THE ACA-SANTERRAN POLITICS |
Based on the fundamental Aca-Santerran social structure which is heavily influenced by the Aca-Santerran military organization, the political institutions of the High Kingdom were erected. They are rather complex and explaining them in detail would take pages over pages of study but the most important organs of power which influence the fate of the so-called High Kingdom of Aca-Santerra can be summarized as follows:
The
High King and the
Royal Court
The
High King and his Royal Court are
the highest institution of the kingdom. The King is the political and military
supreme leader as well as the highest earthern
court of Aca-Santerra. In his
hands lie the responsibilty for foreign affairs as well as
to set up the most general
guidelines for the leaders of the provinces. To keep close control of the
provinces the High King as well as the Royal Court
are always travelling from
province to province. Additionally a widespread system of messengers
is used to keep track of
the events elsewhere in the world. The King's main palace however and center of all
organization is Altyr, the capital of
Aca-Santerra since Jelim the Great.
The Treshanti
The leaders of the provinces are called
Treshanti and are directly
appointed by the king. They're often also called the "High-Marshals", as they're
the leaders of their own garrison meant to provide protection and defense for
their province. They directly rule the different provinces and
are only supervised by
the
Kuritas, the
senate of the local nobility. The
Teshanti are also members of the Royal Court in order
to guarantee loyality towards
the king. They appoint the officials, the judges and the prefects of their
country.
The Kuritas
The
Kuritas is the institution of the
nobility. The Kuritas can debate on any issue they think important and have a
veto power over
any decision made by the Treshanti ruling their province. They are
also responsible for providing a certain amount of military capabilities
(the Sealords for ships and sailors, the
Griffonlords for troops) that is needed to keep up a
constant military standard to fend off Korwein and other powers and keep what
Aca-Santerra has already gained. The noblemen themselves are also the rulers of their
districts but their authority is ranked below that of the "Treshanti" and their
officials.
The Frathra
The
Frathra consists
of elite groups of
armored knights and therefore need enough income to maintain their equipment.
Frathra members are loyal to the King
and an important factor in his neverending task to keep control over
the local noblemen. Therefore the King
forces every noblemen to house (give him lands and income) a certain amount of
knights on his ground who also get privileges that make
it hard for the nobility to control or even buy them. The Frathra
members often form councils or
even whole orders who debate on every decision made by
the noblemen and even force them
to obey to their veto if neccessary. Although the Frathra
is highly loyal to the King, it also interprets itself as
the representation of the
commoners, who
have indeed minor influence in the cities due to
guilds and their economical strength,
but have only very little (if any)
influence in the politics of the rural regions of
Aca-Santerra. This often makes the
Frathra to highly respected personalities among the people, a goal the nobility
as well as the Royal Court often only achieve due to their power
and wealth.
Information provided by
Koldar Mondrakken
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