Isabella had some understanding of the Federation, all of it based on the presidential elections.
Someone once said that if you wanted to understand a country, you should examine its two most political and commercial aspects. That would give you a general idea.
Gefra's most political aspect was its royal succession and aristocratic privileges. Even the capitalists in its most commercial sectors could not escape the interference of the aristocratic groups. Thus, in Gefra, anyone who wanted to become a successful person whom everyone envied had to possess one crucial quality—connections with the aristocrats.
Otherwise, they might as well give up their pointless struggle. The harder they struggled, the deeper they sank, until eventually they could only become sacrifices to Gefra's aristocratic ruling class, living their entire lives without making any progress.
People could not struggle against the general trend or the tide, because people were merely people. They were not some great god, and they could not change any of this.
What was the Federation like? It was precisely the opposite of Gefra. The president's rise was not truly decided through elections by politicians or voters. Instead, the capitalists used their own methods to put their chosen candidate forward.
Behind every presidential election, the supporters burned countless funds. From a poster printed with a candidate's face to campaign parades covering the entire country with Flower Cars, every step consumed enormous amounts of campaign money.
All that money came from the great capitalists.
The commercial side was the same. The capitalists firmly controlled the country's commerce and finance. Even the Federal Government had little power to interfere in these areas!
This exposed the country's most genuine and naked nature: this was a country where the capitalists had the final say!
In this country, anyone who wanted a good future had