Because the population had barely grown and the land had always been vast and sparsely populated, food had naturally remained plentiful. As long as people had enough to eat, few were willing to rise up in rebellion.
Meanwhile, the nation's institutions had remained virtually unchanged for eight hundred years. Combined with infrastructure that showed almost no change, as well as similarly stagnant industries and occupational proportions, the entire country had become as motionless as stagnant water.
Under such circumstances, the difficulty of ruling as king had been greatly reduced. No matter what problem arose, there was always a ready-made solution to be found in history.
The interior was as solid as a rock. Externally, because it had once been one of the twenty nations that founded the World Government—and perhaps had even contributed greatly to it—even though many Celestial Dragons regarded it as heretical for refusing to relocate to the Holy Land Mary Geoise, they would not stand by and watch the nation be destroyed by pirates or other rebels for the sake of their own pride. Whenever a major threat appeared, they would surely send the Marines to rescue it.
As for the scattered petty pirates who could not make a name for themselves, Alabasta was still a major nation. Even if its Combat Power was somewhat lacking, it could make up for it with numbers. Thus, it had never faced much external danger.
Maintaining internal stability was easy mode, and there were no threats outside. As long as the king was merely average, he could sit securely on the throne.
The Nefertari family had also anticipated early on the possibility of a king ruining things himself. They specifically restricted the king's authority, allowing him to act only within a prescribed framework. Combined with the rather successful education each