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[[File:Medi.jpg|thumb|400px|Diagram explaining the mediatization process as applied in Westarctica]] | [[File:Medi.jpg|thumb|400px|Diagram explaining the mediatization process as applied in Westarctica]] | ||
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. | In politics and [[Laws of Westarctica|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. | ||
==German origin of the term== | ==German origin of the term== | ||
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==Mediatization in Westarctica== | ==Mediatization in Westarctica== | ||
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 | 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 the Barony of Maricopa by his father, the [[Duke of Moulton-Berlin]]. Although this Barony was included as an official title in the Peerage of Westarctica, and the [[baron]] himself was subject to the overall authority of the Grand Duke, he still answered directly to the Duke of Moulton-Berlin. | |||
[[Category: | 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 [[Government of Westarctica|central government]]. | ||
===Current mediatized titles=== | |||
* [[Siple Island|Viscounty of Siple]] | |||
* [[Walgreen Coast|Marquisate of Walgreen]] | |||
* [[Baron of Maricopa|Barony of Maricopa]] | |||
[[Category:Peerage of Westarctica]] | |||
[[Category:Law in Westarctica]] |