And if the "ruling body" numbers 75% of the realm? Is there really a point of excluding the other 25%?
IIRC, the limit was put in place because some realms were creating a message group that included the entire realm, minus a couple nobles, specifically to exclude them from interacting with the realm. It's behavior like this that results in the limits that you see now.
I get your point. But we are talking about 1 noble more than the limit allows.