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>The core of the idea was to use giant spheres containing air that's heated just a little above the temperature of the air inside it. These spheres started to float in the skies and can support a lot of weight.
>For the purpose of efficiency, they are mostly moored in cool countries like Tibet and Central Asia.
>Unfortunately, all that kingslaying and free trade absolutism, while good for the economy, created other problems......namely that now every single kingdom in Asia wanted to kill them, slowly.
>But that wasn't a problem they couldn't handle. Iron age feudal armies couldn't attack castles in the air, but airships have no problem targeting royal palaces or even nomadic tent cities.
>They all surrendered and acknowledged the Flying Kingdom's supremacy. Eventually.
And thus, the world's first true Magocracy was born.