Thanks for the answers. I’m mostly interested in the royal fleet as a possible explanation for Stannis’ idea of a unitary polity. Lord Borrell mentions Stannis coming up to the Sisters to hang smugglers and threaten him over the Night Lamp, which hints at a far more direct state role in local affairs than any other royal institution. It’s headcanon, but what do you think of the theory that his administration of a uniquely imperially immediate, institution crucially shaped his ideas of kingship?