Levellers

Whilst all that mad aristocrat stuff seems fun, the people of Fleams don't have anything to do with the aristocracy.  The Duke's lands, of course, are nearby, but they avoid them where possible.  They are fiercely democratic, or as they would say, of a levelling tendency.  They are free peasants, like the sokemen of old.  If they were boatmen they would be Number Ones, working for themselves.  That is why they live in the remote outlaw lands of The Peak, and cut themselves off, travelling to trade on their own terms.  Back in Fleams there are no gaffers nor lords and ladies - only the people of Fleams.