Kingdom of New Granada (Weird America)

The kingdom of New Spain started off a division of the Spanish colonial empire called the Viceroyalty of New Granada. Like other parts of the Spanish possessions in South America a series of revolutions took place against the colonial power. In ?? King Ferdinand of Spain was overthrown by his brother Don Carlos and went into exile on the island of Cuba which had remained loyal to him. The remaining royalist forces in New Granada declared their loyalty to Ferdinand and over a matter of time they defeated the revolutionaries and founded what is now known as the Kingdom of New Spain. The current monarch is a descendant of Ferdinand's eldest daughter Isabella

Government
The Cortes or parliament of New Spain is divided into a lower house called the Congress of Deputies and an upper House called the Senate

List of monarchs
In the early days of the kingdom the monarch held absolute power and could dismiss governments on a whim. However New Spain was transformed into a constiutional monarchy in 1881 after a civil war that had lasted for 6 years. Since then the monarch has held no political power. The New Spanish monarchy operates under a system of absolute primogeniture, in other words the eldest child of the monarch becomes heir irrespective of gender. The current monarch is Maria II, a great-great grandaughter of Isabella

List of Prime Ministers
The Prime Minister is the leader of the majority party in the Congress of Deputies. If no party holds a majority then the leader of the largest party is invited to attempt to garner support from a majority of deputies