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[[Image:Races fullmap center.gif|300px|thumb|right|The Empire of Tamriel]]'''Tamriel''' is the fictional continent where the events of [[The Elder Scrolls]] games take place. It is located on the planet of '''Nirn''', which is the mortal realm of the finite and the partial, as opposed to the immortal realms of the infinite and the absolute. In the Elder Scrolls, ''Mundus'',(contracted; show full)during times of instability. Upon the death of the Emperor, the new Emperor is usually the oldest legitimate child (preferably a son) of the dead Emperor. However, spouses, younger children, siblings and on at least one occasion, an illegitimate child have taken the throne. Below the Emperor is the Elder Council, effectively a Cabinet of sorts. This body rules the Empire in interregnal periods when no heir is to be found. The details of Imperial government below the Elder Council are convoluted and obscure
, but it is likely a militarist state, due to the utter omnipresence of the Imperial Legion throughout the Empire, and the frequent co-incidence of governmental office with military rank. The incidence of Knighthood and ranks of nobility being conferred to distinguished Legionnaires indicates that it is probable military leaders run the Empire, primarily. .In addition, each Province has its own government which sees to the affairs of that Province. The Provincial government works parallel to a local Imperial government that seems to handle the Empire's business in that Province, in collusion with the Provincial government. After the death of the last of the Septim Emperors and the disappearance of the last Septim heir, the head of the Elder Council and ''de facto'' head of state is ''[[Characters of Oblivion#Ocato|Imperial H(contracted; show full)
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