Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20181103233945/@comment-31763506-20190728180307

TheEndingOfTheWords wrote: I would also like to take this opportunity to say that when I look at Zirantia I can't tell what the fuck is going on. They have political parties and (presumably) a parliament, but the King is dead and this is a problem, because...he was also empowered to do...what exactly? Not pass laws, certainly. Enforce them? Fuck around in his palace and make goddesses seems to be about the extent of his activities.

On a meta level, I think the lack of explanation of Kanfour's political role is related to the plot twist. Discussion of his day to day political power would make players think more about him, and consequently consider him as a candidate for Zirantia's tower walker.

Looking again at the dialogue from our Ch3 sabbatical in Zirantia, it says the government is partially representative.

One possibility is that the nation started as a monarchy, but Kanfour got so wrapped up in the Tower magic thing he started delegating to ministers and a parliament.