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 ====== Grand Princess of Ǣdyihòzh ======
-The **Grand Princesses** are the hereditary rulers of the maritime city-state of [[geopolitical:ǣdyihozh:|Ǣdyihòzh]]. Their ancestors gained the position through economic means, and in many ways their rule is maintained in the same fashion: their popularity arises from their role as guarantors of prosperity. Not only do they maintain social order, but also the conditions in which anyone, by hard work or cleverness or luck, can seize their desired prize.
+The **Grand Princesses** are the hereditary rulers of the maritime city-state of [[geopolitical:Ǣdyihòzh:]]. Their ancestors gained the position through economic means, and in many ways their rule is maintained in the same fashion: their popularity arises from their role as guarantors of prosperity. Not only do they maintain social order, but also the conditions in which anyone, by hard work or cleverness or luck, can seize their desired prize.
 After all, [[ethnicity:abethine:ǣdyihozhis:|Ǣdyihòzhis]] would say, is that not the whole purpose of social order?
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 ===== Requirements and qualifications =====
-To be eligible to succeed as Grand Princess, one must be female, and must descend in female line from the heroine [[person:peirem|Peirèm]] and her only daughter [[person:kaeltam|Kæltam]]. In the event of a failure of this set of bloodlines, the [[geopolitical:ǣdyihozh:council_of_magnates]] may choose a successor from among their own number. Considering the large number of Kæltam's descendants, there appears to be no imminent danger of this occurring.
+To be eligible to succeed as Grand Princess, one must be female, and must descend in female line from the heroine [[person:peirem|Peirèm]] and her only daughter [[person:kaeltam|Kæltam]]. In the event of a failure of this set of bloodlines, the [[geopolitical:ǣdyihozh:Council of Magnates]] may choose a successor from among their own number. Considering the large number of Kæltam's descendants, there appears to be no imminent danger of this occurring.
 While there are no formal qualifications for the role, the heirs of the Grand Princess are expected to be fully informed on the political and economic state of Ǣdyihòzh, and to be trained in the arts of manipulating both.
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 The Grand Princess is the ultimate ruler of the city of Ǣdyihòzh, its citizens, and its subjects; moreover, the foreign policies of Ǣdyihòzhis vassals are directed from her palace.
-The Grand Princess has no enumerated responsibilities; she is the territorial overlord of the city and its associated domains, with which she may in theory do as she likes, and her title signifies nothing more or less. However, in practical terms, she is responsible for the day-to-day governance of Ǣdyihòzh, for appointing and coordinating its officials, for tracking and maintaining its treasury, for decreeing laws, for directing its military and its diplomatic relations, for fostering business. Most of this is done with the input, if not the actual approval, of the [[geopolitical:ǣdyihozh:council_of_magnates]].
+The Grand Princess has no enumerated responsibilities; she is the territorial overlord of the city and its associated domains, with which she may in theory do as she likes, and her title signifies nothing more or less. However, in practical terms, she is responsible for the day-to-day governance of Ǣdyihòzh, for appointing and coordinating its officials, for tracking and maintaining its treasury, for decreeing laws, for directing its military and its diplomatic relations, for fostering business. Most of this is done with the input, if not the actual approval, of the [[geopolitical:ǣdyihozh:Council of Magnates]].
 ===== Benefits =====
-The lifeblood of Ǣdyihòzh is fees. Fees to use docks, fees for storage space, fees for licensing businesses and guilds - but above all, the tolls on ships, passing through the [[geopolitical:ǣdyihozh:giants_gate|Giant's Gate]], the narrow passage between the Inner and Outer [[avishraa:geography:sekhaa:marine:Abethine Sea]]. While most of the fees go directly into the treasury, by ancient convention the Grand Princesses receive one eighteenth of the proceeds for their own use. Therefore, in the absence of extremely unwise spending, they are among the wealthiest individuals in the world.
+The lifeblood of Ǣdyihòzh is fees. Fees to use docks, fees for storage space, fees for licensing businesses and guilds - but above all, the tolls on ships, passing through the [[geopolitical:ǣdyihozh:giants_gate|Giant's Gate]], the narrow passage between the Inner and Outer [[geography:sekhaa:marine:Abethine Sea]]. While most of the fees go directly into the treasury, by ancient convention the Grand Princesses receive one eighteenth of the proceeds for their own use. Therefore, in the absence of extremely unwise spending, they are among the wealthiest individuals in the world.
 Also set aside for the use of the Grand Princess is the [[geopolitical:ǣdyihozh:Principal Palace]], a low but sprawling and luxurious edifice of marble that extends nearly a full quarter of the way around the top edge of the Great Sinkhole and which houses her, her family, her many servants, and most of the government apparatus that does not involve localized offices.