The ruler has to decide what to trade with its trading partner as some islands are better for manufacturing labor-intensive products while others might be advantageous in making capital-concentrated goods.
It's an antique clash and one to decide the rulers of the Veneto.
In time, conspiracy theorists were to claim that these conferences were where the real rulers of the world met clandestinely to decide all our futures.
It is a collection of states, some with freely elected rulers, some authoritarian, who appoint representatives to decide what the United Nations can or cannot do.
The Supreme Court has decreed that Mr. Sharif's administration will have to decide whether the former army ruler should face treason charges, which carry a possible death penalty.
Under these circumstances, Oman's constitution, known as the Basic Law, which was written by the Sultan in 1996 and revised in 2011, stipulates that, after the ruler's death, a family council will meet to decide on a successor.
One part of the commission's remit was to decide whether North Korea's leadership, potentially including the top ruler, Kim Jong-un, should be referred to the ICC.
Plebiscite, a vote by the people of an entire country or district to decide on some issue, such as choice of a ruler or government, option for independence or annexation by another power, or a question of national policy.
"If majorities are supposed to decide in a democracy, as I see it rulers must tend to live like the majority of their people, not like the minority.
The principle of democracy is that voters are best placed to decide on their own future, or at least best placed to choose their rulers.
