User blog comment:ColossusRS/Universal ranking system/@comment-4516354-20140902023401/@comment-25309478-20140902092054

I was thinking about that. I would take my inspiration from the Table of Rankings on the Russian court:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_Ranks

I would to work in grades and then per service. I think RuneScape has three main services: religious (pope, bishop), noble (king, count) and military (general, captain). I don't know if some roleplay groups uses civil services (president, ministre), I could include them to be sure. Maybe a fifth service (non-heriditary knighthoods) should be added.