...in Clarion, that is.<br /><br />We know it's a capitalist monarchy. The governing body consists of 100 elected parliamentary seats, with 70-80% siding with the Leotine line and the remainders leaning toward the Liberation Party. Aside from the (dis)honorable mention of Streel, that's about all we have to build upon.<br /><br /><br />I propose we enact a D&D Companion Rules/Gazetteer modeled heirarchy comprised of the following (borrowed/adapted but not plagarized). These would be the ruling class titles from which the elected parliament is pooled from:<br /><br /><strong>King/Queen</strong> - The top ruling class<br /><strong>Duke/Duchess</strong> - very limited, one per major city (re: 12 total), eligible for kingship via election assuming a king's family line ends<br /><strong>Marquis/Marquessa</strong> - governs five to ten regions or areas<br /><strong>Count/Countess</strong> - governs no more than four regions or areas<br /><strong>Baron/Baroness</strong> - lowest governing rank, often responsible for one to three regions or areas<br /><br />The non-ruling ranks would be:<br /><br /><strong>Knight</strong> - a title of nobility often bestowed upon (but not limited to) retired and active duty military persons, knights have proven themselves to be 100% loyal to the crown and continue to serve as such, even during retirement<br /><strong>Court Lord/Lady</strong> - rank of nobility granted to citizens who have acted in the interest of the crown<br /><strong>Freeperson</strong> - the "common men" regardless of economic status<br /><strong>Convict</strong> - any citizen, noble or otherwise, reduced to this status for the purpose of government supervised labor (chain gang type road construction, mining, etc)
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