[Dragaera] Vassals

[Peter Granzeau]

At 06:24 PM 10/21/2008, Philip Hart wrote:
>On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Jon Lincicum wrote:
>
>>Just saying that being nice isn't automatic to being effective as a ruler.
>
>What is?
>
>Also, N-P isn't exactly nice in the sense of, Will roll over if pushed,
>won't push even if necessary, is he?  He'll kill to defend his property,
>as shown in _Teckla_ iirc.  And he doesn't have to do anything.  He can
>just show up, be wise, solve issues, and become appreciated.
>
>
>>But we really don't KNOW much about the administration that Noish-pa replaced. Sure, there was no count, but SOMEone was running things in the region.
>
>Why?  There might be a travelling judge who administers justice once
>a year, and some sort of constable in the nearest town, but otherwise
>I would think the locals can manage on their own.
>
>>And while Noish-pa doesn't seem likely to approve of strong arm tax-collection tactics, or other assorted nasties, how much attention are the tax collectors themselves going to pay to Noish-pa's opinions as they go about their duties?
>
>Are there tax collectors, if there's no local aristocracy?

I would have assumed that the title belonged to the Empire, and the tax collectors would have been appointed by the Imperial crown and render taxes to it.  Now that Vlad is Count Szurke, he collects the taxes etc.  I assume he also collects and keeps the rents (rather than having it be forwarded to the crown, too).


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