Rulers can't dismiss dukes. Rulers can't do much realm stuff either. They are often figure heads with diplomacy buttons. One of my hopes would be That rulers were expanded. Right now, Dukes even have more power than rulers imho. The impression i get is that this is by design.
Yes. Which is weird to be honest. The game is so centralized yet dukes still wield so much power. Feels like it can't make up its mind. If you want to be a strong ruler, you need your own duchy.
