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We know that the character titles pertaining to castle, city and church settlements are, respectively:

Baron
Mayor
Bishop

While we also know that the country name of castle settlements is Barony, it hasn't been told to us what are the country names of the other settlement types. Naturally, it seems that the name of the church settlement will be bishopric (although then I wonder what will be the name of county-level theocracies...).

So what could be the country name of barony-tier city settlements?
 

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We know that the character titles pertaining to castle, city and church settlements are, respectively:

Baron
Mayor
Bishop

While we also know that the country name of castle settlements is Barony, it hasn't been told to us what are the country names of the other settlement types. Naturally, it seems that the name of the church settlement will be bishopric (although then I wonder what will be the name of county-level theocracies...).

So what could be the country name of barony-tier city settlements?

I think that is worth some thought. In English, should a baron-level theocrat be "abbot" or "bishop"? I would like some diversity there. (Of course, you can mod this to your heart's content.)

On screenshots, I see "mayor" for the leaders of towns, so there you go I guess, although the localized names could be "bergermeister" for German towns and the equivalent down the list. The settlements themselves I would wager would be town, city-state, republic? Villages I would wager would be equivalent to the small estates that knights held, below the rank of baron.

Then the issue of tiers. Bishop, prince-bishop, prince-archbishop would seem reasonable to me; but I think, again, that abbots should be represented somehow, if there are differences between regular (e.g., Franciscan, Benedictine, Dominican orders) and secular (diocesan) clergy, as there should be.
 

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Well Burg/burg could also be used for a (fortified) town, furthermore the word burger is imported from German into Dutch; burger replaced the older Dutch word of poorter.
 

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The medieval people used "burg" also for fortified towns, that's right. To make a difference they used "veste" (in modern German "Festung") if they wanted to point out
that these are fortifications without major settlement.

Funfact:
There are no citizens in Germany. In french ("citoyen") and english ("citizen") the word origins from city.
The German word for city is "Stadt", but the existing word "Städter" doesn't have the meaning of a citizen. It's "Bürger". Because castles are cool :p

Burg_Eltz_2005.jpg

visit Germany :D :D :D

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Bishop, prince-bishop, prince-archbishop
Doesn't the "prince-"... only indicate that he is holding land at the
same time? This counts for the german "Fürstbischof" which is the translation.
So a prince-bishop is theoretically no higher tier than a bishop.

EDIT: Wow is that pic huge -lol- Wasn't intended ...