Editing Outpost:Setting (section)

== The Zilayan Empire ==
The Zilayan Empire stretches across the western coast of the world.  Many different peoples have been brought into the Empire; some have been assimilated, others accepted as they are, and others concquered totally.  People who make many generalizations about the Empire have probably travelled very little.

The Empire is currently experiencing a period of economic and political expansion.  The current Emperor, Emperor Sorelwy VII, fully supports this policy direction.  He does not hesitate, however, to use the military to support economic policies when necessary.  Opinions vary about whether the Empire would be better off not expanding, or relying on pure military conquest.

The Empire has many innovations unfamiliar to the people of Urgense,but two are noteworthy: ''Bureaucracy'' , the institutions of power that do the work of administration, regardless of who sits the Jargoon Throne; and ''Janissaries'', mercenaries from lands outside the Empire given positions of power and responsibility within the empire, but unable to gain citizenship or inheritance.  The Zilayans have shown a positive genius for taking one lot of barbarians, training them enough to be useful, and sending them out against another lot on a different frontier.