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 title: Concalian Culture
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-date: 2024-04-30T18:10:11.048Z
+date: 2024-04-30T18:10:27.079Z
 tags: game-master, concalia, concalian culture, concalian empire, concalian
 editor: ckeditor
 dateCreated: 2023-01-06T16:53:59.820Z
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 <p>Below the Conculs were the Preators, who each governed one of the empire's provinces. Preators were simultaneously the only members of Concalian Society allowed to lead military campaigns, with the only exceptions being if the Preator died or was incapacitated in the middle of a campaign. Preators therefore acted as both governors and army generals. Newly annexed would either be incorporated into the Preator's existing domain, or make made into a new province who through political machinations would typically have someone handpicked by the conquering preator to govern it. This would typically be a family member. The higher political positions thus tended to be quite dominated by a few very powerful extended families.</p>
 <p>Magistrate positions below Preator were not typically voted on by the Centuriate Assembly, instead being appointed by the governing Preator or Consul directly. However, the Centuriate Assembly, as the highest legislative body, did have the authority to overturn any selection if such a decree passed their vote.</p>
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p>Magistrates, elected to govern various domains within the Empire, were responsible for local administration, taxation, and law enforcement, albeit within the constraints of Assembly-approved laws. The highest-ranking Magistrates, the two Consuls, jointly governed the capital and held equal authority, each with the power to veto the other’s decisions. Consuls were also tasked with appointing Senators.</p>
+<p>Below the Consuls were the Preators, who governed provinces and were the only officials permitted to lead military campaigns, unless incapacitated. New territories were often governed by appointees, typically relatives of the conquering Preator, highlighting the system’s vulnerability to nepotism and familial dominance.</p>
+<p>Lower magistrate positions, not directly elected by the Assembly, were appointed by Consuls or Preators, though the Assembly retained the right to reject these appointments.</p>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
 <h2>The Senate</h2>
 <p>The Senate's function was to draft legislations, and candidate lists for magistrate positions which, the Centuriate Assembly would vote on. Senate members were appointed by the Consuls. The Senate had no fixed rule for how many members it would have, though the norm was to keep the number close to 100. They served for life, unless they became so disliked that the rest of the Senate brought forth a decree for vote at the Centuriate Assembly to deprive them of their position, and said decree passed. The Senate acted as a forum where they, and people they invited in, would discuss the state and future course of the empire, and put forth decrees regarding these for the Centuriate Assembly to decide on the course of action through vote. The argument for the Senate's existence was that the regular citizen would not have the capacity or time needed to form an informed proposition about the empire's future trajectory.</p>
 <p>Senators were often former high-ranking magistrates, and the cyclical nature of consuls selecting senators, and the Senate picking candidates for the Consul position, meant there were often a lot of collusion between senators and magistrates. While the Senate held no direct law-making power, the soft power they held in being able to decide what the Centuriate Assembly would vote on meant they could indefinitely block legislature they did not approve of. The only thing effectively preventing the Senate from stacking the odds when it came to magistrate candidates, or refusing to put forth certain legislations for voting at the Centuriate Assembly, would be the public's opinion and reaction to said actions. More than once in the empire's history was the entire Senate lynched by the citizenry due to being perceived as so corrupt that the general public deemed them enemies of the Empire. This effectively meant that if certain people became too popular, the Senate may be indirectly forced to include them on the list of magistrate candidates to avoid public outcry. The similar situation would apply for popularly wanted legislation.</p>