Metrics of stability

A purple steampunk lantern glowing softly in a dark room, casting light onto a detailed parchment map of the BIG city Ankh Morpork with its many districts spread across an old big wooden table. Ink pots, quills, and sealing wax beside it.

The invisible forces that determine a ruler’s fate: Public Trust, Budget, Regulatory Pressure, Political Stability, and Legitimacy. These are the vital signs of the polity itself, the measures by which the Patrician knows if his city is merely grumbling or on the verge of consuming itself.

It is the anatomy of the city's populace.

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