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Thank you so much for answering!

I imagine that the differences in gravity could be used for political manoeuvring in places with artificial gravity. For instance, if some Barrayarans want to manipulate a group of Komarrans on a space station, they could increase the gravity so that it's just within the tolerance of most Barrayarans, but just outside that of most Komarrans. Sort of like a more subtle version of the Quaddies greeting Miles & co. in the null-gee part of Graf Station in Diplomatic Immunity.

There is one more known relationship: Sergyar has less gravity than Beta Colony (second paragraph of Shards of Honor).

For what that's worth...