Yes, although those families work together towards a common end. Thus you will have league that include farmers, merchants and transportation; but it is extremely unlikely to have a league that includes farmers, assassins and scribes, for instance.
> Leagues can and do change Associations, so they are not entirely
> subject to the commands of the Association leadership.
Yes, although of course tradition and practicality have a certain stabilizing effect upon these.
> The chapter on Associations (p61-66) gives some more information on
> the Lunar version. Little is said directly about Leagues and much of
> it is given over to the example Association (the Seeburn).
>
> Using the description of the Seeburn as a guide we can tell that the
> component Leagues of the Immanent Action Liberation are indeed the
> numbered groups. The other groups are either components (subgroups
> within a League) or associated groups.
Correct.
> Hopefully Mark can come up with the numbers. But my impression is
> that Leagues can have hundreds of members and Associations can have
> thousands if you count the members of the Leagues.
You mean numbers of people? If so, then yes, leagues have several hundred members, and associations can have several thousand.
--Greg
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