chieftaincy (n.)

• ally
• archbishopric
• archduchy
• aristocracy
• bishopric
• chairmanship
• chancellery
• chancellorship
• chieftainship
• city-state
• colony
• commonweal
• commonwealth
• consulate
• consulship
• country
• county
• deanery
• dictatorship
• directorship
• domain
• dominion
• duchy
• dukedom
• earldom
• emirate
• empire
• episcopacy
• governorship
• headship
• hegemony
• hierarchy
• kingdom
• land
• leadership
• lordship
• magistracy
• magistrature
• mandant
• mandate
• mandatory
• mastership
• mastery
• mayoralty
• nation
• nationality
• nobility
• papacy
• patriarchate
• patriarchy
• polis
• polity
• pontificate
• possession
• power
• prefecture
• premiership
• presidency
• presidentship
• princedom
• principality
• proconsulate
• proconsulship
• protectorate
• protectorship
• province
• realm
• rectorate
• rectorship
• regency
• republic
• satellite
• seigniory
• settlement
• sheikhdom
• state
• sultanate
• superpower
• suzerainty
• territory
• viziership