" Multiethnic empires are always tiered, undemocratic societies because it is impossible for empires to be other than tiered, undemocratic societies. Empires are always undemocratic because the diverse peoples making up the empire have nothing in common to serve as the foundation for the empire’s laws—no common mythology, no common language, no common culture, no common history, and—most important—no common vision of the empire’s future. … Empires mut necessarily be tiered because a certain group or groups must be given special privileges to enlist their support in the subjugation of the other groups. "

― , Civil War II: The Coming Breakup of America