Difference between revisions of "Mediatization"

In politics and law, '''mediatization''' ( /miːdiətaɪˈzeɪʃən/) is the loss of immediacy, where ''immediacy'' refers to the status of a [[Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica|Hereditary Noble]] who is subject "immediately" to the sovereign of the nation. In a feudal context, mediatization is the introduction of an intervening level of authority between a reigning lord and his vassal so that the former is no longer the immediate lord of the latter, but rather his lordship is "mediated" by another.

When [[Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica|noble titles]] were first created in [[Westarctica]], they were granted with the intention that those nobles would parcel out lower-ranking titles to other nobles who would then serve beneath them. In practice, however, this almost never occurred. The first mediatized title was Arthur Langer, who was given a Barony by his father, the [[Duke of Moulton-Berlin]]. Although this Barony was included as an official part of the Hereditary Nobility, and the baron himself was subject to the overall authority of the Grand Duke, he answered directly to the Duke of Moulton-Berlin.

In late 2017, several additional titles were subject to mediatization including the [[Siple Island|Viscounty of Siple]] and the [[Walgreen Coast|Marquisate of Walgreen]]. This was done out of administrative and political convenience to the central government.

[[Category:Government of Westarctica]]