In the conference room, the Ministry of Rites Official from the Dahua Empire envied the Tang Country officials' privilege of wearing watches of city-level value on their wrists.
What he didn't know was that the apparently invaluable watch worn on the opponent's wrist was actually standard issue for officials within Tang Country. Every person was given one upon taking their position, and engraved on the back cover were the four big characters for "Serve the Country with Utmost Loyalty."
Tang Country treated its officials quite well; many senior officials were assigned frighteningly powerful Rolls-Royce luxury cars.
Even mid-level managers had access to official cars, and these vehicles were of no lesser quality. In other nations, even the nobility might not afford such luxury cars.