Quote Originally Posted by YianKutku View Post
The bio blurb for Asahi in the second lorebook says that his rank of "sas" is "the highest achievable by provincial citizens". "Province", when uses in the lore, has consistently meant the territories conquered by Garlemald after they became an Empire. (An example is Rhitatyn's blurb in the first lorebook.)

So even citizens who are not "Garlean" can only rise to the rank of "sas".
Though that does lead to a good question...was the Garlean Empire only called that AFTER the Republic of Landis was conquered? Or were the rules put in place after it was conquered? If so, does that mean they were allowed due to already having been citizens of the empire prior to the naming/rules?