Governing Framework

The framework of authority and administration through which the offices of the Kingdom exercise their responsibilities.

The governing instruments of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi establish the structure through which the Aliʻi Nui, the Council of Ministers, the Royal Household and the other offices of the Kingdom exercise their responsibilities within the Kingdom’s system of government.

Note on Titles

Titles and offices on this site are presented according to the governing records and appointments of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi. Traditional chiefly titles are preserved in their customary form and are not translated unless the source itself provides an equivalent.

1 — Current Government Structure

Each office below is drawn from the Kingdom’s leadership register, which is the same register used throughout this site. For each, the entry gives the authority the office exercises and the source of that authority. The full directory, with officeholders and service status, is on the Government Structure page.

The Crown

Aliʻi Nui — Head of State

Authority exercised: Head of State of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi. Exercises the sovereign authority of the Kingdom, appoints ministers and representatives, and holds custodianship of the Kingdom's ceremonial and genealogical patrimony.
Source of authority: Kūpuna of the Royal House, by conferral of custodianship
Documented at: /alii-nui

Royal Household

Aliʻi Moʻi — Consort of the Aliʻi Nui

Authority exercised: Serves alongside the Aliʻi Nui in cultural stewardship and ceremonial protocol, and appears with the Aliʻi Nui at formal audiences, ceremonies, and journeys recorded in the photographic archive.
Source of authority: The Royal House. The position is held by consortship, not by appointment.
Documented at: /offices

Executive Administration

Chief of Staff

Authority exercised: Administers the household and executive office of the Aliʻi Nui and coordinates the Council's calendar and correspondence.
Source of authority: The Aliʻi Nui
Documented at: /council-of-ministers

Councils — collective bodies

Council of Ministers

Authority exercised: The Kingdom's ministerial council. Its members are the ministers listed in this register. No minutes, resolutions, or meeting records of the Council are published in the current public archive.
Source of authority: The Aliʻi Nui
Documented at: /council-of-ministers

Council of Cultural Advisors (Kahu)

Authority exercised: Senior practitioners who advise the Aliʻi Nui on traditional protocol, genealogical matters, ceremonial practice, and the preservation of Polynesian cultural knowledge.
Source of authority: The Aliʻi Nui
Documented at: /offices

Council of Ministers

Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Relations

Authority exercised: Directs the Kingdom's external relations with foreign states, Indigenous nations, and inter-governmental organisations, including the Kingdom's engagement with the United Nations system.
Source of authority: The Aliʻi Nui
Documented at: /council-of-ministers

Minister of Finance & Technology

Authority exercised: Oversees the Kingdom's internal treasury functions and technology administration. The register also assigns to this portfolio the Sovereign Bank of Atooi and the KALAKOA humanitarian ledger. Both are internal instruments of the Kingdom. Neither is a licensed or chartered bank, neither is authorised or supervised by any banking regulator, and no deposit-taking, currency-issuing, or other banking authorisation is claimed or held.
Source of authority: The Aliʻi Nui
Documented at: /council-of-ministers

Minister of Interior

Authority exercised: Administers the internal affairs of the Kingdom, including the Office of the Interior and its registries.
Source of authority: The Aliʻi Nui
Documented at: /council-of-ministers

Institutions and Offices of the Kingdom

Marshal Corps

Authority exercised: An internal institution of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi, established under the Kingdom's own law. Marshals serve under the authority of the Aliʻi Nui and carry out duties assigned to them under the law of the Kingdom.
Source of authority: The Aliʻi Nui, under the Kingdom's own internal law
Documented at: /council-of-ministers

United Nations Engagement — Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Relations

Authority exercised: The United Nations engagement work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Relations. It maintains the Kingdom's external correspondence and its engagement with the United Nations system and other multilateral bodies. It is not a permanent mission, not a diplomatic mission accredited to any state or organisation, and not an embassy. The Kingdom operates no embassy or consulate anywhere, holds no diplomatic accreditation, and claims no UN membership, observer status, consultative status, or registered participation.
Source of authority: The Aliʻi Nui
Documented at: /permanent-mission

Official contact

Written correspondence through the contact form at /contact, addressed to the Office of the Aliʻi Nui. No dedicated address or telephone number is published for this office.

2 — The Source of Authority

The offices above derive their authority from the Aliʻi Nui and from the Kingdom’s customary and hereditary order, expressed through royal decrees, appointment instruments and the leadership register maintained by the Office of the Aliʻi Nui.

The instruments that carry this out and are published can be read directly: the Royal Decrees register and the Official Document Register. Where an office has no published appointment instrument, the entry above says so rather than assuming one exists.

3 — Official Governing Instruments

The Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi conducts its internal governance through proclamations, governing instruments, appointments, and administrative acts issued under the Kingdom’s own laws and institutions. Official instruments published by the Kingdom are maintained here as part of the public record.

4 — Historical Legal References

The archive holds constitutions and laws of the historical Hawaiian Kingdom, including the Constitution of 1864, and the Kingdom invokes them as historical and legal reference texts. They are held here for that purpose.

These historical texts are held as reference; an instrument becomes a governing instrument of this Kingdom on formal adoption by the Kingdom. The legal argument the Kingdom builds on these historical texts is set out on the Legal Record page, and the texts themselves are in Primary Documents.

5 — Foundations of the Kingdom’s Claim to Governance

The Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi maintains that its authority to govern rests on the four foundations set out below. They are stated here as the Kingdom’s institutional position.

Lineage

The Royal House maintains a line of succession from the pre-overthrow Hawaiian Kingdom, carried by the Aliʻi Nui under custodianship conferred by the Kūpuna. The genealogy register records each link in the form in which it is preserved.

Territory

The Kingdom maintains that Kauaʻi — its seat — was never taken by military conquest, and that its distinct sovereignty was preserved by the agreement of 1810 between Kaumualiʻi and Kamehameha I. This reading of the historical record is the Kingdom's position; it has not been accepted by the United States or by any other government.

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Internal Marshal Corps

A Marshal Corps established under the Kingdom's own law, serving under the authority of the Aliʻi Nui.

International Correspondence & Agreements

The 2025 French Polynesia Royal Decree, presented for receipt at a range of French Polynesian administrative, judicial, and customary offices, and instruments signed with Indigenous nations and customary authorities in their stated capacities. No instrument in the archive records recognition by a state.

The territorial foundation is set out in full on the Territorial Claim page and mapped in the Engagement Atlas. The offices that carry out the work of government are listed on the Council of Ministers page.