it can be easily deduced from criminal law
where noble men were still drastically more leniently punihed than lower class people
There is social stratification but the Emperor can take wealth away at will
he can put new people in those positions
though it is true that trend was moving towards more equalitarian model, where noble people were losing their status and dignity
and give them those names
As he's the head of hte post-Marian reform army
which governs all rural life
and is the rural economy
so he is basically the economic and social bastion of the 90% of the population that lives outside of the cities
who will do whatever he says due to patron client morality
and military chain of command
My ideal models for Monarchy and an Aristocratic societies are
Imperial Russia
Imperial Japan
Victorian Britain
what era of imperial japan?
Vedic India
from 19th century onwards
there are different eras wthin the 20th century
as imperial japan started as an oligarchy
and jus was an empire on paper
It was always technically an oligarchy
but for the 19th century it was an actual oligarchy
It drifted towards militarism which was still OK
the militarism killed the empire
Japanese were ruled by cold steel reason
nukes killed the empire
nobody could predict that
no they were already losing
they predicted they would lose
read the actual documents
Yes but USA lost 50k people invadinga small coral island
no way mainland japan was to be invaded
the japanese army and navy both predicted they would lose regardless of the USA
hmmm
in the 1930s
not 50k, some smaller number
still
then they just predicted teh other sides plan would lose
Well I do agree that Japanese would reach a stalemate with the Chinese even without USA
