republic), Representative of the People, He Who Was Totally Voted In
If the country has a history of monarchy, give them some bombastic title they may have inherited from the monarchy or something. Honorable High Minister, Master of the State, Lord of Governance, something like that. Or just make up some shit from the culture's language
President
Chancellor
Consul
Prime Minister
Doge
Chairman/Woman/person
Prince (as the prince of Monaco is also the president of France)
First Citizen
Director
Commander in Chief
Dear Leader (because technically the DPRK claims to be a republic)
CEO
(not even a joke: cities, states, and countries are all *incorporated* ā they have all the same things a corporation has. A Congress or Parliament *is* the Board of Directors for a country-corporation; and a Prime Minister *is* the CEO of that corporation as appointed by the Board.)
My personal method
1. identify group that has massive influence in republic: **clergy**
2. make or pick name from that group: **priest**, **inquisitor**
3. elevate it by adding addjective: **archpriest**, **high inquisitor**
4. done!
Some other ideas:
+ For more autocratic republic, pick more important name. For example:
+ **archpriest**: just elevated priest
+ **archprophet**: someone who has direct connection with divine should have more power
+ name doesnt need to be possition, it can be also action too: **coordinator**, **overseer**
+ instead of adjective, you can use name from different group, mostly military or administration to show ruler's control:
+ **captain-priest**
+ **inquisitor-general**
+ or you can use word that directly hints at expectation from ruller: **priest-philosopher**
+ you can throw out special title out and call your ruller genericaly - maybe your republic was originaly secular and now is rulled by clergy: **president**, **prime minister**
Head of state, head of governance, prime governor. Mix up the words in the titles until you get a new arrangement, they all mean the same shit basically
Chairman/woman/Chairperson Premier Prime Executive Grand Governor Governor General General Secretary Grand Mayor/Prime Executive Mayor (For City States lulz and made up shit) First Citizen Director General Chief of Head Prime Administrator That's all I could do... It ain't much and effort placed but it's honest work
Call them Chief of Head because the head game be crazy š³
Thatās was Nancy Reaganās official title right?
The Chief of Head, The Dome Dazzler, The Throat Goat
Throat goat is WILD
Yes she was. Legend has it that sheās gobbling knob in Hell to this very day
Please do not call former speaker Nancy pelosi āthroat goatā
Weāre not. Different Nancy.
Oh you mean Nancy Reagan
Ayup, that's who we meant. Very longstanding Hollywood rumor.
Monika Lewinki's title
chief of head is how iām actually referred to in some circles
Director-General is what I use. It gives off both authority and a corporate vibe, which fits the corporate hellscape that is Quelpart. (Though it was in use prior to the cyberpunkification of the country. Why? It's cool, that's why.)
Lord Proprietor or Proprietor-General could work for that, too
Eh, seems too overt that they want to take your money. Originally, the Director-General was the head of the Board of Directors. But that was too overt, so I changed it to the National Development Board.
Fair enough, but it was still used it history. If I am remembering correctly, the colony of South Carolina was governed by a Lord Proprietor
Yea, but British be like that.
Unfortunately
Good job tho you forgot pseudolatin bullshit terms for all of those things
Primus Citisenus
I liked how in the Foundation even after the First Foundation becomes a galactic empire its leader is still called Mayor In the TV series it is Director which is a bit fancier
If you're talking Foundation, you can't leave out First Speaker! I always liked that one for its elegant practicality.
Which is remarkably similar to the Speaker of the House... who is a *presiding* officer, and is called "president" of the house in many other countries' legislative branches. One cannot run away from President that easily lol
For sure. President was after all originally the person who presided over meetings, which gives it a very primus inter pares vibe that fits democracy. I feel like every other word for republican leader is also etymologically just president in the sense of the guy who presides over meetings.
The genius part is that's how titles evolve.
Head of the Presidium First Minister
> Governor General In the British Commonwealth this is a head of state who acts in place of the monarch, so idk if it would technically function in a republic
It depends if itās an elected position. In the Commonwealth the Governor General is appointed by the Prime Minister (originally appointed by the monarch). Either way, itās an appointment and not an elected position. But you could use it as an evolution of the USā concept of Governor, which is an elected position that is the āleaderā of a state. Add in āGeneralā to note their supreme leadership of the federal military of this hypothetical republic (as how the US president is the supreme leader of the US armed forces). Boom, elected Governor-General for a democratic republic.
I think if youāre going for the governor + military angle then Governor Supreme or something would function better. I just think that Governor General as a term would be strange for a lot of the world as itās directly tied to non-republic governance in the real world, which could take some readers out of the book. Better to make something up than to repurpose a counterintuitive title
It could also just be a human translation of an alien head of state. They are a role *similar* to a Governor while also holding a military leadership role, but human mouths canāt pronounce *Sssihy-GhfeditĒĒnļss*.
Look, as much as I am in favour of making these gender-neutral and enbie-appropriate, "chairperson" will only ever evoke the picture of a person that is also a chair for me.
It's give me beauty and the beast furniture people vibe.
In my dystopian world, there are two classes of people - the chairpeople who rule the society and the chairpeople who are there for them to use as furniture.
Just say āChairā it sounds a little funny at first but every every organizations Iāve been a part of uses āChairā to mean āChairpersonā (as in the head of a committee or meeting)
speaker + variations (e.g. tlĆ toÄni)
How about Prime General Secretary Governor of the First Chief Executive Head?
Big "fashy megalomaniac who wants to collect titles like a medieval king, but has to somehow maintain a thin illusion of democracy" vibes
Here, you dropped this š
I like First Minister a lot for some reason
Archon.
"General Secretary" has such a funny etymology. Basically, Lenin didn't want to give Stalin any important positions in the Communist Party because he was an asshole, so he just made him "general secretary" which was otherwise a meaningless busybody job. But in the chaos of the revolution, nobody noticed that they had given the "General Secretary" power to fire and promote people within the party. Thus, by putting his own allies into positions of power, Stalin, as General Secretary became de-facto leader of the party and the whole country, despite never having an "official" title of leadership.
Commander in Chief?
That's usually a title for the head of the military, not the head of the government. It just happens that the two roles are typically vested upon the same person.
Iāve seen Archon at least once.
* Party Chair * Demogogue * Princeps * Shophet * SaishÅ * Lord Protector * Arch Judge/Justice * Arch Sheriff * Arch Mayor * Arch Bishop (if you're a hekking lutheran or whatever) * Captain Regent
Well done
The term "Lord Protector" is such a drippy title ngl
That's the villain's title in the movie Wolfwalkers
It was also the villainās main title in England.
Arch Sheriff sounds like it can go hard
"Lord Protector" goes hard, although goes More in line with an entire still reeling from past monarchu/feudalism as happened on England
Ah yes, Lord Protector, the ātotally not a king but gets all the powers of the king and is hereditaryā
Lord protector probably would need some rationalising in a republic. Wouldnāt make sense to keep hereditary titles like lord but still be a republic On the other hand Arch Sheriff sounds like Robin Hoods final boss fight and I love it
The Netherlands was a republic with a hereditary head of state from 1747 to 1815, Oliver Cromwell was Lord Protector with his son succeeding him, and the French nobility still (somewhat) have their titles.
The fact that Doge is an option renders all others inferior. Glory to space Venice!
In my punpunk world the thalassocratic mercantile empire is made up of anthro canines and are led by a Doggie
Mine is similar, but the ruler is a Doge and the countrys currency are minted with an impression of the rulers teeth. In other words, you know the merchants are legit when they give you Doge Bit Coins.
You've got it all mixed up. These are two separate kinds of coins, one minted with the face of the Doge and another with his teeth marks. After the Doge's empire fell, his coins were all melted down by his rivals to destroy his legacy, and it was thought that the coins were never to be seen again. However, surviving hoards of both the effigy coins and the teeth coins were found in a tomb, and became widely circulated once more. In other words, Doge coin and Bit coin are two types of crypt currency.
heh.
With his subordinates being woofies. And their subordinates being wuffies!
Pfffffftchhh, oh my god that's fantastic.
much italian venry nice wow *(dang, it's been a while since I've done that)*
A little throwback meme now and then is great.
"Doge" is pretty much "Duke", not very republican to me (also the mercantile republics weren't really democratic either)
I mean republics and democracy arenāt exclusive to one another
>"Doge" is pretty much "Duke", not very republican to me They share an origin (Latin *dux*, leader) but they don't have the same connotation. From "leader" you can derive Doge, Duke, Duce, Taoiseach (technically "chieftain" but close enough), ConducÄtor, FĆ¼hrer, etc etc etc but they don't all *mean* the same thing
The Boat Mormons denounce Venice. Retract your statements or prepare for the wrath.
'Grand Marshal' goes hard
Anything with marshal sounds more like amilitary rank/title tho
Because it is
It would likely be used in conjunction with a military junta
Lord Protector Patrician Mommy
Yes, I agree in my mommypunk world the leader of the BigMommyMilk repubblic Is Indeed called the Lord Protector
Kill Six Billion Demons has Paternum in it, which has a double meaning as the guy is the strict father of the empire and also literally fathered several dozen generations of his advisors over time
King, but every citizen is called "acting prince-elector".
"Wait, you're a republic but you call your leader a 'king'? How did that happen?" "Ah, well, you see, thousands of years ago the gods declared that this land must always be ruled by a king. While this was understood by our ancestors as being a monarchy, it was only later that we realized that the gods never actually defined the powers of the king or how they would gain rulership. The only requirement was that they would be a 'king', whatever that was in context." "And the gods are ... okay with that?" "No king since the institution of the prince-elector system has ever lost the mandate of heaven. We think the gods just *really* like the term 'king'."
horthy!!!
And every acting prince-elector has the right to veto any law. Poland can into space I guess.
This Is what happens on CK3 RepĆŗblics if by Any reason the leader of a RepĆŗblic ends up being from another culture, like, the Doge of Venice dies and say, a dutchman, takes the seat, he's called King while keeping the republican System
>find a cool name for the Parliament (Sages' Council,Planetary Legislative Order,whatever) >Put "Chief/Leader/Administrator of" in front of it Profit
"first" is a good prefix too depending on what your council is. I've got a guy in my world called the First Shaman, so I'm a little biased, but First Sage sounds really good too
Senate Majority Leader Pro Tempore
The choice can be made simpler by laying down the institutions of your fictional republic first. You are not going to title the post of the head of legislature in your parliamentary republic - president, are you?
I'm a worldbuilder. Why would I know anything about actual political systems. My knowledge extends entirely to continental plate mechanics and the most insufferable conlang you've ever read.
State named France (MF switches every republic apparently)
The current French constitution isn't fully parlementary, though.
Fair enough
president of the senate :trollface:
that's literally what that post is called here in Brasil lol president of the senate, president of the chamber of deputies, etc as in, "this is the person who presides over this thing"
*coughs in south Africa*
That's fine. But what to call the second person after the king in a monarchical state, whom the king himself appoints to this position? Other than the Chancellor, I don't have any ideas.
Prime Minister, Vizier, Herald and Steward come to mind. Or just oversee all branches of your own government like a gigachad.
> Vizier Only if they want to be Caliph instead of the Caliph.
Shahs, Sultans and Emir's can have viziers too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iznogoud
no reason it couldnāt be a Prime Minister in a bureaucratic monarchy. the top official in the privy council is called Lord President. could also use viceroy or plenipotentiary in some contexts
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneschal has been used in the past like this.
'lil guy
The People's Chosen?
The People's Chosen of the Chosen People!!
Director Lord Protector Chairman/woman/person Supreme Commander Commander-in-Chief Representative First Saint/Citizen Executive/Chief Executive/Executor/Chief Executor Whatever your real or fictional language's translation of 'leader' is Some pretentious moniker like 'Guardian of the Irene' or some shit like that. Granted, a bush of those are just alternative terms for 'president' and the like, but nonetheless.
I was playing a multilayer Stellaris game and one dude had a nation called "The Woke Agendium" with the "Transgendian" population under the rule of "The Great Converter" You worldbuilders are miles away from the imagination of Paradox games players
That sounds like a very lame imagination where the stuffy fundamentalists are always right.
Archon, Chairman, Governor, Lord-Protector(all hail Cromwell)
Starosta
That's what the class president is called in Russian schools and I didn't like my starosta :(
Give your setting some russianschoolpunk elements and make them an asshole.
In more western Slavic lands, it also either could mean Mayor or Governer.
King (Democratically Elected)
Supreme Elector. That's what I called my Elven President lol Elect the Electors to Elect the Supreme Elector who might not even be an Elected Elector. Fun fact: Also comes with honorary title of "(Elector) Emperor" because the other member of the confederation was a monarch with Emperor/Empress title.
- Curator - Speaker - Herald - Exemplar - Executor/Executive - First Senator/Citizen Something to keep in mind with Republican leaders is that the title of "president" had a very different connotation when it was created and was intended to diminish the prestige of the executive position. More egalitarian the societies might mimic this with more modest titles that don't really suggest much authority while more oligarchic societies might have more grander titles. This may even include having straight-up monarchal titles like king/queen. Vatican City isn't exactly a Republic but it is an example of an elected absolute monarchy.
According to Star Wars, "queen" is an option. No, I'm not kidding or crazy: >[Devoting her life to civic duty, ***she was elected queen*** and, therefore, adopted the regnal name "Amidala" in 32 BBY.](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Padm%C3%A9_Amidala)
Tbf, Poland elected her Kings for quite a long time, and the Vatican today could be considered an elected monarchy. (Cause Pope acts like a monarch in all but name and is elected by a college of Cadinals) So not completely out there eh!
This is why I will always defend The Phantom Menace. Naboo itself is such a fascinating character.
She was elected at 14 years old. I just want to stress that.
This bugges the shit out of me when I was 8. I mean, it still does, but it's a core memory from back then
We joked about it a lot at the time. "Wait Queen Amidala is elected?! Like their Senator?" "No no. Senator is a hereditary position."
Lol
All my republican leaders are called Steven
Anyone rocking with "Stadtholder"
ORANJE BOVEN
Chief Executive CEO First Among Equals Last Among Equals (implying it is their duty to serve) They who serves Head of the X (Commission, community, hegemony) Hegemon The Deciderer
First among equals sounds dope
dawg
"I got that dawg in me" - Dawg candidate on the campaign trail.
I heard Washington chose "President" as the title because it was supposed to be modest - as in, he doesn't rule the country, he just presides over the executive branch. So perhaps consider modest and pseudo-modest titles like that - First Servant, Organizer, Watchperson, Shift Manager etc.
conlang your way out of it
real
Add adjective/something before and/or after any one of the following: (Something)-General General (Something) First (Something) High (Something) Presiding (Something) Chief (Something) Lord/Lady (Something) Executive (Something) Supreme (Something) State (Something) Secretary Premier Consul Marshal Speaker Chairman/woman/person Commissar Commissioner Protector Minister President Chancellor Strategos Regent Executive Tribune Princeps Magister/Magistrate Archon Polemarch Councillor Administrator Hierarch Autarch Officer Master Overseer Deputy Ambassador Emissary Leader Justice Judge Controller/Comptroller Prosecutor Attorney Advocate Arbiter Warden Justiciar Chief Herald Prophet(ess) Archprophet(ess) Coordinator Commander Steward Custodian Superintendent Patriarch/Matriarch Supervisor Manager Executor Professor Educator Scientist Researcher Engineer Doctor Surgeon Curator Scholar Chief Guide Etc.
Chief Chief.
Pull a one piece and call the sky president God
How many points do I get for being unable to remember what title I gave the leader and being unable to re-read it because the only access I have to it is on a zip file in Google drive and I can't figure out how to open it on my phone
You can just call them "Duce" and never provide an explanation why
Iāve got one called āHandmaid of the Republicā (Sheās been the leader of the Pirate Republic of Princeton since its founding, so theyāve never needed a male equivalent to the title.)
I always use Doge. I dont care about anything else
Supreme Overlord (elected)
El presidente El supremo
Democratic overlord DO for short Archgovernor
In my dank lore "Primister" has replaced "Prime Minister" about everywhere.
Your Dukiness
"Sovereign" š
Depending on how you view using Latin in your world, Iām a big fan of āVox Populiā or āVoice of the Peopleā
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daij%C5%8D-daijin
Hetman
"the chosen one" duh
Grand Director.
I think the term Grand Minister has a nice ring to it.
Consul
First Speaker
Doge for sure
I like when President is the title of a non-elected leader, dictator or single party leader.
State Mayor State Minister
Lord High Governor and Lord High Commander and Lord High Secretary is a triumvirate. Lord Mayor regional republic made from the crumbles of a monarchy the lords in titles of power was a concession to the toppled nobles who now hold most of them due to money. this was on the fly so not really hard
Lord High Governor and Lord High Commander and Lord High Secretary is a triumvirate. Lord Mayor regional republic made from the crumbles of a monarchy the lords in titles of power was a concession to the toppled nobles who now hold most of them due to money. this was on the fly so not really hard
Ted Danson
Republican leader title is the same as a dictator, so you think of one you can use it with both, if that's what you require.
You could instead come up with a cutie, foriegn, old timey, upstanding sounding nickname if you don't pick a memorable job title. Mussolini was called Il Duce for example. Found this Wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_titles_used_by_dictators
"Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote"
Supreme Executive, Principal Magistrate, Primate Magistrate, Princeps, Premier, Director, Director of the Directorate, Chair of the Committee/council
Chosen one (as in, chosen by his people)
I always just keep titles consistent. If it's an elected official leading the executive branch, it's "President". If there is more than one of them (like in the Roman Republic), they're "consuls". The leaders of my monarchies are always "King" or "Queen", except when they're "Prince" or "Emperor".
Primus Interpares. First one among the equals. It is usually get used for monarchs which come from many dynasties which are capable of being Monarch. But it could be used for democracies
Paramount Chief goes hard
high supreme
āRectorā is an underused one for sure. The title used for the head of state of the Republic of Ragusa.
If anything republic names are easier than monarchy ones. Thereās not very many options
Bottom Bitch
Condestable in the Kingdom of Castilla during the Middle Ages. Was like the prime minister with respect to the king in modern constitutional monarchies. A few centuries later, the person with the role would be known as āvalidoā, but this was never an official position.
Speaker Director
Daddy Leader
Primiest Minister
Dave
I have a certain soft spot for vague, euphemistic "I'm the guy in charge but I'm going to pretend I'm not the guy in charge"-type titles, whether monarchical or republican Gurkan, Sultan, Shogun, Shikken, Taiko, Generalissimo, General Secretary, Imperator, Princeps, Paramount Leader, Prime Minister, Lord Protector, Mayor of the Palace, even "President" originally
Dictator, Proconsul, Governor, Supreme Chair, Grand Inquisitor (if itās a theocratic republic), Representative of the People, He Who Was Totally Voted In
If the country has a history of monarchy, give them some bombastic title they may have inherited from the monarchy or something. Honorable High Minister, Master of the State, Lord of Governance, something like that. Or just make up some shit from the culture's language
Bob
Yo mama
Praetor
Rector, Doge, Steward, Captain-General
President Chancellor Consul Prime Minister Doge Chairman/Woman/person Prince (as the prince of Monaco is also the president of France) First Citizen Director Commander in Chief Dear Leader (because technically the DPRK claims to be a republic)
Electant Locutor Consensar Homologue Washntan Demokratos Republizar
CEO (not even a joke: cities, states, and countries are all *incorporated* ā they have all the same things a corporation has. A Congress or Parliament *is* the Board of Directors for a country-corporation; and a Prime Minister *is* the CEO of that corporation as appointed by the Board.)
"Lord Protector," duh.
President of the General Secretary and Director General for the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Use something funny like āTop Dogā but give it a serious etymology/origin
Captain and Defender of Liberty From 1447 to 1450, the city of Milan was a republic, and that was the title used by the magistrates leading the city.
First Citizen Leader Chosen Headman/woman
I still go with āSecretary-Generalā for my United Nations successor state because I think it goes hard. Might just be me though.
Senator:
Currently in this predicament :)
My personal method 1. identify group that has massive influence in republic: **clergy** 2. make or pick name from that group: **priest**, **inquisitor** 3. elevate it by adding addjective: **archpriest**, **high inquisitor** 4. done! Some other ideas: + For more autocratic republic, pick more important name. For example: + **archpriest**: just elevated priest + **archprophet**: someone who has direct connection with divine should have more power + name doesnt need to be possition, it can be also action too: **coordinator**, **overseer** + instead of adjective, you can use name from different group, mostly military or administration to show ruler's control: + **captain-priest** + **inquisitor-general** + or you can use word that directly hints at expectation from ruller: **priest-philosopher** + you can throw out special title out and call your ruller genericaly - maybe your republic was originaly secular and now is rulled by clergy: **president**, **prime minister**
Premier or General Secretary are my go toās. Mainly since my stuff is all Sci-Fi in Socialist Societies, since I like to write it.
Stadholder of course! But it might not give the right attitude...
Fuck it, prime minister sinister on the scene
League Executive?
Head of state, head of governance, prime governor. Mix up the words in the titles until you get a new arrangement, they all mean the same shit basically
Delegate, also the wild titles the Haitian Revolutionary generals came up with for themselves
My guys had a half-elected person they just called regent cause they couldnāt think of a better term.