During my past two immersions, I realized just how vast the Athanoviya empire is. Including all the settlements, villages, towns, cities, territories and kingdoms that I have visited and passed by so far, I don't even think that I have even visited half of its total land area. I haven't read as much as I could about the other places but I atleast know how the map of the entire empire looked like from books. It totally looked small on paper though compared to the real deal.
The next thing I realized is that it is just too vast of a place for a single family to govern. A central government is indeed needed which is why the capital city of Hoffen was established by the royal family bearing the surname where the empire is named after but a single family definitely cannot manage the whole government on its own. No wonder this place can never get rid of the feudal system as it is normal for nobles to govern a certain part of land to manage all the people and the money flowing within it.
