Kaembryge Government
Kaembryge is governed as most Amtgardian provinces are, for the most part. A monarch rises from the people to lead the populace, a regent steps forward to encourage the artisan and crafting guilds to produce excellence, a champion rises to defend the monarch and to oversee the marshalling of the field. Finally, a chancellor is selected who will manage the treasury and track population totals for reporting to the Kingdom Prime Minister. Unless interrupted, these people will stay in office for a full year.
A curiosity of Amtgardian politics is the “midyear challenge,” an ancient tradition whereby the seated officers are expected to provide the opportunity for the populace to replace them every six months of their term. In many cases, the officers are deposed. Many attribute this to promises not kept or a disinterest in the candidate, but I often advance the theory that in Amtgardia, much can occur in a small amount of time, and some things just cannot be done. History is replete with stories of broom closets, cupboards, pantries, fungus rings, and a hundredfold other contrivances which move a person into another world where time flows differently. Whether we are in one such realm or we periodically travel to such realms is beyond even my learned studies, but the facts bear themselves out in this case.
Trade is done in the ubiquitous “gold piece,” although so long as the weight is standard whose crest adorns it is often of little concern to the recipient. Indeed, many of the commons across Amtgardia are unable to read or distinguish a Rising Winds Talon from a Tal Dagoran Axe or a Neverwinter Doubloon in the first place. With so many mercenary companies in such a rich trading port of call as Kaembryge, many mercenary companies maintain their own treasure vaults for just such an occasion or in case a kingdom decides to not honor the currency of a kingdom they are at war with.
Rather than risk actual coin on the battlefield while on campaign, they pay their bannermen in a paper currency called a ‘checque.’ Once your identity and the identity of the most recent signer is verified, you will receive your payment in gold. Such is the credibility (or at the very least security) of these companies that many people will simply sign over checques to an individual as a method of payment for debts. This practice is becoming so widespread that the signatures of anyone apart from the original authorizing party are becoming less and less required.
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