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[In Exile]

What I like about Ferelden is that it's the closest thing we've seen to any sort of meritocratic government in Thedas. Commoners are free to choose which noble they give their allegiance to, and the nobles have the same rights as relates to higher nobles (e.g. which banns serve which arls). This creates the idea that rulership is something that arises from the people, and is a nice contrast with the Orlesian model where the Empress and her nobles rule due to divine right.

 

That's not really meritocratic. That's more about autonomy and freedom of association. Ferelden is still very much a class-oriented society, which is anathema to meritocracy. 

[Solas]

I'm really quite interested in the Chasind, Avvar, etc. I'd like to learn more about them.

[Big I]

That's not really meritocratic. That's more about autonomy and freedom of association. Ferelden is still very much a class-oriented society, which is anathema to meritocracy. 

 

It rewards merit in that successful nobles (i.e. those capable of protecting their commoners) will attract followings, and corrupt or ineffective nobles are likely to lose the following they have.

[In Exile]

It rewards merit in that successful nobles (i.e. those capable of protecting their commoners) will attract followings, and corrupt or ineffective nobles are likely to lose the following they have.

 

Not really. There are lots of reasons why villagers might go to other nobles besides their own intrinsic merit (for example, some nobles might just be more lucky and have more fertile land, or have land nearer to water sources). 

[Big I]

Not really. There are lots of reasons why villagers might go to other nobles besides their own intrinsic merit (for example, some nobles might just be more lucky and have more fertile land, or have land nearer to water sources). 

 

If that were the case the changing of allegiances would not be an ongoing concern, because commoner families would have determined which banns had the best resources and allied themselves accordingly. That commoners can and do still change allegiance means that the banns are differentiating themselves on something other than their hereditary resources.