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=== The Signoria ===
Everything in this section is speculation on the part of scholars over the past three-hundred years. The Sabians call their government a Signoria. It is a de facto governing body according to them but its actual functioning mechanics remain a mystery. 

==== ''Possible Monarch'' ====
There might be a monarch as part of the Signoria.

==== ''Signoria'' ====
Scholars have worked out that the Signoria is a governing body resembling a Senate. The leading theory is that the Signoria creates laws and edicts which are followed by the rest of the nation. Whether or not the people within the Signoria are elected is hotly contested. This led to the Great Brawl of the Beards in 689 AR as eighty-two professors at the Siyar of Knowledge in Daratu engaged in a fist fight over this topic. Nobody was killed but Professor Amut Alshood got his nose broken by Professor Kathy Plucker. They would eventually be married in 693 AR which gives this story a happy ending but does explain the inner workings of the Signoria at all! Perhaps one of the five Alshood-Plucker children can solve this mystery.

''United Against the Invaders''

While there is room for many political parties in the Signoria there appears to be only one party in power as of 713 AR: the Terul. They stand on a platform of reclaiming old Sabian land while driving out the invaders. However, rumors say that a second party, the Oniem, is beginning to gain power. 

The Oniem want peace on the Dark Ring. They believe that the centuries of war have stunted the development of the Sabian people. While they hold no active positions, the Oniem have begun to negotiate with Doud and the displaced Hyksosians.