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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 2262432" data-attributes="member: 9254">The lands associated with a baron really depend on your setting.  Barons in areas with few resources may have hundreds of square miles of barrens vs. baronies in the lush farmlands being only a dozen square miles.  Of course, some barons end up far more powerful than pure rank would imply; think of the wealth that would come if you found mithral on your lands.  My general rule of thumb is three to six baronies per county, three to six counties per duchy, and rarely more than a dozen duchies per kingdom (imagine 432 barons, 72 counts, and a dozen dukes all clamoring at the king!  Madness!).  Take your kingdom's demigraphic and subdivide.  I like small kingdoms, rarely more than a million people, but that's because I like the politics of having lots of nobility in close proximity.</blockquote>