4: I looked up the meaning of city state and got...
A sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies.
Autononmous basically means independent. Attolia, Sounis; Eddis are all independent soveriegn state and mostly centered around their capital city that bears the same name as the country. My guess is that Kamet is calling them city states, because they are not controlled by any of the surrounding empires or greater powers. Not necessarily because there is only one metropolis.
I think all of Helen's ministers are barons or members of her massive extended family. So, they work in the government, I guess? Look after the sheep? XD
In traditional fedual systems, barons looked after the peasants farming their land. So, they are probably mostly looking after farms, villiages, and those timber and mining opporations on their land.
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Date: 5/12/18 02:06 am (UTC)A sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies.
Autononmous basically means independent. Attolia, Sounis; Eddis are all independent soveriegn state and mostly centered around their capital city that bears the same name as the country. My guess is that Kamet is calling them city states, because they are not controlled by any of the surrounding empires or greater powers. Not necessarily because there is only one metropolis.
I think all of Helen's ministers are barons or members of her massive extended family. So, they work in the government, I guess? Look after the sheep? XD
In traditional fedual systems, barons looked after the peasants farming their land. So, they are probably mostly looking after farms, villiages, and those timber and mining opporations on their land.