Vol V Chapter 124

The opportunity that the Great Governors of the Dhaka Commercial Association had been waiting for arrived quickly.

After a round of discussions, the Commonwealth of Gold Coins' merchants had decided to follow the example of the Republic of Northwest to allow the common folk to change their surnames within reason.

The details of the plan were as follows:

One: To be eligible for a surname, one had to satisfy at least three out of four of the following criteria—one had to have ancestors that dated back to at least three generations of the Commonwealth citizenry; one had to have at least twenty years of a clean record; one had to have contributed to at least one war effort as well as the great migration