>>6033938A vast caravan of wagons and sleds arrives to the capital. By all intents it is a spectacle, a wonder, as singular ants pulling many more times their weight trundle on with such preposterous loads. It was as if entire towns, a whole of substance and mass was disassembled and placed onto innumerable wooden vehicles.
And what are they conveying? Paper! More paper in any one place than perhaps all but th most seasoned bureaucrats of the Confederation has seen. Whole giant trees nearly the size of the mountains whose leaves were many dozens of meters wide were laid bare of leaf, presses and stamped with rivers of ink pressed from gigantic flowers and colorful plants.
At their head a prince arrives along with a troupe of drummers.
"As requested, a census of every single Ant in the Imperia, starting with her Majesty the Queen herself. All 14,478 ants as of the time of writing, including indications of those whose lifespans were expected to expire upon completion of the census.
As per requirements indicated by your record, we have also completed the forms in duplicate, with additional records indicating that certain portions of the population who have expired prior to the second census as well as new ones that had been born."
