(07-07-2015, 05:38 PM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote:(07-07-2015, 05:36 PM)Natalie Mcbeef Wrote:(07-07-2015, 05:14 PM)Intaki Wrote: Speaking more toward the Xaela under Garlean rule, my personal speculation is that the Othard steppes and mountains are likely "controlled" by the Garlean Empire in the same way the American West was "controlled" by the federal government: they said they controlled it, they had fancy papers saying they controlled it, and most foreign nations respected their control of it... but they really had no actual control over most of it.
That's my guess too. Armies are expensive, in premodern times, and there is no such thing as a professional 'police' as we know it.
If an area doesn't have many resources, just let them do what they like, and grab some taxes now and then.
There are supposedly not many Garleans in the world, so I bet many people in the Empire have never even seen one.
Or their leaders aren't pureblood Garleans. Just people who follow Garlean law. We know there's a lot of indoctrination/brainwashing. I'd assume there're more indoctrinated Garleans than people in/from Garlemald proper.
I don't think they're really indoctrinated. I'm not sure where that is ever stated by someone who is not biased. I'm sure plenty of people sign up for adventure, pay, and a cool uniform and laser gun.
If I recall no Garlean we speak to seems particularly indoctrinated, besides believing firmly in the cause of the Empire. There is a moogle mail quest with a Garlean deserter, and he never talks about being brainwashed (to my memory).
