Though it was shattered into a multitude of mainly very small states, the circle had an effective government, which, in view of the eastward expansion of France, from 1694 on even maintained its own army based at the Kehl fortress.
Iako je bio razlomljen u mnoštvo uglavnom vrlo malih država, okrug je imalo učinkovite vlade, koje je, s obzirom na širenja Francuske na istoku, od 1694. na čak držalo vlastitu vojsku sa sjedištem u tvrđavi Kehl.