"My brother has no desire to be king of this place. The houses that would support him, the gold, the politics...it's not in place here. He doesn't want power solely for power's sake. Neither do I. It's just not something we're interested in."

Still, though, he could see why someone might look for a leader in a place without one, to want something familiar. It was often what happened in a country with no king. "So, to answer your question, there is no king but things somehow get done all the same."