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Old 07-23-2018, 04:25 PM   #403
David Johnston2
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Default Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems

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Originally Posted by Agemegos View Post
So the king dies. All his childless brothers and sisters surrender their offices and privileges to the late king’s children and do what? Marry? Go into private enterprise? Become clergy? Suicide?

The new generation are presumably unmarried. Are they virgins, or used to using contraceptives? ?
I'd go with, "The previous generations remain nobles until they die. In order to become a "noble" one must agree to accept <insert sterilization technique here>. Probably they'd be less feudal noble than bureaucratic administrator with a title.
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