Populists (clique)
A fairly loose clique representing the combined interests of society's lower classes, namely peasant smallholders and urban and rural artisans. While generally not among the most wretched of society, their middling status means their interests are often sidelined in favor of the landowners and the urban mercantile classes. Perhaps the only advantage they have is in their sheer numbers, in which they alone outweigh all other cliques. The commoners — and those who ostensibly advocate for their interests — are likely to support forms of public welfare such as grain doles, as well as land redistribution. In these goals they may find occasional support from ambitious nobles looking to use the clique as a power base.