"That's - got literally nothing to do, with how well off they are now, if the system is a million gold pieces wealthier than it was in total before, you've got a million gold pieces to pay people above what they previously had, what prevents a reorganization like that are friction costs where moving things around is very expensive -"

"But we're not actually going to fix it.  Fine.  How does the Project deal with this monstrosity?  Are the dukes not going to respect the intellectual property of Cheliax, are the counts not going to respect the intellectual property of dukes, am I actually dealing with only a small fraction of twenty million people who have any unity with which to negotiate with me?  I guess if the people who can negotiate with me are the most powerful spellcasters and have most of the money, that still counts for something, for certain terms and definitions of something."

"That's - got literally nothing to do, with how well off they are now, if the system is a million gold pieces wealthier than it was in total before, you've got a million gold pieces to pay people above what they previously had, what prevents a reorganization like that are friction costs where moving things around is very expensive -"

"But we're not actually going to fix it.  Fine.  How does the Project deal with this monstrosity?  Are the dukes not going to respect the intellectual property of Cheliax, are the counts not going to respect the intellectual property of dukes, am I actually dealing with only a tiny fraction of twenty million people constituting only the top ranks of Governance who have any unity with which to negotiate with me?  I guess if the people who can negotiate with me are the most powerful spellcasters and have most of the money, that still counts for something, for certain terms and definitions of something."