During the HRE period, Dithmarschen experienced a brief time as a peasant republic without feudal rule. In most High Fantasy the focus remains on great kingdoms and empires, royalty and such.
But what might a larger peasant's Republic look like in a high fantasy setting and how might they prevent/fight oligarchic accumulation of power within their society and feudal encroachment from without?
In the novel I'm writing, the protagonist is from a large peasant republic that has long withstood outside powers trying to bring them under feudal rule.
But I'm curious as to an outside perspective on what that kind of nation might mean for the global worldbuilding and internal society.
But what might a larger peasant's Republic look like in a high fantasy setting and how might they prevent/fight oligarchic accumulation of power within their society and feudal encroachment from without?
In the novel I'm writing, the protagonist is from a large peasant republic that has long withstood outside powers trying to bring them under feudal rule.
But I'm curious as to an outside perspective on what that kind of nation might mean for the global worldbuilding and internal society.