User blog comment:B214/Question and Answers/@comment-50.11.177.49-20130721103319/@comment-115.133.205.90-20130721104656

As to your question on whether a higher ranking clan can exert their power and control over a lower ranking clan, the answer is no, being higher in rank only means they have more authority, like the Archduke can give out order to exterminate Stray Devils, while the Devils regardless of ranks need to follow.