Region

Regions are large geographic areas within kingdoms which are not unified under principality status. Regions exist as reporting conveniences to kingdom officers.

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However, they do have a history…

Regions were created to assist with the management of the kingdom, as it was, and still is, a rather large geographic area.

(research on when they started, when officers were added)

In January of 2000, Davin and Groa published as part of their missive in the Crier, some clarifications on regional status. They quoited kingdom Law at the time, Article VII(D)(2) which stated "Regions are a group of geographically contiguous branches which are grouped together for ease of Kingdom Administration. They are not official branches in their own right.". In general, they cautioned that regional officers are powers are granted by the crown for administrative reporting, and regional officers were not to consider themselves to have rank or authority over Shires, Branches, or Baronies. Regional events existed, but the regional officers were cautioned to not exert pressure of the regions groups to participate or contribute, and such participation or contribution was to be entirely voluntary. Likewise, regional champions were cautioned that while their titles were well-won, they should not imply any privilege beyond respect and recognition for having won such a tourney, and that they should be in fealty to the crown (either directly, or via swearing to the region or one of it's Baronies).

They further went on to clarify that Principalities forming are from a "grassroots" movement, and while regional officers might ease the transition of such a movement, a region does not imply anything about Principality status (or intent to achieve it).

In May 2002, the Crier had an announcement from the Kingdom Seneschal, that regions were being dissolved, and that regional officers should receive instructions from their kingdom superiors about how to proceed. The crier stopped listing branches by region in this same issue.