Although no one could understand Sui Xiong's worries about the world economic order, nor why he would so often stare in distress at the mountains—indeed, several small mountains—of gold, silver, and treasure piled up in the underground vault, his orders were still carried out admirably.
For one thing, he was highly respected—so respected that he could settle even affairs of state with a single word. For another... it was his money being spent, not theirs, and it could create jobs too. Why would anyone object?
Thanks to the vigorous efforts of a great many propagandists, every policy of the Northwest Republic could swiftly reach the local areas. Not only prosperous Void City, but even those relatively remote pioneer villages could receive the news within a few days. As for implementation, though the Northwest Republic lacked manpower, it was never stingy in administration. Whether manpower or material resources were needed, they would be committed without hesitation, so there had never been anything like policies being delayed for ages.
On this point alone, it had already left every other nation on the main plane far behind.
Take this citizen surname-registration policy, for example. In other countries, it would take at least three or four months from the announcement of the policy to the start of full registration. From the beginning of registration to the end of the first stage might take half a year altogether. Perhaps registration would begin in the capital the moment the policy was announced, but two or three years later, the first stage might still not be finished in the border regions. As for the second, third, and subsequent stages of registration, they might not be completed even after decades of work.
This was the gap in national administrative efficiency, and also the gap between feudal dynasties and