The thing that amazed Tang Mo the most was the country of Shu Country in the southwest of the Dahua Empire, which astonishingly had no monarch but operated under a parliamentary system.
However, this parliamentary system did not rely on elections or so-called "underworld cooking"; it was controlled by local nobility, and decisions were made entirely by a nobility committee.
When Tang Mo first learned of the system in place in Shu Country, he was surprised for a moment, and during the times when Tang Country was targeted by many countries, he wondered why Shu Country's system was not opposed by other nations.
He later discovered that this nobility-controlled parliament actually still operated under the feudal system, but had eliminated the role of the king or emperor. Everyone was afraid to assume absolute power, fearing they too might be eliminated, thus this system emerged.