La Principessa

When you consider al the troubles somepony that has to keep control of a newly conquered land has to deal with, you might wonder why the entire Eastern continent didn’t rebel when the Great One, who had conquered them over a very short period of time, died(1). The only real problems His successors had was the infighting caused by their own ambition. I want to adress that issue by saying that all countries are ruled in two ways: either the Princess is surrounded by vassals, that are in this position not by grace of the Princess but because of their ancestory. These vassals have their own lands and subjects that recognise them as their rulers and feel loyal to them. Or everypony is servile to the Princess and she has much more power, being recognised as the ruler by everypony.

Two great examples of both ways are Turky and France. The whole of Turky is ruled by one Prensesi, she divides the country in provinces, she appointes and switches up servants as regulators to her own discretion. But the Princess of France is surrounded by vassals that have ruled their lands for ages and are recognised by the inhabitants. The Princess cannot take away their privileges without endangering her own position. You will find that Turkish land is hard to conquer and easy to secure.

What makes it so hard to conquer Turky is that one can’t hope to be summoned to the country Nor will the precess be eased by a rebellion of the Prensesi’s underlings. All because of the aforementioned points. Because they’re all subjected and and duty-bound to her they are hard to bribe. And even if they would have been bribed they would be able to do little good. If the Prensesi attacks you have to prepare to encounter a single solid force. You have to trust more in your own power than discord with the enemy. And once she is defeated to such a degree that she can no longer raise an army, you only have to fear her lineage. And when that has been eradicated there is nopony left to fear, as the rest of the peasants never possesed power. So the conquer can’t rely on the people, but doesn’t have to fear them either.

In countries like France the opposite happens, you can easely enter it if you win the favor of some high-up Vassal. You will always find unsatisfied and ambitious ponies that can bring you victory. This victory will bring you a lot of hardships, you will ge tinto a conflict both with the ponies you have robbed of their power and those that have helped you. It isn’t enough to exterminate the lineage of of the previous ruler, because powerful Vassals stay and put themselve at the head of those that long for anarchy. You cannot please them and you can’t kill them, so you lose the land.

The rulership of Darius(2) was identical to that of Turky, therefore The Great One vanquished him completely and made further conflict impossible. If his successors hade been in harmony they would have been able to be at ease, there weren o problems in the country except their own. Countries like France are impossible to control like that. The numerous rebellions against pegasi conquerers are a testemony to that. As long as the memory of the vassals existed the ownership of the pegasi seemed ambigious. But when the memory finally had been erased the ownership gained a solid footing.

(1) The Great One, a figure of such historical importance he does not need introduction to any readers, conquered in seven years time the whole of Asia, after his death the empire was split between his sons.

(2) Darius the third, defeated thrice by The Great One at Guacamela. He was killed by one of his own guards.