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Originally Posted by Astromancer
A stable society on a lovely planet that focused on recovering its own economy and culture might be like Venice or some of the towns in Southern France. Lets remember Venice in the "Dark Ages" often had a higher living standard for its common people than Rome did at the height of its Empire.
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Several stable societies of that nature were reported even by Imperial-biased sources such as Mileau-0. In point of fact some of those, might not welcome the new Imperium because a "dark" economy keeps wussy line merchants from overflowing their area with tonnage and allows them to operate in a place where only Real Men can trade. Sort of like the way mountainers stand up to lowlanders by living in rough country.