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Discerning Arqi do not see themselves as part of an empire, and indeed consider such a view to be rather rude and unsophisticated. Proper empires are founded predominantly on conquest and subjected peoples and feature little in the way of decentralized autonomy or identity in any case, and here especially Arqualan fails to meet the definition of ‘empire.’
 
Discerning Arqi do not see themselves as part of an empire, and indeed consider such a view to be rather rude and unsophisticated. Proper empires are founded predominantly on conquest and subjected peoples and feature little in the way of decentralized autonomy or identity in any case, and here especially Arqualan fails to meet the definition of ‘empire.’
  
For that matter, they do not see the massive political upheaval that periodically marks their long history as any sort of interruption or transition. Since the earliest days of the proto-Arqi chiefdoms to the current day, their government has been quite secondary in their self-conception as a society. Besides that, politicians and their regimes had traditionally been distant, ephemeral, and relatively weak when compared to the powerful and timeless institutions of kinship and religion that truly marked Arqi society. As such, Arqualan is defined much more by shared values, ideals, and common heritage than borders and leadership. So, while visionaries and tyrants have risen and fallen and feuds between the ancient aristocracy, the emperors, and the population have shifted the balance of power many times, the ''covida nostry'' endured.  
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For that matter, they do not see the massive political upheaval that periodically marks their long history as any sort of interruption or transition. Since the earliest days of the proto-Arqi chiefdoms to the current day, their government has been quite secondary in their self-conception as a society. Besides that, politicians and their regimes had traditionally been distant, ephemeral, and relatively weak when compared to the powerful and timeless institutions of kinship and religion that truly marked Arqi society. As such, Arqualan is defined much more by shared values, ideals, and common heritage than borders and leadership. So, while visionaries and tyrants have risen and fallen and feuds between the ancient aristocracy, the emperors, and the population have shifted the balance of power many times, the covida nostra endured.  
  
 
In these translations, that part of  “Our Common Life” that deals predominantly with institutions of the state and especially with the organization of territory will be referred to as the Arqi Commonwealth.  
 
In these translations, that part of  “Our Common Life” that deals predominantly with institutions of the state and especially with the organization of territory will be referred to as the Arqi Commonwealth.  

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