Governor of Carolina (Joan of What?)

The Governor General of Swanstone is the viceregal representative of the, , in the. The Governors General of the 18 Cygnian states and Governors of the 6 territories perform constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state and territorial levels analogous to the monarch at the national level. While the Governor General is officially appointed by the Emperor, the appointee since has been popularly and directly elected, for a fixed term of six years, renewable once. The current Governor General is, who succeeded on 1 July 2011. He has announced that he will be standing for re-election in.

The office has its origin in the 17th–18th century colonial governors of Swanstone upon its cession to the British Empire in 1670. After and, the Governorship was abolished and replaced with the Governorship General, as it was in the other five states. It remains the oldest continuous institution in Cygnia.