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A duchy (AKA, dukedom) is a polity comprised of a group of regions. I suppose its dictionary description summarizes it:
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A duchy is a political grouping of regions of a realm, ruled by a duke or duchess. Dukes are appointed by the ruler.
  
'''Duchy''' - The territory ruled by a duke or duchess; a dukedom
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* Rulers have the option to create new duchies. The option is found in the "politics" tab. A new Duchy can only be created from City, Stronghold or Townsland regions. That region must currently have a lord who is ''not'' already a duke. The current Lord of that region will be promoted to be the duke of the new duchy, and his region will automatically be added to the new duchy. After creation, the duchy no longer needs to include a city, stronghold, or townsland region. In fact, the duchy does not require any regions at all to continue being a duchy. It will remain a duchy until the ruler dissolves it.
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* Rulers have the option to dissolve a Duchy that has no regions.
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* Rulers have the option to rename Duchies, at a cost of 50 gold per renaming.
  
== How to Create a Duchy ==
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=== Notes ===
 
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This page describes duchies under the New Estates system that is currently active on Testing servers, and will soon be implemented on Stable servers as well. Older features that exist only under the old estate system are not documented here.
The option to create a new duchy can be found in the "politics" tab. Obviously it's for Rulers only. A new Duchy can only be created from Cities, Strongholds or Townsland regions which already have a Lord in place. The current Lord of that region will be the new Duke.
 
 
 
After creation, it no longer needs to include a city, stronghold or townsland. Or for that matter, it does not require any regions either. Lords of a duchy can freely pledge allegiance to other Dukes leaving the current one commanding no regions, if the Duke is not well liked.
 
 
 
Rulers have the option to dissolve Duchies that has no regions. They also have the option to rename Duchies, at a cost of 50 gold. Rulers are strongly advised to make sure their scribes are not too stupid to get the name of the new Duchy wrong.
 

Revision as of 17:29, 9 March 2012

A duchy is a political grouping of regions of a realm, ruled by a duke or duchess. Dukes are appointed by the ruler.

  • Rulers have the option to create new duchies. The option is found in the "politics" tab. A new Duchy can only be created from City, Stronghold or Townsland regions. That region must currently have a lord who is not already a duke. The current Lord of that region will be promoted to be the duke of the new duchy, and his region will automatically be added to the new duchy. After creation, the duchy no longer needs to include a city, stronghold, or townsland region. In fact, the duchy does not require any regions at all to continue being a duchy. It will remain a duchy until the ruler dissolves it.
  • Rulers have the option to dissolve a Duchy that has no regions.
  • Rulers have the option to rename Duchies, at a cost of 50 gold per renaming.

Notes

This page describes duchies under the New Estates system that is currently active on Testing servers, and will soon be implemented on Stable servers as well. Older features that exist only under the old estate system are not documented here.