Social Banditry

A host of social and economic problems in our nation have led to an eruption of highway banditry throughout the realm. Banditry has become so prolific that some cities have not received a single trade caravan in months.\n\nSeveral bandit leaders are seen as folk heroes by the local populace, bravely resisting the rule of the parasitic state of our nation, founding new frontier towns, and recruiting local labor. Drawing into their ranks Hindus and Muslims, toddy-tappers and smiths, the bandits have attracted widespread support.\n\nA direct military confrontation with the bandits would solve the immediate problem if we could root them out from their makeshift forts. However, the problem is only likely to resurface if we do not address the social and economic factors that make the bandits powerful and popular.