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After the crusading army crisis had passed, Guy began to build the island's administration and reform society along Levantine lines. Guy divided the island into six counties with each including a major city, with borders roughly shaped as wedges running through to peak of Mount Pinefor, with the County of Koureiros remaining with the Prince. Additionally, the land in the island's interior were divided into nominal estates for farming according to the Levantine model. The unsuitability of the interior for agriculture, however, meant that many of the new nobility were immediately destitute. Manor lords became nominal titles by the end of Guy's reign, with Levantine transplants selling their "manors" and "estates" to prominent native merchants for a small figure and returning to Levantia. From this period on, "Pinefor Manors" became the common means of social mobility within Halfway society, as any individual with enough money could buy their way into titular nobility. A few industrious merchants attempted to make use of the land they held in the interior, with few success stories, though the enclosure of the island did contribute to the reduction of jungle by 15% between [[1050]] and [[1750]]. In order to ensure the Principality's longterm success, Guy brought in several other of his [[Bergendii]] countrymen to rebuild and operate the Principality's fleet. For the next four centuries, the Principality's military fleet would be unusually professional and take on a distinctly Bergendii character that established it as above its similarly sized peers, ensuring the Principality's independence. The longest lasting of Guy's reforms was the institution of the Great Court, an advisory body of the new lords of the realm that would assist him in governing the island. The Great Court, in this form, was comprised of a small clique of senior knights and prominent mercantile officials (lords of the Pinefor Manors) that provided feedback and suggestions to Guy as he solidifed rule over the island. The Great Court would survive Guy I's death in [[1112]] and would serve as an important source of advice to subsequent Princes of Halfway. The institution would receive formal rules and recognition in [[1231]] and would be reformed several times to eventually include democratic representation and two chambers; today it serves as the Provincial legislature. | After the crusading army crisis had passed, Guy began to build the island's administration and reform society along Levantine lines. Guy divided the island into six counties with each including a major city, with borders roughly shaped as wedges running through to peak of Mount Pinefor, with the County of Koureiros remaining with the Prince. Additionally, the land in the island's interior were divided into nominal estates for farming according to the Levantine model. The unsuitability of the interior for agriculture, however, meant that many of the new nobility were immediately destitute. Manor lords became nominal titles by the end of Guy's reign, with Levantine transplants selling their "manors" and "estates" to prominent native merchants for a small figure and returning to Levantia. From this period on, "Pinefor Manors" became the common means of social mobility within Halfway society, as any individual with enough money could buy their way into titular nobility. A few industrious merchants attempted to make use of the land they held in the interior, with few success stories, though the enclosure of the island did contribute to the reduction of jungle by 15% between [[1050]] and [[1750]]. In order to ensure the Principality's longterm success, Guy brought in several other of his [[Bergendii]] countrymen to rebuild and operate the Principality's fleet. For the next four centuries, the Principality's military fleet would be unusually professional and take on a distinctly Bergendii character that established it as above its similarly sized peers, ensuring the Principality's independence. The longest lasting of Guy's reforms was the institution of the Great Court, an advisory body of the new lords of the realm that would assist him in governing the island. The Great Court, in this form, was comprised of a small clique of senior knights and prominent mercantile officials (lords of the Pinefor Manors) that provided feedback and suggestions to Guy as he solidifed rule over the island. The Great Court would survive Guy I's death in [[1112]] and would serve as an important source of advice to subsequent Princes of Halfway. The institution would receive formal rules and recognition in [[1231]] and would be reformed several times to eventually include democratic representation and two chambers; today it serves as the Provincial legislature. | ||
The Principality would long outlive the lifetime of Guy I. Following its establishment in [[1085]], it would follow in the line of long-lived Halfway regimes (excluding the Emirate), surviving in some form for another six centuries. The line of Guy I of Idalè finally died out in [[1474]]. The final count, Hughes VI, secured a marriage alliance with [[Urcea]] and [[Canaery]] by arranging a marriage between his sister and the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] Donnchad II. Hughes VI's only child, his son Guy, died as his ship sank in a storm in [[1463]]. His younger brothers Carles died from a resurgence of plague on the island in [[1470]]. With the death of Hughes VI, the principality went to his nephew Niall IV, the Urcean king of [[House de Weluta]]. From then on, Halfway would be ruled by the [[Julian dynasty]]. Though the island would be governed from [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] instead of Koureiros, most of the institutions of the principality would remain the same for the next two centuries as the island retained legally distinct from Urcea, effectively being governed as a {{wp|personal union}}. | The Principality would long outlive the lifetime of Guy I. Following its establishment in [[1085]], it would follow in the line of long-lived Halfway regimes (excluding the Emirate), surviving in some form for another six centuries. The line of Guy I of Idalè finally died out in [[1474]]. The final count, Hughes VI, secured a marriage alliance with [[Urcea]] and [[Canaery]] by arranging a marriage between his sister and the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] Donnchad II. Hughes VI's only child, his son Guy, died as his ship sank in a storm in [[1463]]. His younger brothers Carles died from a resurgence of plague on the island in [[1470]]. With the death of Hughes VI, the principality went to his nephew Niall IV, the Urcean king of [[House de Weluta]]. From then on, Halfway would be ruled by the [[Julian dynasty]]. Though the island would be governed from [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] instead of Koureiros, most of the institutions of the principality would remain the same for the next two centuries as the island retained legally distinct from Urcea, effectively being governed as a {{wp|personal union}}. During this period, the Great Court was reformed several times largely along the lines of the [[Concilium Daoni]], adopting both its procedure as well as members who represent the classes of freemen and peasants. The union-era Great Court was by no means representative but did, like the contemporary Daoni, work to give most major social groups an advisory voice in governance. Unlike the Daoni, the Great Court took on significant administrative power during the 15th century; the remoteness of the court in [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] required significant autonomy, and though the Apostolic King would send Principal Vicars, the Great Court began to aggregate significant authority to itself. | ||
=== Urcean incorporation === | === Urcean incorporation === | ||