User blog comment:LaviBookman/Magic Discussion/@comment-4509522-20120712212628/@comment-973828-20120719232630

Ok, so if Sindranis had to spend time setting up a government, it probably meant that Gletscherland didn't have one to begin with. Looking back at history, it was common for nomadic tribes/clans/groups to have smaller "governmental" systems set up. They were all naturally resistant to change, in the form of the establishment of modern government. Examples included the Picts of Roman-ruled Britain (Britannia, if you will) and various Native American tribes (Iriquois League, I believe they were called). Both examples were of a technologically superior nation overwhelming the resistance, though if it were an internal struggle, the change would not only be more difficult, but prolonged by having to convince one's own followers of the benefits of a ruling government.

Thoughts?