Both power and military force, this is extremely terrifying; when fools are in power, the masses suffer.
So does the Sixth State lack the Four Major Institutions?
"It does not have them."
The strange man sighed:
"If we did, that would be great, but tragically, we do not. Our Sixth State is considered the most backward among the six, not because we are savages, but because our Sixth State was the Ancient Battlefield of the past. War has truly debilitated us."
"Therefore, when other states rapidly developed during post-war peaceful periods, we, firstly, lacked sufficient population, secondly, had little gold and silver, and thirdly, had many remnants of bandits. This has resulted in our Sixth State truly falling far behind other states. Frankly speaking, although this small city may seem like just the smallest of cities to you, with a population of only three to four hundred thousand, in our Sixth State, it is already a large city."
