Ministry of State and Outlands
Overheard in the Ministry of State and Outlands: “So, what does ‘serious leader’ mean over there?” “‘Willing to kill people he doesn’t like, ergo respectable. Or at least safer to respect in public.'” “Ah. The usual, then.”
Ministry of State and Outlands
satrapy (n.): A foreign polity, for whatever reason, temporarily operating with the advice and under the supervision of an Imperial satrap (typically, an officer of the Ministry of State and Outlands of prefectural or higher rank) but not under military occupation; a relationship one step closer than a client-state. The