There will be an update within 4-5 days. I have half an update written already.
In the meantime ponder the following title: "The Imperial Field Guide to Colonials, Minorities, Barbarians, Tributaries and Other Uncivilized Peoples."
Period depiction of Empress Gao Guiying of the Great Shun Dynasty (c. 1644). A minimum of two pheasants were harmed so that she could decorate her hair. Historians have absolutely no clue what's in that small parcel wrapped in yellow cloth sitting in her left hand.
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