Here's a puzzle- at least to me. The Lowland Thracians are allowed 2 sub generals and/or 3 internal allied generals. I thought I might try out an ungainly (but perhaps more accurate) list with no subs and 3 internal allies, just for funzies, to see how many times I got stung by the leadership/unreliability bug.
It can't be done. The Nobles are mandatory, so both the CiC and each ally has to have a unit, which must be in 6's. You get a total of 18, so 3 units max, which means at least one command goes without, and since they are mandatory for both the main list and each ally....
Of course any sensible person would simply play with 2 allies and one sub, solving the problem. Those who know me will realize that this would never occur to me. Is there a way I have missed to run a legal list with 3 internal allies?
If there are not enough bases available in the list for the ally's usual minima then you simply do not take the required number. So in this case one ally does not have any nobles.
It is covered by the allies section in the list PDFs.