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That also makes sense, thought somewhat redundant as games on AH.com normally go to Shared Worlds anyway.
Definitely mostly honorific, but not without some power. Most nobility will already be leading citizens no doubt, and many will be the aristocracy of OTL's South anyway, so a good bit of social status goes hand-in-hand with the titles. I imagine that the monarchy and government alike will be prone to hand out bigger titles to people who make certain contributes to the purse, but also to honor great military triumphs. Especially capable, influential, or rich Senators and Cabinet Secretaries would get titles. So nobility is frequently awarded to recognize extant power moreso than to create it.
Even with a monarchy in place, hewing as close to OTL as I would like, it is hard to imagine the nobility being very empowered anywhere outside of the Old South. But I am trying to figure out how they can interact with the state de jure as well. I am leaning toward Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, and maybe Maryland being Dominions (as well as any states/provinces created from them), where the monarchy appoints a Governor-General. I imagine the monarch is nominally responsible for appointing Governors of territories and districts as well (including the Louisiana/Orleans District when it is acquired).
In which case, will they have a sort of House of Lords type thing as an upper house? Maybe similar to the Representative Peers of the UK House of Lords, with nobles elected by other nobles.
Not necessarily. However the US Senate was historically selected by the States on whatever basis they felt appropriate. Dominions and Provinces with empowered nobility could earmark all their seats for Lords, but this would usually be by convention. Only South Carolina might be so bold as to mandate it. New Englanders will probably find that comparison more objectionable.
Speaking of South Carolina, some states may well have an effective House of Lords. Plenty of states got as close as they could historically anyway.
edit - Ultimately, I think the most fun is to be had from a US as close to ours as plausible, but with the Washington dynasty as monarchs. A fairly republican minded people with a crown, despite the trouble inherent. A kind of place Viscount Franklin would be proud of.
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Then - yes. I think so. The Carolinas at some point in history seem to have wanted that and that motif is partial inspiration here. Much of the South will have historically been lorded over in this way and some places probably still are.
edit for graphic: Sir Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill. The Viscount Franklin on $50. And King George I on the $100.
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