[Re: ANST - Restrictions on Reigns - a question to ponder]

[Keith Hood]

> 
> > THIS IS NOT A CURRENT PROPOSAL BEFORE THE BOARD.
> >>One proposal which is attracting the most attention would work as
> >>follows.  As it stands, it is not possible for a king or queen to
> >>succeed him or herself, as there must be one reign in between.
> This is
> >>current law throughout the Society, and it is codified in Corpora.
> The
> >>proposed idea is after a second reign, the former king/queen must
> wait
> >>two reigns before he/she may enter a crown list, and if
> victorious,
> >>reign again.  After a third reign, the former king/queen must wait
> three
> >>reigns before he/she may enter a crown list, and possibly reign
> again.
> >>After a fourth reign, the former king/queen must wait four reigns
> before
> >>he/she may reign again, and so on.
> >>
> >>I place this idea in the arena of public debate, and look forward
> to the
> >>discussion it will generate.
> 

Worst-case analysis:  Some of the reasons why reigns tend to revolve inside
the same set of people is the requirement in law that the royalty must be able
to live of their own during their reign (a rule which I heartily support), and
the requirement in principle that they should travel the kingdom as much as
they can.  Problem is, there are only so many people who have the money, and
the time, and the ability to recover quickly from event weekends, to meet
those criteria.

Enact the above proposal, and carry it on a little too long, and you could
literally run out of people who can be crowned.  What then?  Waiting two
reigns might be sensible.  Longer than that, there may be too many problems
with the potential-royalty pool being too small.


     Tomonaga

------

A long bow and a stong bow,
And let the sky grow dark.
The nock to the cord, the shaft to the ear,
And a foreign king for a mark!

     --  Stolen from "The Song of the Bosonian Archers" --
               By Robert E. Howard, who should be
                 the patron saint of Ansteorra

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