palace politics

The relationships, interactions, designs, and inner workings of the top members of a political organization (not necessarily of a monarchy or empire). Used especially in relation to internal rivalry, plotting, double crossing, etc. The country has faced its fair share of problems since shaking off the dictatorship, not the least of which being the intense palace politics of the newly formed government.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Onesiphoros	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Anath (1)	AY-nath (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Mae	[mei]
Adenauer	['a:dənauə]
Cenhelm	-	Anglo-Saxon
Emil	E-mil (Swedish), E-meel (German, Polish), e-MEEL (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian,