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Greetings to all, especially Iain Odlin, from Vajk!

Iain writes:

   >  Given a Province (Shire, whatever you want) that covers the 
   >  better part of a (mundane) State, and given that they aren't
   >  too keen on having much of anyone besides heavy-fighters (A&S
   >  be damned, for example), can one set up another Shire or something
   >  within the same geographical area, or are we SOL?

SOL !!!!

As much as I would like to see such an arrangement permitted (and
I have posted such sentiments on several occasions) ,  my talks
with Hilary at last Pennsic satisfied me as to the "official"
stand on this.

Also, over the years, there has been a desire among the powers
that be to prevent in-fighting in a region.  In the Middle,
no group can be formed if it is felt that the new group wishes
to form because of political wrangling with the current 
officially recognized unit;  at least this is my understanding of
the law.

Personally, I would LIKE to see this allowed, because minority
interests too often get lost in a group which is overwhelmingly
oriented in one direction or another.  On the other hand, if
any group "officially" prevents a minority from doing their
thing at an official event then there is a problem.  That is, 
if you are in a group which is overwhelmingly fighters, and
your group holds an event at which the autocrat or seneschal
forbids legitimate A&S activity without good and solid reason,
then that is certainly something to be grought to the 
attention of your kingdom seneschal.  Or the A&S officer at
kingdom level, or both.