Talk:Gallia/@comment-24556382-20140216203943/@comment-11571396-20140220034617

The novels are politic, though.

Think about it.

The 4 Brimiric kingdoms have fought wars with each other and often had times where one dominated the other 3, but the very doctrine and "bible" they follow dictates that there must be four countries in some shape or form and they have to be ruled by a Brimiric leader. If anything happens to one, it's the responsibility of the other countries to ensure it stays that way.

The Light novels are set in such a time of political turmoil. We know that Brimiric countries were more fanatical and run differently before (see allusions to Julio Cesar, a Romalian emperor that gobbled up most of the old Tristanian empire and Gallia, and the shenanigans pulled in KSS. [The loophole here is that it doesn't matter if the Monarch is a puppet monarch... something which has been implied to have happened before]) But this time it's different.

Because the core of the Brimiric faith is starting to break apart.

In the heart of power for the Brimiric "Catholic" Church, much of the power once held by the central church is gone, fragmented into many different Protestant sects. The very appearance of Protestantism is very important, as it means a distrust of Brimiric power structures and Brimiric law in general, seeing most of what's set out to be good "suggestions".

This is a problem, as the stability of the Brimiric nations is directly tied and derived from the Brimiric "catholic" church and its scripture-driven dogma

Through the decades as protestantism grows and aspects of protestantism make its way into mainstream Brimiric faith, we see a weakening of the Monarchy and a new generation of Nobility who believe there is no point in keeping the Monarchy around anymore.

This is further exacerbated by the disappearance of the Void (which only has to happen centuries ago) as the Void was one of the main ways you could prove legitimacy. As those records and memories fade, the story of Brimir becomes less constantly provable fact and into something more distant.