People in power

Africa
Ashanti Confederacy – Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720–1750)
Bunyoro – Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731–c.1782)
Dahomey – Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732–1774)
Ethiopia – Iyasu II, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1730–1755)
Nkore – Macwa, Omugabe of Nkole, (c.1727–c.1755)
Zulu – Mageba kaPhunga, King of the Zulu (1727–1745)

Asia
China (Qing Dynasty) –
1. Yongzheng, Emperor of China (1723–1735)
2. Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735–1796)
Japan
1. Monarch –
1. Nakamikado, Emperor of Japan (1709–1735)
2. Sakuramachi, Emperor of Japan (1735–1747)
2. Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Yoshimune, Shogun of Japan (1716–1745)
3. Ryūkyū Kingdom – Shō Kei, King of Ryūkyū (1713–1751)
Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724–1776)

Middle East and North Africa
Morocco –
1. Abdallah, Sultan of Morocco (1729–1735)
2. Ali, Sultan of Morocco (1735–1736)
Tunis – Ali I, Bey of Tunis (1735–1756)

Europe
Denmark–Norway –
Monarch – Christian VI, King of Denmark (1730–1746)
Prime Minister –
1. Ivar Eriksen Rosencrantz, Minister of State of Denmark (1730–1735)
2. Johan Ludvig, Minister of State of Denmark (1735–1751)

France – Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)

Great Britain –
Monarch – George II, King of Great Britain (1727–1760)
Prime Minister – Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1721–1742)

Holy Roman Empire – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711–1740)

Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
Sultan – Mahmud I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1730–1754)
Grand Vizier –
1. Hekimoglu Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1732–1735)
2. Gürcü Ismail Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1735)

Portugal – John V, King of Portugal (1706–1750)

Prussia – Frederick William I, King of Prussia (1713–1740)

Russia – Anna Ivanovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1730–1740)

Spain – Philip V, King of Spain (1700–1724, 1724–1746)

Sweden – Age of Liberty
Monarch – Frederick I, King of ..., also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720–1751)
Prime Minister – Arvid Horn, President of the Privy Council Chancellery (1710–1738)

Tuscany – Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1723–1737)

United Provinces
Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
Grand Pensionary of Holland – Simon van Slingelandt (1727–1736)
Friesland – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Friesland (1711–1751)
Groningen – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Groningen (1729–1751)
Guelders – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Guelders (1722–1751)

Venice – Alvise Pisani Doge of Venice (1735–1741)