If Laine's forces lack manpower, then Emperor Carl Franz is troubled by how to alleviate population pressure, as a large portion of the Emperor's annual fiscal expenditure is on relief food.
Unlike the relatively indifferent citizens of Nuer, who are satisfied with civilian class autonomy and a wealthy life, and the Middenheim people, who advocate survival of the fittest and valor, the Rick people, under Emperor Carl Franz's control, are like the proud and arrogant jewel of the Empire. This province is the most prosperous, enlightened, and also the most arrogant, comparable only to the Nuer people.
However, Nuer is ultimately just a city with a population of fifteen to twenty thousand, while Rick Territory is a province with a population of five million.
