Post by Azherae on 2022-11-16 15:19:44
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Nothing. The Mayor probably got voted in due to a majority of support from their own Guildmates, 'bought in' by a majority of cash, 'pushed in' by quest boosting or 'whatever is required to win the Gladiator match for the Military node'.
Chances are that the guild members ARE the citizens, the Guild Leader is 'in charge' and the Mayor is either a proxy or the guild's logistician and the Guild Leader leaves it to them.
Very organized guilds are often MORE organized than large rl companies, to the point where there was a point where 'being an MMO guild leader' was a 'soft qualification' in some software management jobs (the articles about this flipflopped between amused and annoyed, back then). This might STILL be true, actually.
Nothing is going to break up or change Guilds that are really trying. They literally ARE already micro-nations. All that will happen is that Ashes will give those Nations a place to 'physically (gameworld)' exist.