[jason taylor]

Littlemoot:

A common social organization in the Sword Worlds, this is essentially the town meeting. By stereotype it governs a village or city ward but it can be used for such things as guild lodges, local chapters of political machines, nomad bands, and even for organized crime. In the Sword Worlds it is traditionally presided over by a Thane or his deputy but sometimes an alderman or similarly titled figure either presides or shares power with a Thane.

Both the system has been borrowed in parts of the Imperium and states around and has because of the network of trade routes been found multiple sectors away.

Littlemoots often choose a representative in a higher governing body. In some cases they are virtual and others strictly in "solid space" (face-to-face).