I'm becoming slightly concerned that Paradox might do what they did in CKII and give the Byzantines a 'feudal' government type in all but name. I think it would be worthwhile to implement a system where there are a list of important families like those in the Republics for CKII, i.e. they have family heads and exist on their estates if they have no appointments in the provinces and you can engage in intrigue to become Basileus or gain important positions in the government etc.
You could also have a system where your family always has a province to govern but you can be placed in undesirable and weak postings if you don't have enough influence to gain or hold onto the stronger provinces. It makes no sense for there to be 'counts' that can fight each other for 'ownership' over provinces that are part of a unitary bureaucratic state. Just some thoughts. Would love if anyone else had some views on this they'd like to express...
You could also have a system where your family always has a province to govern but you can be placed in undesirable and weak postings if you don't have enough influence to gain or hold onto the stronger provinces. It makes no sense for there to be 'counts' that can fight each other for 'ownership' over provinces that are part of a unitary bureaucratic state. Just some thoughts. Would love if anyone else had some views on this they'd like to express...