We get to choose between two of them, and who gets the chance to be a duke is controlled by a council of wealthy merchants. All it really does is give us a hope of getting rid of a duke who goes crazy during his rule. It's really nothing to get excited over. We have Mentador here, too, and our defenses against it aren't as sophisticated.
It does also force whoever holds the office to show slightly more respect for the people he rules than would be required to merely avoid riots and revolution.
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