The Great Houses, with the votes accorded them in the Landsraad, are listed below as they appeared at the beginning of the reign of Emperor Paul Muad'Dib: Alman 10 Atrcides 10 Comno 10 Keraic 10 Wallach 10 Mannusetz 9. Wikkheiset 9 Kyzyl 8 Opheiion 8 Qair 8 Tiiops'il 8 Deferable 7 EzharianT Hajns 7 MonamT Ordos? Clanricarie 6 Fort"no6 Ginaz 6 Hybla 6 Morotai 6 Pastrant Pinang 6 TkoigodS Toml"6 Ttoenne 6 Bagiationi 3 Harkoaoen 5 Ispartila 5 McdvedevS Pcnchi5 Ibgramah 5 Lvdvonga 41', Burgerish 4 Qdemoik 4 Geusau4 Guilford4 Hiiado 4 Isfahan 4 Khumali 4 Masjed4 Samararaa 4 Bromdi 3 Cephalus 3 Edomdred 3 Elioz3 Efflar 3 Estilon 3 Chilian 3 JuHgiiis 3 Lynwyck 3 Molay 3 Noabai 3 Pibcs"h3 Rejam 3 RhylmeS Sikunri 3 Spokan3 Vice 3 Yasu 3 AbeforZ Bendau 2 Chinogma 2 Costino 2 Daryai 2 Desffym 2 Fenring2 Halleck 2 Hemming 2 Ichihara 2 Istaivan 2 Lidoping 2 Menemtahe 2 Miistami 2 Ngara2 Parakrama-hu 2 Raichur 2 Sulaimani 2 Surakarta 2 Villish 2 Xmgus 2 Zalmimna 2 Mwami 114 Ammmadab 1 Andercson 1 at-Tam 1 Barlevm 1 Beskid 1 Chelly 1 Demavend ! Dupleix 1 Est 1 Rdbolgs 1 IaM 1 Igall Isonzo 1 Jerodine 1 Lassoki 1 Utzko 1 Lexander 1 Lompok 1 Lonsle 1 Melui 1 Meyerwal 1 Nicolpri 1 Niembach 1 Orzaba 1 Ossian 1 Paligo 1 Phyfc 1 Polotsvi 1 Reginaud 1 Rhibera 1 Shahrukh 1 Shi-Lang 1 Yuzovka 1 Following the accession of Emperor Leto II, the fortunes of the Great Houses declined drastically, as more power became concentrated in the Imperial Fortress. By the year 11000, fully one-third of the Great Houses had been reduced in status to Minor Houses, or had vanished altogether, less than a dozen Houses had stepped upward to fill their GREAT HOUSES GREAT HOUSES positions The situation reached cnsis level by 11500, when the Great Houses were reduced to half their number at the time of Leto's accession The functioning of the Landsraad was imperiled by this loss of membership, its sessions became fess and less frequent, and finally ceased completely before the end of Leto's reign Former members of the Landsraad became known as ''mediatized bouses," giving mem slightly higher status than the few surviving Houses Minor At their height, during the reigns of the last few Comno emperors, the Great Houses functioned in surprisingly similar ways, gives the diversity of their cultural backgrounds, political heritage, ami philosophies of government Most had private armies or guardsmen constituting a permanent protective force for both the noble families and their private and House properties, these standing armies sometimes rivaled the best that the Impenum had to offer Many of the Houses had long term transportation agreements with the Spac ing Guild that ensured priority shipment of goods or troops during periods of high com petition or crises Such agreements could be overridden only by die Impenum during times of supreme inters