I tend to agree with Ken's observations, but the Roman model (and the
Intifada model) do not adequately address the religion issue. I don't think
Gloranthans, taken as a whole, view religion more seriously than Terrans do.
But the Lunars are proselytizers while the Romans and Israelis
weren't/aren't. The best historical parallel _in_that_respect_ (alas, since
it's also the best parallel for the Malkioni generally) is the Islamic
Conquest. Tolerant to a point, but expansionist. Few other states combined
widespread military conquest with religious conversion.