

I’m sure they had similar levels of corruption in the Roman, French, Russian, and Germanic empires … riiiiight before they collapsed, too.
Well, similar levels of naked corruption in what they were doing, but probably not in how much they were profiting.









Classic military diet at the end of an empire’s reign. The corruption is so deep that the logistics to feeding their invading army while out on deployment are all but collapsed due to communications failures, inefficient funding, being belligerent to the countries who supply you food while abroad, etc.