The feudal society of the Seven Kingdoms follows inheritance law based on primogeniture, a winner-take-all system in which the designated heir inherits all of their parents' lands and possessions, to the exclusion of younger siblings. Kings See main article: " King" Nobility See main article: " Noble House" Knights See main article: " Knighthood" Commoners See main article: " Smallfolk" Inheritance laws This "government" is based on personal oaths of allegiance: while one can speak of "the realm" on a vague level, they do not possess an abstract concept of the "Nation-state" in modern terms. A strict political hierarchy is in place, consisting of kings and great lords who command the allegiance of lesser lords who serve as their vassals. The feudal society of the Seven Kingdoms is based on a rigid social structure dividing the population between a hereditary nobility set above commoners known as smallfolk. The seventh, Dorne, remained independent until it peacefully joined the realm almost two centuries later. The Targaryen Conquest united the six of the Seven Kingdoms into a single realm subordinate to the Iron Throne. When Aegon I Targaryen began his invasion of Westeros, the continent was divided between seven large kingdoms. In ancient times, every hill-lord called himself a " king", but over the centuries the stronger petty kingdoms absorbed the weaker ones, gradually aggregating into larger kingdoms. The system of lordship may have been introduced in Westeros under the First Men, though its final form was achieved after the Andals invaded the continent six thousand years ago. In turn, these noble Houses are ruled by the Great Houses who are sworn to the King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men. The social and political structure in the Seven Kingdoms is based on a system of lords and lordship, in which political power is dominated by noble Houses.
" Being a lord is like being a father, except you have thousands of children, and you worry about them all the time." ― Robb Stark
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