On Sat, 3 Aug 2024 13:16:17 +0100, "ewan at quibell.org.uk (via tml list)"
<xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote to Freelance Traveller:

>The current discussion glosses over one of the fundamentals differences between the Zhodani and the Imperium.
>
>The Zhodani Consulate is a homogeneous society. Everywhere you go it's the same. Every system, every planet, every moon. All the same.

But is it? If I look at Zho worlds on TravellerMap, I see a range of
government types, law levels, and tech levels that's almost as broad as the
Imperial selection. That doesn't point to homogeneity of culture. At best,
you might find a sense of 'national' identity - "I am Zhodani from Tloql"
rather than "I am a Tloqlet subject of the Zhodani Consulate". The Imperium
notionally has a similar 'national' identity, but it could be argued that
'notionally' and 'actually' turned out not to be equivalent, else the
Rebellion and subsequent Collapse would not have happened.

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