Why cant we play Garlean empire?

[Mysterysword]

And I will defend Theodoric in stating that he is not a troll. He merely has opinions and wishes to state them, as is the right on this forum.

There is stating your opinions, and then there is wilfully ignoring established facts and stating the contrary just to get attention. You've been repeating the same facts over and over again only to get ignored because what you say doesn't fit into his opinion. Don't you get tired of it?

How exactly Imperial civilians live is something I'm curious about as well. Still, if a majority of Imperial civilians feel being an aan (lowest-ranked member of Imperial society; non-citizen, no better than a slave or chattel) is an honor, well...

If I'm right in assuming that Garlemald runs an extensive propaganda campaign (and really, no dictatorship is compelete without one), then it would be fairly easy for the government to convince their citizens that serving them is an honour. The Garleans uphold a rigid caste system, and from what I can tell, the only means of social mobility is through the military. When we get to Garlemald, I'd be disappointed if we didn't get civilian NPCs who want to advance past their lot in life, but have no means of doing so other than the military, and are upset about this, if that's the case.

Additionally, making more guesses here, but Garlemald's propaganda for its citizens would be teaching them something along the lines of: their war of conquest is their right as people of Garlemald, anyone who wishes to serve is doing a noble thing, their current way of life is the only civilised way, anyone who cannot advance from their current rank/caste and is unhappy about that is simply lazy/incompetent.

A state run by constant indoctrination from birth would be an interesting thing to see in-game, for me, anyway. Show us loudspeakers on every corner! Give us the banners, the public speakers, the pamphlets, flyers, and maybe even television ads! It's all just extrapolation from the fact that I see so many Garlean soldiers wholeheartedly believing in their idealogy despite all the evidence to the contrary, and trying to think of reasons why they would think like that.