So I'm making a kingdom of bards for a mini campaign. (it was founded by a bardic troupe who met Milil the god of Music and Art.) Well in making some background on the kingdom I had a question for my self...

Would buskers in a bardic kingdom be revered and also be like everywhere? Or would there be like strict laws regulating it so you dont end up with bardic turf wars? Or conversely would the laws surrounding busking have been made cause of bardic turf wars as a way of stopping that? 

i am going in way too deep on the internal politics of this kingdom I'm making for a light hearted for funsies campaign. I already have a basic history of the kingdom  too. I think i'm going to hard cause this is like the first thing I'm DMing for people I haven't known for years.

If you've got the time, consider reading The Warded Man (The Painted Man if you are in UK) by Peter V. Brett. It's a great story, but Rojer is essentially a bard and the city he lives in has a guild for bards (jongleurs in the story). It shows some depth on the possible politics involved with such a kingdom. The short version is that it gets messy regardless of any rules, since they would be competing against each other for the best spots and the accompanying renown.

That sounds like a good read yeah

I think that I might go with a it's for young people kinda thing. like how fast food jobs are viewed as a "young people job" and the whole "if you're still busking at your age you must be lazy, uneducated, and/or not good enough." kinda thing

but I wanna mix it with a it's also a form of reverence since this kingdom was founded in the name of the god of music and art. 

hell socio/political landscapes are varied depending on region so I can also do my other idea of having whole ass guilds dedicated to busking and their philosophy centered around how it's the purest form of art.

There are lots of ways that you could take it. Perhaps you want to make it the "putting in your dues" activity for the bards. Perhaps there are only a handful of prestigious areas that get a lot of custom and they go to the most prestigious bards. Maybe it's a punishment for bards who don't make enough money to pay their dues for the month or week. Perhaps the clever and dishonest ones use it to mark people to steal from, whether through pickpicketing or by following them home. Another use could be an open forum for secret societies. The performers are given certain codes within their performances and it allows them to communicate to agents while the agents use their money collecting apparatus (jars, hats, instrument case, etc.) as a dead drop for their messages. You would probably want to have a series of words that wouldn't be used frequently, a particular chord, or some other method to signal the message. Unless the PCs are going to receive the message, you don't need the actual words, chord, etc. (and even then you don't need it if you have them roll perception, insight, or something), but you should know what it's going to be.  This is particularly true if the PCs are going to try steal the messages. 

Of course, it could just be fluff, but an NPC could use the same thought to entrap the PCs. He lets it be known that codes are being passed when they aren't. The system that he devises could be to give them a message that leads them to the trap, or it could just be a ruse to occupy them while he accomplishes something else (kidnaps the princess, steals her crown, kills the king, sneaks into the base of the PCs to figure out what their plans are through investigation or by leaving a familiar.) 

Just keep asking yourself questions about why things are the way they are in your world and you'll figure out what will work in it.

hmm interesting.

actually i do have a kidnapping plot. but it's the Prince who gets kidnapped not the Princess. The king is already dead, and the Crown Princess is preparing her coronation to be Queen. the prince is a stepson of the late king. but he gets kidnapped cause he is extremely talented as a bard and the Big Bad is a bard who steals talent to bolster her own powers.