Government
The Kzinti Hegemony is ruled by the Pentarchy, a council made of four nobles and the Patriarch (or in some cases the Crown Prince). Each of the four nobles has jurisdiction over a part of Kzinti space, and are roughly co-equal despite the Federation's translation of their titles as different ranks of feudal nobles. The Duke controls the Klingon border, the Count the Lyran border, the Marquis the Federation border, and the Baron handles the continuing exploration and development of space in the direction of the galactic core.
The Hegemony includes several native non-Kzinti species in its borders. These are all ruled over directly by the Kzintis, who also do not allow any access to interstellar travel. This is a bone of contention with the Federation, who protests it to various extents (usually varied by the level of need for their tenuous alliance).
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