Two quick answers on the two biggest questions so far:

!) Are you serious?

Yes. This isn't a joke campaign or anything. Just a new look at a situation that has come up before on these forums and what I think is a novel way to solve it.

2) Your post seems very light on details about how exactly you would run a whole county if you won one. Why is that?

It is a very good point. And one that I did intentionally. I have seen a lot of great campaigns so far that have put a lot of thought and detail in to how and what they plan to do. I applaud them for their creativity and passion. And I will probably crib a thing or two from their ideas should this idea come to fruition. No sense in reinventing the wheel, right? lol.

But I think that the unique nature of this county would probably best be served by waiting to see exactly what it is I am working with before I make any decisions or promises.

Thinking off the top of my head I can come up with a few factors that might change or influence anything I may do right now.

Firstly, certain tribes/cultures lend themselves more easily to certain ruling styles.

Next would be that the geography of the county as well as the style of it's neighbors would play a large factor in what is and isn't doable.

Also on my list would be the population. Just a few people could lead to a more (or less for that matter) autonomous ruling system.

And the duchy that it is within may also play a factor in this particular kingdom.

So, long answer short, I'm going to wait till the baby is delivered before I start painting the nursery.

I hope that clears up some of the gray areas for you that were not in the initial post.

Keep the questions and the tokens coming.

Buddy, what is your discord name?

Posted By Maulvorn at 11:35 AM - Thu Dec 21 2017

Buddy, what is your discord name?

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An Interesting topic came up on discord and I thought I would expand upon it here before the campaigns close. It came as an off shoot of the many discussions about the theories on independent city-states. This isn't about the county being free and independent, it is just the opposite actually.

Each Duke and King will have a county of their own. Most likely the most prosperous and strategically located. And it will probably also not be lacking in the ability to get Mayors and Barons either. In most cases it will be the cash cow of the realm.

So what about the least of the counties?

Would it be possible for the Duke or King to essentially own it as well?

Could the Count in question essentially "sell it" back to the Liege Lord and simply remain as the administrator of the area for that Lord?

And the Land itself could then be used for whatever personal things the Lord desires, essentially putting it in their back pocket, while they also reap the full benefits of the first county as well?

Some possible uses could be:

1) Winter/Summer Palace/Retreat

2) Personal Hunting Ground

3) Your own Area 51

4) Place to keep things hidden you do not want the rest of the Duchy or Kingdom to know about

5) A Resource/Land Bank to be held for economic development at a later date or as personal rewards for special services

6) Any thing else they can think of

Essentially you would be talking about taking that county and walling it off from standard usage, figuratively, not literally, as that would be cost prohibitive, and holding it in escrow.

In theory it could be the best use of what may be initially an substandard or remote location.

A real life example would be how the U.S. govt. owns and runs a large portion of the land in the west through The Dept. of The Interior (and Energy too)

Just a interesting thought.

But if any Duke or King is interested in running with the idea give me a PM and maybe we can work something out.

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