Talk:Slane Theocracy/@comment-25712820-20180915202741/@comment-62.113.170.164-20180916114002

The people in the highest offices don't get paid.. Which supposedly means they won't be corrupted or something..

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In the old Roman Republic, they had a similar rule.. Senators didn't get paid and were not allowed to engage in any commercial activity at all.. perhaps, so that people wouldn't be motivated to become senators for personal gain...

However, what it really ensured was that, even if people from lower classes could "technically" become senators, in practice only those from the rich and powerful aristocratic families could actually afford it..