"There's another way the upper three tiers monopolize civilization: academies. For children from the lower three tiers to enroll, they either have to pay insanely high tuition or pass layers upon layers of aptitude screening and only get in if they meet the criteria. This fundamentally throttles the development of civilization in the lower three tiers... it's a very common tactic."
Yi handed the book back to Sui Yi and said, "And this Dragon Ape World has a very large world map, but its population and architecture are highly concentrated... which is the Dragon Ape Country we're in now. Other than the Dragon Ape Country occupying half the territory, the remaining small nations occupy one third, and the other two thirds belong to unattended Special Secret Realms. Land area plus the monopoly on civilization and force makes power in this world highly concentrated in the Dragon and Ape Sects."
