saneo
08-02-2006, 04:09 PM
I was walking around Kaineng today, and wondered how does the Canthan Empire sustain itself? It seems like cantha is ripe for revolution but you see no sign of it. There are many factors that point to a tipping point, these are some that i could identify.
1.food. where do canthans get their food. there is almost no arable land in civilized cantha. Shing Jea Island has good land, and some of the areas around the Jade Sea do too, but it's not enough to feed a city that covers an entire half of a continent. Fish provides some food, and trade some more, but the vast majority of the population must be starving.
2. The difference of lifestyles between the rich and the poor is huge. We know that Kisu and his family live well, as well as Minister Cho. I can't see this sitting well with most hard working Canthans.
3. Violence. The street gangs like the Am Fah and the Jade Brotherhood rule the slums of Kaineng. The government isn't able to stop them either. One more strike towards the Empire.
4. The living conditions of Canthans are horrendous, garbage is in the street, the city levels are build right on top of one another, the whole city is dark and cramped.
To me, it seems like society's like this tend to fall in our own history. Like Russia during WWI, and China with the last of its own Emperors, everthing seems to point towards the same happening in Cantha. but it doesn't. I guess my question is why do the Canthan people continue to suffer a government like this.(and to an extent where in the heck do they get their food?)
1.food. where do canthans get their food. there is almost no arable land in civilized cantha. Shing Jea Island has good land, and some of the areas around the Jade Sea do too, but it's not enough to feed a city that covers an entire half of a continent. Fish provides some food, and trade some more, but the vast majority of the population must be starving.
2. The difference of lifestyles between the rich and the poor is huge. We know that Kisu and his family live well, as well as Minister Cho. I can't see this sitting well with most hard working Canthans.
3. Violence. The street gangs like the Am Fah and the Jade Brotherhood rule the slums of Kaineng. The government isn't able to stop them either. One more strike towards the Empire.
4. The living conditions of Canthans are horrendous, garbage is in the street, the city levels are build right on top of one another, the whole city is dark and cramped.
To me, it seems like society's like this tend to fall in our own history. Like Russia during WWI, and China with the last of its own Emperors, everthing seems to point towards the same happening in Cantha. but it doesn't. I guess my question is why do the Canthan people continue to suffer a government like this.(and to an extent where in the heck do they get their food?)