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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 2119152" data-attributes="member: 13966">I know.  But as hinted at in my contribution, the solar deposed the hereditary tyrants of Saagersberg long ago.  Herzog is now simply the title given to the militia commander in each township, and the current herzogs have only limited influence; the graf of each township holds the political power, the herzog has control of the militia, so no one holds too much power; can't recruit militiamen if the politico has soured them to your cause, right?  The grafen each control a township, basically a collection of towns and villages reasonably close together, probably surrounded by a fence to separate townships.  The grafen are all relatively equal, though the wildgraf has few subjects, and most of them are militiamen so he shares power of his territory with his herzog.The wildgraf rules a wilderness territory that hasn't been cultivated for agriculture or whatnot yet, and has hardly any population, mostly consisting of forests and such with a few border posts and maybe a major borderfort.  The altgraf controls a highland region of mostly rough hills and/or mountains, little arable land, and a smaller population than most of the other townships.  The markgrafen each rule a mark (aka march), relatively large but bordering hostile territories where Saagersberg typically suffers attacks from Kwlloch, Eyros, Indracca, barbarians, or whatever.  Markgrafen have some good political power since their territories are important defensive positions, keeping the other townships safe, but the position of markgraf is generally one for unpopular politicos because it's tough and dangerous.The landgrafen each control a typical township of farmland, hunting grounds, and other relatively normal, easy-to-manage grounds, mostly around the inner portions of Saagersberg.  Burggrafen each command a castle, likely on the oldest danger-facing borders, well-established and highly populated but with large militias like the markgrafen's townships.  I figure they have large, long walls around their burgs, probably two or three such walls surrounding them, and an inner castle at the center or perhaps right at the border.  Y'know, I do leave things open for others to elaborate on.....  Not like I want to detail every last tidbit like some obsessed wannabe-overlord.  :^D  Do whatever you want with the Saagersberg grafen and herzogs for all I care.  I'm just establishing some basics of the region since no one's really bothered to yet.</blockquote>

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