<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=173582.msg8237364#msg8237364">Quote from: NiceTexasGuy on 16-05-2013, 23:32:21</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">So, one more admin question.  Can you explain a little about the structure of the Reikmar Compact?  I'm guessing it's sort of a confederation, maybe?  And who's in charge, how is it organized? <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>The Reikmarches Protectorate is the governing body for the various sovereign principalities to the east of the mountain ranges, guarding the eastern border of the civilized world against the dark wastelands beyond. Basically, each Prince still rules their ancestral land, but owe their allegiance to the Council of Protectors, which rules the federated territories as a whole. Each Principality elects a Member of the Council (A Consular) by majority vote amongst the landed aristocracy of the region. These procedures were established following a period of civil war and great strife throughout the region that ended with the signing of the Reikmarches Compact which has evolved into the new nation's constitution.<br/><br/>So, The Protectorate refers to the governing body. The Reikmarches (which can always be shortened to Reikmar) refers to the region as a whole, and is seen as the more politically correct phrase (rather than the Border Princes) now that the individual princes no longer have sovereign rule.