Yao Ling did not form Nothoi. She has been the banker there for most of its history, but she wasn't even a founding member of the realm. And she only ruled it for a short time during a Daimon Invasion when the previous ruler disappeared. Once the invasion was over, it was no longer the right time for a priest to lead a nation and she did not run in the next election.
Also, I was tired of being a ruler.
The thing that would stop people from having multiple rulers naturally is that running realms takes a lot of work.
I will note once again that I have ruled numerous realms over the years. And each time it has been a great honor that the people elected me to do so. I've never once taken power through a rebellion or a secession. Every single time I was elected by my fellow realm mates to represent them.
In one case, the realm was destroyed not long after by the Daimons. And that character was captured and deported to another island. In the other cases, I got to a point where things were running well, I was getting tired of all the work, and there were other people who wanted to do it. So I could hand the leadership over to someone else and I did. Because running a realm takes a long time, and the more people there are in a realm the more time it takes. I would prefer not to do that for a long time. So after a time, election time comes, I announce that I'm not running this time, and someone else steps up to take over. And I'm happy.
The point is that as we reduce the number of realms by getting smaller realms to join larger ones, we will concentrate the number of people willing to spend the time to rule in a smaller number of realms with more players that takes more time to run. Assuming we hit that happy medium, I will probably not lead another realm again, and I will be very happy indeed.
