//------------------------------// // Bonus Chapter 008: Notes on IAF Ideological and Political Warfare // Story: Forward again, and again, and again. // by Zaravan //------------------------------// The IAF make heavy use of the Ideology of such basic tenants as free speech, the banishment of archaic practices such as slavery and indentured servitude, basic education, as well as the creation of a government of democratically elected officials. The prime targets of this Ideological warfare are the lower classes of the low-tech and borderline barbarian kingdoms that the IAF usually come into conflict with. Those that the IAF attempts to influence are those such as serfs, peasants and disgruntled, less affluent Barons and lords. Often, the IAF will spread their influence through the deployment of 'Preachers', smooth-talking public orators who attempt to convince listeners about the benefits of living under the IAF's banner using plain, language understandable to the common man, alongside passionate, fiery rhetoric. Converting these wretched serfs, living under the local lord's whip that life under the IAF is far more free and beneficial has many upsides, usually creating a greater pool of manpower to watch over Occupied Provinces, as well as destabilizing belligerent Kingdoms and Governments.