I was just thinking about how the idea of Democracy was laughed off, but some form of "great council" of newly-minted kings makes a great deal of sense even from a purely self-interested point of view.
Westeros has a size issue, it's just too big to be a single feudal state without falling into civil war every few decades; any regional Lord can raise an army big enough to give them a chance at power and support whatever spare hair or bastard is floating around at the time. The Targaryens had the "nuclear option" of dragons to make rebelling a suicidal prospect but without that it suddenly becomes possible.
Splitting it up and putting some sort of "Kingly Council" where even if your Kingdom / family is out of favor for a while you can content yourself that some machination / patience will put you back on top in time, without the risk of loosing lots of your men (and potentially your entire influence) in a war.
Despite the "happy ending" It's probable that after Bran stops ruling via foresight the entire thing falls into the crisis of the third century, with a pretty regular turnover of various lords "marching on the Landing" and being proclaimed king until the same happens to them.
Unless he goes all Leto II and becomes a God-King Weirwood.
Submitted September 22, 2021 at 07:39AM by Pabus_Alt https://ift.tt/3ktVp9D
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