Is NATO maybe a better analogy? Or the EU? Star Trek Federation (with each Xianzhou ship being one of the founding planets)? Star Wars Empire?
I dunno, maybe we just don't have anything that equates IRL. Because as world sized ships, it would make sense for each Xianzhou Ship to be its own autonomous "kingdom". But as a fleet that probably used to be smaller, and once arose from the same polity, have a (mostly) common past and share the same "religion", and often exchange civilian and military personnel between them, it also makes sense for them to have a supra-national identity and governance system.
I think Huaiyan wasn't head of the Zhuming's Cloud Knights, but rather used to be the head of the Artisan Commission. He's currently retired and not heading any department of 六司, and his position of Arbiter-General (天将) was forced on him by the Marshal (presumably due to the previous one dying an leaving no suitable replacement behind, I'm guessing).
Dan Heng's schrodinger's knowledge of his past life just makes writing and reading serious fics featuring him that much harder.
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Date: 2024-08-08 18:01 (UTC)I dunno, maybe we just don't have anything that equates IRL. Because as world sized ships, it would make sense for each Xianzhou Ship to be its own autonomous "kingdom". But as a fleet that probably used to be smaller, and once arose from the same polity, have a (mostly) common past and share the same "religion", and often exchange civilian and military personnel between them, it also makes sense for them to have a supra-national identity and governance system.
I think Huaiyan wasn't head of the Zhuming's Cloud Knights, but rather used to be the head of the Artisan Commission. He's currently retired and not heading any department of 六司, and his position of Arbiter-General (天将) was forced on him by the Marshal (presumably due to the previous one dying an leaving no suitable replacement behind, I'm guessing).
Dan Heng's schrodinger's knowledge of his past life just makes writing and reading serious fics featuring him that much harder.