>>936277670Not necessarily conservative but they are generally republican.
>inb4 same shitNo, they just naturally transition into being conservative. Like a left leaning gender dysphoric teen in Portland will naturally transition.
>reasonRome built the republic, based on civic virtue, land ownership, it gave their legionnaires a pension that can pay for land and a home. A good retirement sum allowing them to purchase between 20-50 acres of land not to mention being gifted more.
>democracyAppeals to the city people, you gather all in the forum or amphitheater and discuss topics and vote. Simple as that. The closer the people to the city the more centralized the power. But in the city has always been vile things that cause perversion and shit seeps all the time, to protect the decadence and illness they create laws. Similarly republicans living in the rural have, like Romans, kept their faiths and their spears, swords, and slings at their side. They may occasionally have a boy-mistress or a mistress on the side, but usually going back to being the family man.