It is intended specifically to penalize those who log on infrequently so as to maintain positions they do nothing useful with.
If that's the point of it, then address it directly by making titles something the King can strip (and the Duke can strip Lords).
The whole "the Lord IS the Region " has always been a farce, especially in democracies.
Aging should be because you want an effect of aging, not to try to force some side effect. Old players who just squat don't care how many hours they have, since they only log in a couple times a week so they still accrue in time to do what they want, and their recovery time from injuries seems pretty random anyway from what I've seen.
