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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8598716" data-attributes="member: 2209">Agreed. It gives no indication one way or the other on those issues. It could be liberal democratic or not in different ways.On the face of it I see no basis for saying it appears more or less liberal democratic.It seems completely consistent with a similarly worded and focused description of the UK.While<s> Boranel</s> Queen Elizabeth is the head of state, the <s>Brelish</s> UK Parliament handles much of the day to day legislation. The <s>Nobles Chamber</s> House of Lords is made of 767 sitting members whose seats are hereditary, by appointment, or by official function<s>27 land-holding families</s>, while the <s>Commons chamber</s> House of Commons consists of elected officials who hold office until parliament is dissolved. <s>elected in two-year cycles. The ir'Clarn family is the most influential out of the 27 making up the Nobles Chamber.</s>It could easily be less democratic, but I don't see a basis from the cited description to conclude so.Using the modern UK as your model for portraying that cited Breland lore seems consistent on the face of it.One option among many.Other lore about Breland might or might not be much more inconsistent with using such a model.The monarch of Breland could be a complete autocrat who rules absolutely but delegates most of the boring day to day legislative duties to parliament while despotically asserting his power personally and through executive actions in running foreign policy, the military, spy networks, secret police, and so on.Lots of options in interpreting or portraying most fantasy settings as written.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8598716, member: 2209"] Agreed. It gives no indication one way or the other on those issues. It could be liberal democratic or not in different ways. On the face of it I see no basis for saying it appears more or less liberal democratic. It seems completely consistent with a similarly worded and focused description of the UK. While[S] Boranel[/S] Queen Elizabeth is the head of state, the [S]Brelish[/S] UK Parliament handles much of the day to day legislation. The [S]Nobles Chamber[/S] House of Lords is made of 767 sitting members whose seats are hereditary, by appointment, or by official function[S]27 land-holding families[/S], while the [S]Commons chamber[/S] House of Commons consists of elected officials who hold office until parliament is dissolved. [S]elected in two-year cycles. The ir'Clarn family is the most influential out of the 27 making up the Nobles Chamber.[/S] It could easily be less democratic, but I don't see a basis from the cited description to conclude so. Using the modern UK as your model for portraying that cited Breland lore seems consistent on the face of it. One option among many. Other lore about Breland might or might not be much more inconsistent with using such a model. The monarch of Breland could be a complete autocrat who rules absolutely but delegates most of the boring day to day legislative duties to parliament while despotically asserting his power personally and through executive actions in running foreign policy, the military, spy networks, secret police, and so on. Lots of options in interpreting or portraying most fantasy settings as written. [/QUOTE]

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