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deegeese@sopuli.xyz 10 months agoHistorically speaking, colonies were often months away from the main empire.
If the colony’s level of development improves but communication speed does not, the colony might declare independence.
mercano@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s only in the last 150 years that information could travel any faster than a currier ship or rider. Before the telegraph and the radio, information traveled at roughly the same speed as goods or soldiers.