Treditial: Royal families never existed prior to 1996ish right?
EX-2: Correct, we were the only country to not have a concrete royal family. Only because we never were a monarchy.
Treditial: So why does it exist now?
EX-4: ...This document might explain things.

ACCEPTANCE OF GENERAL ROYAL FAMILY
As the US has emerged in an inglorious stalemate from the great civil war, the 50 states have all been divided.
So to keep a sort of order and as record keeping, we decided it was best to allow the past Generals of the US to create the Royal Families.
They will be mostly acting as supplemental Governing bodies in order to stitch a semblence of order is our current divided US.
How they operate is not under our jurisdiction, we're just historians.


EX-4: They were basically burner Governors.
EX-2: Well, a little more than that. Remember, all 50 states became independent to each other.
Treditial: That doesn't explain my family's attitude though and all the others, why is that?
EX-2: Once a proper Government was in place, they would go back to their normal civilian lives.
Treditial: ...but they couldn't let go of the power they recieved, so it's a battle of relevence.
EX-2: Bingo.
EX-4: Combining that with the GAS's unrelenting attitude, and it results in the biggest suck ups.
EX-4: Because they might be the next victim to the GAS's demands.
Treditial: Maybe to give me up so they can use me for malicious purposes?
EX-2: Probably, all I know is that the Shermans were always like this.
Treditial: ...