Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Pratchett, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. Discworld had a very medieval philosophy: that if the Patrician was a good man, the city of Ankh-Morpork would prosper. We look at real history and it’s not that simple. ... But Pratchett doesn’t ask the question: What was Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler's tax policy?