On 10Apr2019 0938, Kenneth Barns wrote:
> [ps. I think Phil's conception of "modern nation state in space" would be
> worth chewing through as a model for the Solomani Confederation ...]
But note that in canon individual worlds and clusters in the Solomani
Confederation have even more independence than systems do in the
Imperium. It's not feudal, but it has many/most of the same issues as
the 3I, and similar ways of dealing with them.
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I recall an article that stated that one of the immediate consequences of the creation of the 'Solomani Autonomous Sphere' was that nobility was immediately removed from any political function.
I've always found this to be odd as I figured that it was the solomani nobles, who had been excluded from court by Arbellatra who were probably agitating the most.
I also don't see that the creation of the 'Sphere' would necessarily have that effect.
And there's even mention, in SJG's TNS dispatches of pro-Solomani Imperial Nobles present & active w/i the 3I's portion of the SolRim sector.
Of course, one of the big problems with the SolConfed is the 'citizenship' question.
I read where some constituent systems recognize sentients (I recall 'uplifted' dolphins) as citizens while the Confed does not.
Of course, in SJG's timeline a massive system devastating civil war broke out.
It was short but brutal &, last I heard, it left the Confed (incl it's capital) in considerable turmoil.
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