Oh hells yes. It shouldn't even have been formed except for a fit of pique by a Duke who was high on opiates at the time.
That and he was sick of the beurocrats nosing around, some of them even said that experimenting on his household staff was wrong! Which he did not even do (because he can't fend for himself at all).
Nothoi and Bara'Khur are very different however, and Nothoi at least has some nobles and a willingness to fight anyone over peanuts (by fight, I mean duel due to the lack of a meaningful army). One thing about BM though, spunk counts for a whole lot more then you'd expect.
