MasterGwydion
Emperor Mongoose
I was just doing some more reading through the Clans of the Aslan, and I came across the part of Aslan "Client-States".
The books use the term "client-states" but they are not allied or beholden to the Aslan Heirate. So, how are they client states? Also, aren't client-states usually a single world? One of these so-called client-states is a 37-world polity made up of something like 8 clans. Not all of the clans are allied or vassalized, so how is this considered one polity and not just a group of clans who inhabit the same area, just like the entire rest of the Heirate?
The whole term "client-state" seems at odds with the Aslan mindset. Territory is either your's or someone else's. In Aslan society, there seems to be no middle ground on this. If someone else rules it, you can vassalize them or take over their land by "force". Where in Aslan culture is the concept of that land is Mine, but it isn't Mine? I doubt the average Aslan male would even understand the concept of "client-state"
Any thoughts on this from anyone?
The books use the term "client-states" but they are not allied or beholden to the Aslan Heirate. So, how are they client states? Also, aren't client-states usually a single world? One of these so-called client-states is a 37-world polity made up of something like 8 clans. Not all of the clans are allied or vassalized, so how is this considered one polity and not just a group of clans who inhabit the same area, just like the entire rest of the Heirate?
The whole term "client-state" seems at odds with the Aslan mindset. Territory is either your's or someone else's. In Aslan society, there seems to be no middle ground on this. If someone else rules it, you can vassalize them or take over their land by "force". Where in Aslan culture is the concept of that land is Mine, but it isn't Mine? I doubt the average Aslan male would even understand the concept of "client-state"
Any thoughts on this from anyone?