u/Rich-Recognition-814

I've discovered a small rat (or a brown mouse) is my room. I locked him in the closet and put books in front so he wouldn't slip under the door. I also put a mouse trap with peanut butter in there with him, but he's not taking it and is instead trying to chew his way out.

I originally planned on opening the door, throwing a shirt over him, and stabbing him to death, but I don't want to risk him bolting out of the closet. Can't use rat poison either because my dad will probably be pissed if he finds out I have a rat.

My closet is right next to my bed, and the sound of him trying to chew his way out is so annoying. How long before he starves (or my likely dies of dehydration)? He's been in their for about 4 hours I'd say.

When I work on countries in my worldbuilding, I like to imagine what a wikipedia page for said country would look like, including the type of government. The problem is, for my main nation, I can't think of what it would be called.

It's called the Western Jolenean Commonwealth and it's government works like this: The head of state is called the Lord Protector, and he appoints a Chancellor, but still has a lot of power (like the German Emperor during the German Empire, in fact this entire nation is similar to the German Empire). It is a federal nation that has twelve states. While the Lord Protector isn't technically a monarch, the states are ruled by hereditary monarchs and have decent levels of autonomy (again ala German Empire)

What would this type of government be called? A federal nation where the individual states are monarchies but the leader of the nation isn't a monarch.