But,basically the State was winning the battle against the nobles, and you could still be the Count of anywhere,or the Duke of anywhere, and you can't mobilize goodies to give to local people except on a very local scale.

不过,总体上这个国家还是战胜了贵族,而且你仍可以当任何地方的伯爵或公爵,你不能把任意调集物资,给当地人,除非是地方标准之下

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and the lowest standards because they are not really self-regulating.

标准最低的地方，因为他们不是自治的。

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