Zahard Empire

This is just a simple outline of the overall political structure of the Zahard Empire. Rules governing the Empire are unknown for now. Ranking is excluded for now because it's unknown how the Ranking Office fully determines a person's rank. Also, didn't include any of the helpers(disregarding the Princesses) because we know nothing about them except for 1(Luslec).

The King
The Zahard Empire is led by King Zahard. It rules over the first 134 Floors of both the Inner and Outer Towers. Its' Palaces are likely located on the 134th Floor.

The only exceptions are the Second Floor and Seventy-Seventh Floor in the Inner Tower.

For every Floor which is owned by a Great Family, it can be said they're ruling on behalf of the Zahard Empire.

The 3 Lords ruling in the King's stead
As the King is resting or hibernating in his Inner Palace, the 3 Lords take turns to rule in his place every 1000 years. The 3 lords have highest authority in all the politics of the tower, and have the final say on all items submitted by the 'Ruler's Conference.' They have discarded their surnames and use only their first name, to avoid being bound by heredity.

They are: Molic One P. GR(extremely conservative, the most powerful of the 3 Lords and whose influence rivals that of a Family head), Joochun(advocates progression, unproven rumour says that he's a drinking buddy of Urek Mazino) and Flux(political stance unknown, an artificial construct).

Molic One P. GR used to be the absolute ruler of the Molic area until Zahard managed to appease him to become one of the Three Lords.

The Ruling Families
First, there is the Zahard Family which consists of Zahard and the Princesses. In terms of power and influence in the Tower, they are the greatest and most influential family.

Next come the 10 Great Families who hold considerable power within the Zahard Empire and are counted as part of the Ruling Class. It's unknown if some or all of the 10 Great Warriors occupy a higher hierarchy, in terms of political influence. Quite a few of the 10 Great Families count at least 1 to 2 Princesses as their members, in addition to Rankers and High Rankers.

It's also been mentioned by Yu Han Sung during Ch 13 that the Koon Family lost its place in politics but it's unknown if they've regained their status.

It must be noted that after the Eurasia Enne Zahard incident, Eurasia Blossom forbade any of the Eurasia females from becoming Princesses. As a result, the family likely lost a lot of power due to that incident and would likely find it harder to regain political footing as a Princess likely carries a lot of political clout. And it is unlikely acquiring more High Rankers would regain its influence and power.

The Princesses
Most of the Princesses belong to a sect of elite female warriors who aid the Zahard rule by enforcing its power, defending the King's authority. They also spread their popularity, for propaganda purposes and to sustain the people's belief in the 10 Families and the Zahard legacy. Quite a few are very popular and are worshipped by the masses. And most of them belong to the 10 Great Families. It's also unknown how they individually fit into the political structure for now, outside of the Zahard Family.

Most of the Princesses are High Rankers while a few have never climbed the Tower like Repellista Zahard.

And some of the Princesses also assisted Zahard and the 10 Great Warriors by conquering some of the floor levels while the Empire was still expanding. These Princesses likely became the Rulers of the Floors they conquered too.

The Princesses are governed by a set of Rules:

1) They must not have a relationship with a man.

2) They must not marry.

3) They may not have a child.

These rules are to prevent Zahard's power from being spread recklessly and being misused by others coveting the Throne by getting his child. And they are definitely implemented to prevent wars of succession and even civil war.

Royal Guards
There are also Royal Guards led by Adori Zahard and it's unknown if the "guards" seen in Repellista's Palace are part of them or are ceremonial guards. From Author's notes in Ch 68, it is mentioned the Royal Guards and Royal Guides have the greatest loyalty towards Zahard, out of all the factions or groups within the hierarchy of the Zahard Empire.

Royal Guides
There is also a faction of Royal Guides who serve the Princesses. It's led by Evan Edrok, the Fast Ship who occupies the position of Chief Guide of the Zahard Royalty. Apart from guiding the Princesses, they also serve as their personal bodyguards.

Apparently, Alumik Edrok also serves as Butler to Repellista Zahard.

Military Police
It has been mentioned by SIU there is a military police but nothing is known about them so far.

Associated organisations
The Royal Enforcement Division is used to enforce punishment or rules on the shame of the Zahard Empire or Zahard Family. They serve King Zahard.

Inner Tower and the Tower's Rules
Apart from the 2nd and 77th Floors, the rest of the Floors are owned by a Great Family which in turn, reflects the will of the Zahard Empire. Ruler is a High Ranker, Testing Director is likely also a High Ranker(exception is Yu Han Sung who holds only Ranker but whose power is equal to that of a High Ranker), Testing Admins who are Rankers and support staff who're also Rankers or employed from the Da-an Tribe.

Despite the power and influence of the Zahard Empire, these personnel are still subjected to the Tower's Rules in the testing floors of the Inner Tower.


 * They may not change the Rules of the test and as a workaround, likely have to resort to adding rules.
 * They are to uphold the fairness of the Tower's Rules.
 * They are likely prohibited from involving any of the Regulars in political disputes.
 * They are likely prohibited from laying a hand on the Regulars

However, they still have managed to circumvent the rules by introducing the complicated testing procedures on the 2nd Floor, in order to preserve the stability of the Tower. How they've managed to do this is unknown so far. The following is possible: because the Ruler rules in the stead of a Great Family and if he is not from one, he is able to claim he doesn't reflect Zahard Empire's politics and that his rule will be impartial even though the Floor is owned by the Great Family.

Deification
King Zahard is apparently worshipped like a god and is essentially referred as "The Great King Zahard". It's unknown if any of the others from the hierarchal structure are included.

However, the 10 Family Heads are apparently viewed as the 10 Great Warriors which seems to confer an almost mythological status upon them.