"It would be prudent to note that while in this Volume it is implied that the centralisation of Haense is a replication of the Petrine Empire's efforts, in a previous Volume he correctly notes that the Empire actually copied Haense, who had long banned levies and stripped the nobility of the right to do build much of anything on their lands before the Imperial Crown even conscienced it. Indeed, Haense is actually considerably less centralised today than it was then, allowing its nobles to rule over settlements and establish large house guards," Stanimar writes in a letter addressed to his snail-mail historical book club, "And the Adrian opposition to liberal institutions is a tad dubious, with the Senate arising during the reign of Adrian de Sarkozy, Duke of Adria, and surely drawing at least some inspiration from Adrian representative bodies like the Duma or the Assembly of Ves."