Sakura was from the family of one of the lords of this nation. Her full name was Konoe Sakura. The Konoe clans had produced a lord without any break for the last 2000 years. So they were without a doubt extremely powerful and influential.
Lords were the people who had the right to vote in the council. This position was not given to anyone for free but one needed to earn it with their own merit.
Having this title made someone the second highest ranking person of this nation. The only one who was higher than this was the High Lord, the individual who was elected to be the leader of the lords.
But obviously, in this setting, a high lord did not hold absolute powers. There were a total of 13 lords and with the vote from 7 of them, even the decision of the high lord could be rejected. And eight lords working together, it was possible to start a re election process to change the previously chosen high lord.
