The competition was destroyed, and only two corporations remained. Now they control all the food supply in the empire and are, of course, related straight to the Imperial Circle. In fact, one of my boys owns one. That is the Rotanios way. The game is closed with no chance for talents to win at anything, because of the naive assumption that if the roles were inverted there would be compassion. The reality is cruel, as is human nature. No one would give his precious hunt for free, and we must keep remembering that to stay insensitive and act logically. We must suppress all the super-nice emotions that our brain produces to fool us, to make us soft so the toughest can overcome us. But one must show benevolence to bind with the crowds. One must fake understanding to gain the sympathy of the people.
That’s why, after the exceptional minds, come the best talents, as they are not wasted but hired. We make them and their families happy as we sell them fake dreams of success. In reality, we own them and their descendants. They will work only for us, under our supervision. They must solve our problems, and their talents will benefit only us. Their only chance to bloom is by working for an Imperial Circle business. They must work for us or perish. Of course, they would not be in leadership positions but work as nameless and detested consultants, because even when they work directly for us, they must still suffer.
The Rotanios Empire never failed, although existing on the edge of failure seems to be our eternal state – the never-ending fall. We never crashed because we have inexhaustible resources from the infinite land we possess and defend from any invaders with a fierce army and from the internal revolutions and independent movements with extreme nationalism. These are but “fluctuations,” as we call them. We exist in a permanent, unstable state of existence that gives an illusion of stability, like that of an atom.
Our emperor, Oris the Third, named by the population “Oris the Playful,” did add his little touch on the system, a genius touch that surprised me. He kept his spirit of amusement and play all throughout the creation of the Empire Tournaments, the tournaments that gave the population an escape from their miserable daily life, a move that was widely appreciated by the Circle, not as a game, but as a new concept. The concept that Oris discovered by establishing the Tournament was genius. He finally gave the ultimate ideal for the empire of Rotanios, a more sophisticated vision for the future, the seal that I was looking for all my life to close the Rotanios ideology.
Oris understood that the population loved the game he had created. The idea came to him when he was lying down on the carpet after three continuous days of drugs and sex at his harem. It started as a joke that every man should run after a woman he loves, in a field, and, if he catches her, he will be the official owner of her for a certain period until the next run. When he sobered up, the Minister of Sport and Culture invited him to a closed military arena to present him a surprise that he had concocted for him.
Six men and a woman were running inside a maze. The men were armed with weapons and only one rule – they can't kill the unusual. Oris was very amused by the set. He congratulated the minister for his execution and dedication, and he also decided that the game was extremely diverting and must be implemented as the only National Tournament. Right then and there, the National Women Tournament was created. Every month on the women's days, the tournaments are played live on every station. This was very successful, as the stadiums are fully booked every season. After a decade, even the women loved it and justified it in many irrational ways to keep watching it.
The Emperor understood one thing that was extremely important, no matter what the game is, if it's the only one, they will love it. He believed that just like the tournament, if there was only the Rotanios ideology on this planet, it will be loved to death too. No matter how bad the emperor would be to the population, they will justify it and understand it, no matter how smart or dumb he is, handsome or ugly, cultivated or ignorant, merciful or cruel, evil or saint, weak or strong, crazy or rational. He will be worshiped as a god, as he is the only emperor in the known universe.
From that point on, a bright future for the royal family was secured for eternity. Therefore, expansion is the main goal for the Rotanios ideology, finding a way to push the ideological borders further until nothing is left. All divergence must fail and leave the space for the Rotanios ideology to invade people’s minds. All the people from all the nations must embrace the ideology until their nation surrenders unconditionally to the Empire. They will implore the
