Little Tyrant Doesn't Want to Meet with a Bad End Chapter 529.1: Backstabbed (1)

The relationships amongst countries on the Sia Continent were convoluted.

The relationship between the Austine Empire and the Saint Mesit Theocracy was one good example. The former had an illustrious history that commanded many territories and a huge population whereas the latter was an upstart with many devout believers all over the continent.

They had been fighting in the open and under the waters for the past thousand years, and their tense relationship affected each other’s national policies.

It was not a coincidence that the Austine Empire and the Saint Mesit Theocracy often took opposite stances in their policies. There were plenty of such cases in history, and these caused rippling effects throughout the Sia Continent.

Despite their significant differences, there were times when their policies converged in order to serve as role models to others, namely their population policies during crises.

Unlike in Roel’s previous world, where a huge population only contributed to a bigger workforce and market, humans were an extremely precious resource in the Sia Continent due to the existence of transcendents, which contributed greatly to a country’s national might.

A highly talented transcendent could bring about significant rippling changes within decades, but of course, this was ultimately up to luck.

Just like the lottery, the more tickets you have, the higher the chances of striking the jackpot.

In particular, transcendents were always in short supply during wartime, which was why countries would always promote childbirth during such critical times.

In the Saint Mesit Theocracy, there were emergency laws invoked whenever war broke out with the deviants known as ‘Holy War Commandments’. Of them, there was a strict clause directed specifically toward nobles: All nobles are to bear offspring before reaching twenty years of age, or else they will be subjected to a heavy penalty.

It wasn’t too bad by the standards of the Sia Continent, given how adulthood was deemed to be fourteen years of age. It was considered late

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