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The sultanate where rulers were often assassinated
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Peaceful transitions of power are incredibly boring, so this heavily militarized empire just normalized completely violent turnover. If a ruling leader showed any sign of weakness or failed to pay his elite troops exactly enough gold, he would immediately be assassinated by his own highly trained bodyguard detail in favor of the next guy.
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