[quote=@Arawak]
It's interesting to think how a year back everyone kept making mega empires all over the place, especially in space RPs.

Now it is the opposite.

Perhaps for the better.
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The vast majority of this world is trackless desert; borders mean nothing here. What good is an empire when its vast dominion is comprised of nothing but shifting sand? Its all about controlling the trade, the resources, the settlements, the money.