People deal with the stress of revolting in different ways. Some people take pleasure in seeing the rebels hung, other take up painting, or learn Zen. The Emperor of the Democratic People's Republic of Konzia turned into a woman. No one was quite sure how he managed it, one day he was a man, spewing out his usual crap, and the next morning, he walked out onto the balcony a woman, complete with fine dress and long, shiny hair. It was quite the miraculous transformation as was the Emperor's thought pattern. He, now she, had put down several of the old Konzia policies, such as the disdain of foreigners and the Single Voice style of government. She offered that a new council should be opened up, and twelve people, picked by the average person to converse with the new Empress about the best course of action for the country. One man in the gathered crowd was stuck to his morals, and called out the Empress for being a woman, as all women where weak and unfit of ruling this 'great empire'. The Empress replied with an arrow to his knee from a before-unseen person standing on the rooftops. The Empress then declared that it was not a fatal shot, but anyone else who interrupted her would receive one. After she had this moment of darkness, she returned to her cheery smile, and gave out Amnesty to all the rebelling soldiers to return to their homes, and act as a Militia, and in return they would be considered a part of the Empire's army once more. In addition to this, she sent a good portion of the Town army to their homes, so they could guard them from foreign attacks. The troops that remained where subjected to a rigorous training program, designed to make them much more skilled than they where. 

The best change that came of this, was the abundance of traders arriving in the towns. They came giving all sorts of items, from wool and silk, to firewood and many types of food. They also produced a great deal of raw materials to produce a finer quality of weapon for the remaining army.