now many nobility

I think that the estimate of 'One marquis per planet and a few more honorary'
is way too low.  From what I've seen/read, most 'nobles' aren't; that is, there
are a lot more people in the nobility (social rank A+) than are in the
government.  While all get some perks due to status, most see no calling to
serve in the leadership.  In fact, one of the private nightmares of some of my
players in previous campaigns were the petty nobles (outside the government)
that they might encounter and have to deal with 8-)

                                            -george william herbert
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