A very few, isolated players, without much influence with anyone anywhere.
Haktoo went to war, from all appearances, over one region being taken that nobody knew the Zuma claimed when identical things had been done in the past without Zuma responses, then opened up a second war because of a message from a commoner who nobody had heard of before the incident.
Actually, I take that back.
The march north still has the chilling effect of fairly idle speech leading to drastic consequences; but Turin is not an isolated player with little influence.
I was primarily thinking of Terrence's various accusations and messages.