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=Mage Government=

The mages of the US have no centralised government.  Instead, the U.S., like most of the world, is a patchwork of vague, overlapping territories representing the spheres of influence of different Houses and Orders.  Territory need not consist in a stretch of land.  It could be the right to run all casinos in a city, or the right to infiltrate the police force, or it could be Microsoft.  The most territory by far is held by the Thirteen Houses, and Houses usually own significantly more territory than Orders.

The most powerful House in the United States is the House of Stuart.  The Stuarts are the head of a power bloc formed by four Houses from England; Stuart, Lancaster, York and Warwick.  These Houses do not rule the others, but they are the dominant force among them.