Perrenland Government

Nobility - the House of Grafs

The Pfalzgraf of the clans form the House of Grafs, which acts as a house of review over the Concatenated Council. The House of Grafs currently has twelve members: the Pfalzgrafs of the eight major clans (including the two Meerrijder Pfalzgrafs and the Himilda Hara of the Lake Quag Rhennee), Prince Naugrim Genhene of Kershane, and High King Barandon of Khundholm. Of these twelve, five are also members of the Concatenated Council by virtue of their position as Hintervoormenn of their Cantons (the Hussen, Morgenrood and Roodberg Pfalzgrafs, Prince Naugrim, and High King Barandon).

The House of Grafs has the right to debate and block legislation that has been passed by the Concatenated Council, making them very powerful politically within Perrenland. The greatest limit on the House of Grafs is that as a house of review, it cannot propose legislation or directly influence government policy, only vote by majority to approve or reject legisation.

Generally, the House of Grafs is a fractious body that considers the preservation of clan traditions and interests its paramount political domain. Traditionally the House has little interest or involvement in foreign policy, the Auszug, taxation, the federal budget, or immigration.