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The nobles swear fealty directly to the emperor of Ernstrom, or to a Warden who rules in the emperor's name. The idea is I have a neighboring region, Arthen, that has a king and the nobles in that country have alot more power. The big difference is Ernstrom has several state regulated armies and...

So I'm kind of spitballing ideas for different types of governments for a medieval fantasy setting and I'm kind of curious on the idea of nobility that is very tightly controlled with most nobles only owning small pieces of land and perhaps only a few Wardens that are a step below an emperor...

What if the caldera was rather large. Would the gases come out in more predictable places?

The documentary talked about how Yellowstone gets about 3000 earthquakes a year which may be an issue with permanent buildings. I wasn't aware of the toxic gas but that makes sense. So would that means castles are out of the question? And the erupting bit I'm ok with, I was thinking it would be...

Watching a documentary on Yellowstone and I was curious on whether an entire medieval fantasy city could be built in one and what would be the benefits and/or disadvantages of them.