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The govt in my latest setting is a Renaissance-Style with dashes of Ancien Regime France and Regency England.
>The Lord High Regent - aka the 'Delfín' - is elected for life as an equivalent to the Venetian & Genoese Doges
>The Senate consists of Patricians descended from the founding families of the city - they are generally local to the City itself and have power tied up in Merchant Fleets and local industry
>The Grand Assembly is divided into two chambers - one for the representatives of temporal power (for the Great Guilds, Veterans, and the Landed Gentry) and the other for representatives of the clergy - power for these groups are tied up in rural estates & the great urban cathedrals, respectively.
Combined, these two bodies form the Parliament ('Parlament').
The Delfín also appoints the Council of Lords (Scignoré), with the Assembly voting to confirm and the Senate holding a veto. These Lords, who with the Delfín conduct the daily governing of state, are called Grandees. Each time Parliament sits, they can issue a vote of no confidence on any Grandee, but not the Delfín himself.
In the rural areas, the government is either a point of appeal against the otherwise incredibly powerful Gentry OR are loyal toadies of the same - knowing whether you're dealing with the former or latter is an essential survival skill
In the urban centers, there are a number of parallel 'worlds' each with laws and enforcement:
>There's the State, and their Police (The Black-and-Tans)
>There are the Patricians and their Retinues
>There are the Guilds, who readily employ their own militias and mercs
>There are the Corza Families - kingpins of gambling, racketeering, and trafficking in anything unsavory
For players, generally the law is the law. But if you're in the good graces of the dominant faction(s) it's easy to get special treatment...and if you piss off the wrong people it's easy to get a different kind of special treatment.
The govt in my latest setting is a Renaissance-Style with dashes of Ancien Regime France and Regency England.
>The Lord High Regent - aka the 'Delfín' - is elected for life as an equivalent to the Venetian & Genoese Doges
>The Senate consists of Patricians descended from the founding families of the city - they are generally local to the City itself and have power tied up in Merchant Fleets and local industry
>The Grand Assembly is divided into two chambers - one for the representatives of temporal power (for the Great Guilds, Veterans, and the Landed Gentry) and the other for representatives of the clergy - power for these groups are tied up in rural estates & the great urban cathedrals, respectively.
Combined, these two bodies form the Parliament ('Parlament').
The Delfín also appoints the Council of Lords (Scignoré), with the Assembly voting to confirm and the Senate holding a veto. These Lords, who with the Delfín conduct the daily governing of state, are called Grandees. Each time Parliament sits, they can issue a vote of no confidence on any Grandee, but not the Delfín himself.
In the rural areas, the government is either a point of appeal against the otherwise incredibly powerful Gentry OR are loyal toadies of the same - knowing whether you're dealing with the former or latter is an essential survival skill
In the urban centers, there are a number of parallel 'worlds' each with laws and enforcement:
>There's the State, and their Police (The Black-and-Tans)
>There are the Patricians and their Retinues
>There are the Guilds, who readily employ their own militias and mercs
>There are the Corza Families - kingpins of gambling, racketeering, and trafficking in anything unsavory
For players, generally the law is the law. But if you're in the good graces of the dominant faction(s) it's easy to get special treatment...and if you piss off the wrong people it's easy to get a different kind of special treatment.
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