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The Chamber of Honor is dedicated to foreign affairs, religion and moral laws of the land.
The Chamber of Honor is dedicated to foreign affairs, religion and moral laws of the land.
== Social mobility ==
Hogloh vy Aanua is notable for a number of features:
* It's the longest-used system of ranks, introduced in the middle of the first revolution and being used to this day
* It is the only system of ranks in the history of the [[Continent]] that does not exhibit a gender preference
* It introduces a number of independent institutions that are meant to balance each other's power and reduce the incentives to overthrow the monarch
Nevertheless, quite a number of mechanisms in the Hogloh vy Aanua are used to actively reduce social mobility. Specifically, temporary-hereditary titles are a way to reward commoners for services rendered to the monarch, but not induct their family into nobility forever. In fact, ennoblement of commoners requires a "nod" from the Court of Ooron, which is a formal approval from the nobles of the land. The nod is basically always given, but the way it is done may signal the degree to which the Court approves the ennoblement.
Typically, a commoner being ennobled into a low ranking noble position like a broga may receive a generous several-generation temporary-hereditary title. But if a commoner attains a high noble position, like that of a prime, the Court would expect the gole to limit the reward to a single-generation title, like broga I.
