I''m writing a series of articles on the sancts in the Wiki. This information is somewhat based on the original plans at http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... hp?p=72211, however, in the years since that post was up to date, things have changed - some Sancts have grown, some have grown quite different in character, etc.. so please consider only the information in the Wiki up to date.
(also, on the Sea of Pandemonium... let's just say that that never existed
)So, now that we've got a bunch of sancts, it's time for you, Straylightians interested in becoming a Count, to take your pick. Every sanct is up for grabs, and you can incorporate several into a County if you like (we'll just say they're in a close alliance). Don't worry about territorial congruity - it's a fact of life in Straylight that you can get from anywhere to anywhere fairly quickly, so you can form a County out of Sargassum and Clonmacnoise if you like. Discontinuity will get a County of its own, though. I won't take a County for myself - the Duke of Straylight doesn't really lead by force (it's more by example, by exploitation of the common understanding that things could get very ugly if the Kaiser wasn't pleased with the Duchy, and occasional periods of rampant populism).
So far, I've written basic articles on Discontinuity, Gensym and Pohjankaupunki. Yeah, I know, that's not much to choose from yet, but I'm getting forward. Right now I'm working on the article for Blavatsky, which I expect our Gralan citizens might like...
As for Baronies... since Straylight's government isn't feudal, it's kind of difficult to find an equivalent to the feudal Barony. The closest I can get are the COSAC (council of Straylightian administrative councils), which leads the more ad-hocky sanct governments in its own ad-hocky way, and the Pohjanvälke Coalition, which leads its own set of sanct governments in a more organised and regimented way. I'll write more on them later...
. (or, if you're quick about it, just pick one of the sancts I haven't yet established anything for and place the idea there)