> they are based on
> traditional arrangements. So the Empire seizing the 'tax records' of the
> Royal House of Sartar isn't going to do them any good (not that that
> will necessarily stop them) because they won't have the sort of
> information the Lunars need, such as production figures, population,
> etc. They'll have had to gather that sort of information from scratch
> through censuses and other assessments, which will have been none to
> popular with the Sartarites.
I agree on Sartar's ruling system is primitive.
However, do Sartar Kingdom keep justice basing on traditional arrangements? For a clan, if their tribute that was decided by arrangements were too expensive, they will get angry. And, if their tribute were too inexpensive, other clans will get angry.
So, arrangements must have been renewed many times. The price that decided by new arrangements reflect the latest state of clans. That is not correct, but is nearer to census.
By the way, Trotsky, your Loskalmi Calendar is excellent. http://www.ttrotsky.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/malkioni/calendar.htm
I also used Latin-Japanese dictionary immediatly.
I understand that 10th month, "Nex" means "death". However, I picked up
the word "Nexum" that means "the deadline for payment". In Japan, the last day of the year
is the deadline for payment for city dwellers since the feudal age (the
Edo era;1603-1867). Japanese are busy for gathering money in December. So,
December is called Shiwasu (that mean "masters even run about") in
Japanese traditional calender.
Nex is the abbreviations of "Nexum", how about you think that
construction?
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