None of those wars are total wars, because of the massive size of the Empire. The lost some territory? Doesn't matter, there is a lot more where that came from.
Because of this nobles do most of the on-ground ruling, it's no wonder nepotism and corruption is prevalent and hardly anybody higher...
I mean, at this point it's clearly shown that the Empire more or less runs on nepotism. Having a simulator altered is hardly anything anyone would care about, especially if their palms were greased.
I still can't see it. This whole going to war thing is very counter-intuitive.
With is mobility as availability of small arms the MC should borrow a few soldiers from the Duke and then going behind enemy lines, kidnapping VIP nobles.
If they can't give you the info you need then at least they...
I would say that, regardless of her bloodthirsty subordinates, the President herself - even though domineering - is a woman "of a more civilized age".
She could have killed him before, yet chose not to. Then he chooses not to killer her. Like that both sides established a baseline where they...