Composite monarchy (from Composite: Made up of separate elements and Monarchy: A state or nation with one supreme power) refers to one ruler of a unified kingdom which either governs each territory as if they were individual kingdoms, in accordance with local traditions and legal structures, or provides common rules for a diversity of territories. The latter approach would assume that the monarch ensures that a compromise on a common standard is achieved while the first assumes that the monarch rules each territory separately to avoid changing local power structure and avoid the conflict that might result from forcing immediate changes.
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