eh.  The backbone of the feudal system was the use of land to generate resources and income.  You could almost always get people to work the land, but you had to have land to work.

 

One of the things that undid the feudal system was the rise of the moneyed merchant class, and it's lack of dependence on feudal land for income. 

 

The nobles were land-rich and had significant legal privleges, but the feudal land came with some significant financial obligations in the form of rents in lieu of troops.  Compared to the rising merchant class, the nobles were slowly sliding into poverty as land income did not keep pace with the economy, while the expenses of feudal obligations continued to increase and eat more and more of their income.

 

The merchants were land-poor, and lacked the numerous legal rights and priviliges of the nobility, but they were generating income based on manufacturing or processing (or financial speculation), which generated a significant income without the investment and expense of feudal land.

 

The 3I seems to include the merchants in the nobility, and allows for promotion into the nobility.  Land itself is no longer the limiting factor.


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