From the beginning, this Fading Glory empire has caught my interest, though I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it until just recently. I'd like to run a campaign focused on returning Taldor to a country worth thinking highly of. To change "Fading" to "Rising".
If it matters, I am planning on using the Princess as the person who can actually do it, and thus the NPC the PCs will work for. Eventually.
But having read the original Campaign Setting, Taldor, the Inner Sea Primer, and the Inner Sea World Guide, I am still not sure how the government of Taldor works. (Yes, I know that most Taldans don't know how the government works). There are hundreds or thousands of Noble Houses, a Senate, and a bureaucracy all trying to get things done.
Writings suggest the bureaucracy somehow gets things done day to day. So are the people in the bureaucracy from Noble Houses or are they just people elevated? Who gets into the Senate?
And how does anyone in the Senate or the Bureaucracy have the power/ability/legal authority to go against any Noble House that wants something done?
Thanks in advance,
AJ
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If you want the princess to be involved, you might want to check out the Pathfinder Society scenario Library of the Lion for a taste of Taldan political maneuvering.
It seems like the Taldan government has some ancient Roman analogies, between the nobility and the senate. So maybe you could look to that for some specific information or inspiration.
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll go look at the Pathfinder Scenario and read up some more on Roman government.