User blog:Yuy168/Feudalism.

This is my proposed alternative for having to list out all of your systems. Listing out all of your systems to restrict your empire size would still be in use. Anyways, The Idea I propose has to do with Feudalisim. In this article I will list the In-universe mechanics and the article writing mechanics.

Feudal System.
With slower FTL and communications, Local rulers would have to have their own armies and fleets to be able to defend themselves properly. The monarch of the empire would have less control over the Local ruler due to the lack or weakness of the national army. Vassals would wage wars of their own accord depending on how much control the Monarch exerts on them. This could change from Empire to Empire. Feudalism allows for empires to stretch over longer distances, but they would have less control as a more recent form of government, and be many times less stable. Vassals in ancient times would often revolt against their leader for endless reasons, causing feudal realms to easily shatter. This would apply to Space Feudalism as well.

There was no single feudal system but they generally followed something like this. The rank of the ruler decreases as time goes on.

Emperor: "King of Kings"  Not very common, typically had kings under him or did not use the feudal system.

Kings: The quintessential feudal ruler, below him were dukes. Depending on the realm there could be formal differences between a duke and a king, or none at all. Would have 2-4 dukes under him.

Duke. Rulers of a Duchy, "Petty Kings," They would probabbly have 2-4 counts under them.

Count, Rulers of a county. A county would probabbly translate to either a solar system or a planet.

The words for each ruler would vary from place to place. This is only the Delegation part of Feudalism. Other componets of Feudalism such as serfdom would probably not exist in space.

How This would Apply to Writing.
This would offer an alternative to making lots and lots of solar system articles. Characters are obviously more important for narrative than solar systems that might not even appear in a story, because instead of making a page for a solar system, you would make a page for a vassal/title. I propose that users who apply this system to their works be required to make articles at least down to the Ducal level. This allows empires greater narrative flexibility without suffering from vaugeness or being blown out of proportion. Empires would still max out at about 20 systems, and probably only be slightly larger than ones using the new system.

What do you think?