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Early Olgish society is based around the [[Olgish Clans|clan]] as basic unit of social and political organization. Claims of high kingship and local territorial rule exist but are restricted to a mostly ceremonial and symbolic level. Only after the Olgish Clan Wars, the first truly territorial dependencies form; this form of organization is strengthened during the Iilish occupation and eventually solidified in the first historical Kingdom of Belkondíl under Enethin of Ortûlék, who divides the lands included in his claim (not all of which eventually pledge their allegiance and are incorporated into his kingdom) into 13 counties, which remain the main unit of geographical division even into imperial Lécaronian times. Each county is ruled by an Earl or Countess (MOlg. ''Corwin'', ''Corwina'', from the old term for a chieftain), who reports directly to the King (later a secondary title borne by the Lécaronian Emperor) and can bestow lower-level fees to vassals in their own right. | Early Olgish society is based around the [[Olgish Clans|clan]] as basic unit of social and political organization. Claims of high kingship and local territorial rule exist but are restricted to a mostly ceremonial and symbolic level. Only after the Olgish Clan Wars, the first truly territorial dependencies form; this form of organization is strengthened during the Iilish occupation and eventually solidified in the first historical Kingdom of Belkondíl under Enethin of Ortûlék, who divides the lands included in his claim (not all of which eventually pledge their allegiance and are incorporated into his kingdom) into 13 counties, which remain the main unit of geographical division even into imperial Lécaronian times. Each county is ruled by an Earl or Countess (MOlg. ''Corwin'', ''Corwina'', from the old term for a chieftain), who reports directly to the King (later a secondary title borne by the Lécaronian Emperor) and can bestow lower-level fees to vassals in their own right. | ||
Settlements are mostly orginzed, as typical in Olgish settlement structure, in [[Pale|pales]], each of which consists of a cluster of villages that, while separated from the next pale by oftentimes many | Settlements are mostly orginzed, as typical in Olgish settlement structure, in [[Pale|pales]], each of which consists of a cluster of villages that, while separated from the next pale by oftentimes many miles of uninhabited heath or forestland, are located in close proximity to each other, usually around an common source of resources, such as a lake or a forest. A pale is goverend by a baron or an elected mayor residing in the pale's main settlement, often a [[Towns and Boroughs#Belkondíl and Olgish Territories|chartered town]], who has minor autonomy in his decision-making on a local level and reports to the local earl or, for pales in the [[Lécaronian Palatinate|Palatinate]], to the [[Lécaronian Emperor|Emperor]] directly. | ||
==== Counties and Landmarks ==== | ==== Counties and Landmarks ==== | ||