[Midnight Oil]

{Oscar enters the Valstirr library and browses the many shelves in search of any books that may have some information on how cities and towns become independent city states/provinces.. He does not speak to anyone and just browses the books on his own in silence}

[Gmork]

Apparently one can, if they have the followers, simply write a town charter and submit it to their local enclave and wait to be recognized. If that town is conquered by another in that time, then there is not much that can be done.