After joining the group, Jiang Ye immediately clicked on the group members.
The group owner was Li Nannan.
The remaining nine people were from three planets.
And their titles were quite interesting:
[Commander of Leng'an Star] [Governor of Leng'an Star] [Godfather of Leng'an Star]
[Commander of Haar Star] [Governor of Haar Star] [High Priest of Haar Star]
[Commander of Binglü Star] [Governor of Binglü Star] [Democratic Representative of Binglü Star]
Jiang Ye knew at a glance that the first two planets must be very primitive, even needing religion to control their populace. The last planet, Binglü Star, might be more developed, having already established a democratic system.
A message popped up in the group.
Li Nannan: @Jiang Ye, welcome, welcome! Once you join, we're family! Please change your nickname according to the format: Planet Name + Title.
Jiang Ye was stunned. It felt like he had time-traveled; the welcome message was so similar to QQ groups back in the day!
Commander of Leng'an Star: Welcome, welcome!
Governor of Binglü Star: Another big shot has arrived!
High Priest of Haar Star: Newcomer, show us your face!
Jiang Ye quickly flattered them, "Hello, great lords! I'm here to pay my respects!"
He liked the atmosphere in the group. Although they were all rulers and leaders of their respective planets, they weren't stern or rigid, but rather quite lively. Jiang Ye had been worried that everyone would speak in diplomatic jargon, which would be too stifling.
Jiang Ye: @Li Nannan, what is my planet called?
Li Nannan: Jiang Ye Star. For now, it's named after you, but you can change it later.
Jiang Ye modified his group nickname to [Commander of Jiang Ye Star].
High Priest of Haar Star: @Commander of Jiang Ye Star, where is your planet's governor? And the third-in-command? Why aren't they in the group?
Jiang Ye: My planet doesn't have a governor yet, nor a third-in-command for now. I'm new here and don't understand the situation. May I ask, lords, is it mandatory to have a third-in-command? I am currently the Commander, so must the governor be someone else? Can I also serve as the governor?
Governor of Binglü Star: No, according to the regulations of the Galactic Empire, military, political, and religious representatives must be different individuals.
High Priest of Haar Star: However, you can have your relatives hold important positions. For example, on our Haar Star, the Commander is the de facto supreme leader, the governor is the Commander's first wife, and I am the Commander's third wife. Oh, right, our planet has a special marriage system; it can be polygynous or polyandrous.
Jiang Ye: Good heavens, if I may be so bold, why isn't your Commander's second wife holding an important position?
High Priest of Haar Star: She died.
Jiang Ye wanted to slap himself. Why did he have to ask such a question!
Jiang Ye: I'm so sorry, so sorry! I'll slap myself!
High Priest of Haar Star: Hahaha, it's okay. The Commander's second wife died many years ago. The Commander has many wives; he doesn't care about losing one or two, and he might even give you a few, hahaha!
Jiang Ye's forehead was covered in black lines. He could feel that this High Priest of Haar Star was very open-minded, but his remarks were just too open-minded.
Commander of Leng'an Star: That's right, you can have your trusted subordinates hold nominal positions. For example, on my planet, I am the one in power, my brother holds the title of governor, and my husband is the godfather.
Jiang Ye understood and thanked them repeatedly.
It seemed that power could still be held by one person, but the nominal positions needed to be filled by others.
Jiang Ye had already decided that once he got married, he would have his wife serve as governor.
And then have a child, whether a son or daughter, and let the child be the democratic representative from birth. Becoming a third-in-command of a planet while still sucking on a pacifier.
That's right, I want to have absolute control! Jiang Ye smiled.
Li Nannan: Little Jiang, why haven't you filled in your account's personal information? Please fill it in quickly. Once it's done, everyone in the group will be able to see your personal information and understand your situation, saving them from asking one by one. You can also view the personal information of others in the group.
Jiang Ye: Alright, alright! I'll fill it in now!
He opened his personal account and filled in the information from top to bottom.
There were an overwhelming number of information fields. The first dozens were all trivial details like age, blood type, height, skin type, etc., much like information on a matchmaking website.
In the occupation field, Jiang Ye filled in Commander of Jiang Ye Star.
A prompt immediately popped up, requiring professional certification, followed by a facial recognition interface.
Jiang Ye brought his face closer and scanned it. The certification was successful.
Then, the information fields below completely changed, becoming many planet-related details.
The first item:
Your colony's current development index is:
Jiang Ye filled in [3700].
Is your planet unified?
And a large number of colony officials have not yet gathered in the residential area, [No].
Your planet's primary political system is:
Jiang Ye pondered. He wasn't sure what to call the current residential area's system. It seemed like some form of democracy, but there were no specific organs.
He recalled the history lessons he had learned: constitutional monarchy, democratic republic, feudal monarchy—none of them seemed to fit.
He had to ask Li Nannan.
Li Nannan was decisive, "Your area is currently a standard military dictatorship, and you are the dictator."
Jiang Ye was shocked. "I've become a dictator just like that?"
Upon closer thought, it seemed true. There were no other officials in the entire residential area except for the military and police, and he was the one in charge of both. Everything was decided by him. Wasn't that a dictator?
It took over ten minutes to fill in the information, and it was finally completed.
Unexpectedly, as soon as his information was displayed, he was met with group ridicule.
Real group ridicule, the entire group was mocking him!
Commander of Leng'an Star: Holy cow? The development index is less than ten thousand? Is it a tribe?
High Priest of Haar Star: Hahahaha, what the heck, did you miss a zero in the development index? @Governor of Binglü Star, you have someone to be at the bottom with you now, two little trash.
Governor of Binglü Star: Heaven has eyes! I'm finally not at the bottom of the group!
Jiang Ye was surprised and hurriedly clicked on the information of the three individuals to check their colony development indices.
Development Index of Haar Star: 125800
Development Index of Leng'an Star: 87000
Development Index of Binglü Star: 4000
He didn't know until he checked. He realized his true status; it was like a newbie in the starting village had stumbled into a group of top big shots!
Especially the development indices of Haar Star and Leng'an Star; even their trailing zeros were higher than Jiang Ye's colony. The difference was tens of times.
The group members laughed for a long time, the atmosphere was very jovial. Li Nannan even joined in mocking Jiang Ye, which was quite excessive.
Especially the Governor of Binglü Star, who was overjoyed.
Governor of Binglü Star: Being at the bottom isn't so bad, it gives a grounded feeling, very solid. @Commander of Jiang Ye Star, do you feel this groundedness?
Governor of Binglü Star: Brother Jiang Ye, you are truly a gift from heaven. After enduring for so long, I'm finally not the youngest in this group anymore!
Governor of Binglü Star: Hahaha, so it turns out that to improve your ranking, you don't need to work hard. Brother Jiang Ye, you can wait for other less developed planets to join the group, then you won't be at the bottom anymore.
Reading his smug, rapid-fire messages, Jiang Ye was speechless.
His own colony had a development index of 3700.
The development index of Binglü Star, although higher, was only 4000.
A mere difference of three hundred, was that a lot?
Jiang Ye: @Governor of Binglü Star, sorry, brother, I plan to start a major development project soon, so you might return to the bottom position in a few days.
The Governor of Binglü Star became anxious upon hearing this. "Don't do that! Why compete? Don't be so comparative!"
Jiang Ye: "Right, right, right, no comparisons. Brother, please don't develop, I'll break four thousand in a few days. I definitely won't mock you then."