In a space opera? Sure.
In medieval times? Not so much. Empires are where it's at if you want to inspire fear.
All part of my plan to turn BM into a medieval themed space opera
There's that element we don't have, but others are similar. A shared cultural bond, autonomy as it pertains to sets of laws and taxation policies, et cetera. The Confederacy document isn't the last stop, though. We're doing the other stuff now. If we can make all of it work (and a lot of work has gone into striking a balance between stability and autonomy) we might pull off something unique in BM. It could also come crashing down. This is Luria, after all. Everyone that's been deeply involved seems to be in agreement that the whole thing needs to have as little overhead and be as inclusive as possible (for Federated partners only, of course) for it to survive.
This and the Swiss Confederacy was what I based the naming scheme and some of the terms of the initial document on, the Crown of Aragon being the prime example, but one could also compare it to the brief alliances between Italian city-states. Though, hopefully this won't be as brief and we won't have the Venetians being mercurial idiots and selling all the weapons to the Ottoman Turks
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And, indeed, the Confederacy is far from the last stop - its just an important first step that we all agreed on and adopted. The foundation of a more united Luria. I'm just excited to see how it changes the internal politics and feuding that already goes on in our happy peninsula.
