but i believe i do remember igiss mentining that ... < to be considered a "house", requires a LOT more than just ambitions and a single system >
that came from discussions about the =CR= being a house btw.
by mod definition ... the SCRA is an unlawful, terroristic faction ( unlawful by standards set by the "real" houses" - and terroristic by its own definition )
so far - only igiss has created a house additional to vanilla houses - and its called gallia - with its dozen core systems and complex economical and political infratructure.
however - that doesn t stop anyone from speaking of themselves as a "house" - but in terms of the mod ... there are only 5 houses. ( liberty, bretonia, rheinland, kusari, gallia )