I'm glad you saw this one, and commented twice! It was fun to write from this perspective, even though it was tricky to pretend to be a conscientious conqueror, it was surreal.
I'd been planning this invasion for a while, and I knew that I'd fail due to their decentralized systems. What I didn't plan was to move there in the end!
I saw some replies of mine during the same time period didn't get sent, that's why I checked this post. It's a good thing, too!
Haha! In the end, decentralized systems will set us free!
Yep, that was what I wanted this conqueror to discover here in the tale; decentralization means no way to steal resources or topple leaders, it's too spread out.