[Discuss] Voting for local lords

[Anthony Cerqueira]

On 6/10/07, Tom Vogt <tom at lemuria.org> wrote:
>
> Samuel Knowlton schrieb:
> > The problem with this is that someone like a region lord would not have
> been
> > elected in a feudal republic -- local lords would fall under the
> "feudal"
> > part of the feudal republic, because you'd basically be looking at
> someone
> > forced into an oath of fealty. It's also quite difficult to campaign for
> > local lord, since most people, particularly with some of the upcoming
> > Duchy-centered rules, aren't going to be affected by the outcome.
> >
>
> In the real world, he would either inherit the title or get appointed,
> yes.
>
> Behind the scenes, however, a lot of scheming and plotting would occur,
> essentially making it an election among the powerful. In a republic,
> only the local lords vote in this election.



It is a pity for us. My nation has the local lords on the governing/deciding
body and the common man has no official say, except in the appointing of
local lords where we have a general election for each. (Well okay, only
landed gentry are eligible for duke positions, but for all other region
types it's fair game.)

-shrug- Oh well, changes means we must change how we do things.

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