The latter: the Seeburn Association merely hold office for him over part of his realm.
> How many association the size of Seeburn are expected to exist in
the
> Empire? ten? a hundred?
More like 100+. After all, the Seeburn looks big -- indeed, it is big, especially by Sartari standards, where a warband of 50 men is a substantial force -- but if you plot what it actually controls as a proportion of the Empire, it becomes clear how many more there must or can be.
All the best
Mark
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