Writing Space-era monarchy

[CheertheSecond]

I am making a world building for my scifi space novels. I just want some opinions to tweak my ideas if needed, like is there anything unclear and need elaboration or if something isn't very logical.

Type of worlds:

• Throne/ Crown worlds/ Capital Planet/ Prime World: Planet the monarch reigns from.
• Core worlds: lifelines of the empire. They may be a political hub, military concentration, production center, or resource reservoir.
• Major worlds: political, military and economic centre of the entire region.
• Inner worlds: Worlds surrounding Major worlds.
• Outer worlds: Surrounding Inner worlds and are less developed and important.
• Border worlds: First line of defense against invasion. Usually a military outpost, but there can be residential colonies on them.

Phone code:

Example: S20-05-49

• S20: Sector 20
• 05 (border worlds) / 04 (outer worlds) / 03 (inner worlds) / 02 (major worlds) / 01 (core worlds) / 00 (throne world)
• Planet number 49

49-5-D11-IU3-01

• Planet number 49
• Colony 5
• District 11
• Investigation Unit 3
• 00 (general line) / 01 (special line)

Magistrate - In charge of a solar system
Governor - In charge of a planet/ colony
Prefect - In charge of a group of cities within a region
Mayor - Lead a town/ city.




The noble have their own fief which is separated from the territory of the emperor. The fiefs are granted to the noble by the emperor and are decided by the emperor. The nobles are allowed to hold power within their fief but must pay tax accordingly to the emperor. Usually the noble receives a portion of the tax as their income. In return, they must protect the territory and make it prosper. Nobles can employ administrative staff from the emperor if they do not want to govern the fief themselves.

Privilege for Minor nobles: Minor nobles are those that do not have a fief but have higher social status than commoners and are prioritised in certain situations.

Example:
Knight - Knightess
Squire

A baron of the lowest rank is called ‘Baronet’. Each noble title has 5 ranks. Baron of the highest rank can hold a fief as big as a planet.

High Baron - High Baronness
Baronnage Lord - High Lady (A baron who is a member of the baronnage that oversees the nobles holding the Baron titles)
Baron - Baronness
Baronet of Renown/ Renowned Baronet
Baronet - Baronetess


Viscount may hold a territory rivalling a prefect.

Viscount - Viscountess

Honoured Viscount is equivalent to 4th rank Viscount but it isn’t a hereditary rank and are usually granted by the monarch.

A jarl of the highest rank could have control of a planet.

Jarl
Thane
Godi (Godar plural) - Gydja (Gydjur plural)
Chief Hersir
Hersir



A marquis controls multiple continents and may also control an entire planet.


Palsgrave
Landgrave
Margrave
Marquis - Marchioness
Marchlord


Most dukes have a planet as their fief.

Thronus/ Duke that oversees for the Throne - Throna
Primus/ Duke of dukes - Prima
Magnus/ Duke of greater rank - Magna
Dominus/ Duke of domains - Domina
Duke - Duchess (lord of a duchy)

An archduke controls an entire solar system. A grand duke is very uncommon, and they control a space sector. Archduke and Grand Duke are royal ranks. They are usually non-royal that gained recognition and allowed to be integrated into the royal family. Archduke and Grand Duke are equivalent to lesser kings.

Grand Duke (lord of a sector) - Grand Duchess
Archduke (lord of a system) - Archduchess

 

[tomotomo]

I think that's perfectly fine.
We can imagine that in a spacefaring civilization, each planet is relatively independent and self-sufficient, which would make it well-suited for a feudal system. Feudalism is essentially a kind of contracting system, isn't it?

However, on a single unified planet, things might be a bit different. After all, high technology brings a high degree of industrial specialization, and corporate assets would span across continents. I imagine that the wealth of space aristocrats would largely come from these massive corporations, which might create issues for a geography-based feudal system.

 

[CheertheSecond]

I think that's perfectly fine.
We can imagine that in a spacefaring civilization, each planet is relatively independent and self-sufficient, which would make it well-suited for a feudal system. Feudalism is essentially a kind of contracting system, isn't it?

However, on a single unified planet, things might be a bit different. After all, high technology brings a high degree of industrial specialization, and corporate assets would span across continents. I imagine that the wealth of space aristocrats would largely come from these massive corporations, which might create issues for a geography-based feudal system.

Mostly, I was concerned about the nobility titles. Hopefully, they make sense.

Also I am missing specific titles for viscount ranks.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

I've been listening, on and off, to a book called "The Mech Touch" - the MC lives in a Republic (with the kind of bland name of "The Bright Republic" - but maybe more accurately could be called "The Backwater Republic" :D), and their regular enemies are the Vezzian Star Kingdom. The author spent half a chapter explaining their rank symbols (a very simplified heraldry - over a background image with some meaning to the clan or some relevance to what the holder did to earn their title if they're a knight, they add one to seven stars. For a knight, the color of the stars denote who gave them their title - gold for the King, Silver for a lesser noble, white for a local lord or an inherited title; for nobles, silver denotes "unlikely to inherit more than the title" and gold means "near the top of secession" while the number of stars indicate their relative power - the King and immediate family have seven stars, with local lords only having two, and more power = more stars). Or something like that; it was all done to show how important the rash young leader of a military group was (the youngest daughter of the king himself).

 

[CheertheSecond]

I've been listening, on and off, to a book called "The Mech Touch" - the MC lives in a Republic (with the kind of bland name of "The Bright Republic" - but maybe more accurately could be called "The Backwater Republic" :D), and their regular enemies are the Vezzian Star Kingdom. The author spent half a chapter explaining their rank symbols (a very simplified heraldry - over a background image with some meaning to the clan or some relevance to what the holder did to earn their title if they're a knight, they add one to seven stars. For a knight, the color of the stars denote who gave them their title - gold for the King, Silver for a lesser noble, white for a local lord or an inherited title; for nobles, silver denotes "unlikely to inherit more than the title" and gold means "near the top of secession" while the number of stars indicate their relative power - the King and immediate family have seven stars, with local lords only having two, and more power = more stars). Or something like that; it was all done to show how important the rash young leader of a military group was (the youngest daughter of the king himself).

It probably takes me 7-9 arcs to fully introduce all the nobility ranks.

I ain't making more than a passing paragraph about the relevant ranks in the chapter, let alone spouting exposition for the entire thing for more than 1 page.