Perozgarism

Perozgarism is the political system associated with the Brilliant Restoration of 831 under Emperor of Tarsia Perozgar the Restorer. The Restoration ended the 1,600-year long Low Antiquity in Tarsia and the greater Pastist world, and inaugurated a number of features that remain dominant or normative in large swathes of the Pastist world today.

The central element of Perozgarism was the emphasis on heroic, epic dramatism as the demonstration and enforcement (nomophany) of Pastism and Arta, positioned specifically against its quotidian enforcement by dams in Low Antiquity. At the level of the state, this translated to an emphasis on instantial pursuits of prestige, such as massive conquests or construction projects waged with religious fervor, over rationalized, bureaucratic, and routine management as associated with the White Order. The dramatism of the state itself was to produce awe of Tanumanic caliber and act out Arta, rooting its authority far beyond its administrative capacity, something described as hvarena. The historical application of Perozgarism has been very much corresponding, resulting in the dismantling of parochial dam authority, and their replacement by more lenient, but also militaristic, aristocratic elites focused on grand purpose-imbued projects.

The Perozgarist state of Tarsia possessed an ability to morph between a loose confederation of aristocratic peers ceremonially united by the Emperor (very much the pre-Restoration norm), and a tightly centralized, highly effective state able to wage massive campaigns. This underlaid its longevity and continued vitality to modern times. Perozgarist projects in other parts of the Pastic world were less successful to this regard, but related transformations were still far-reaching, producing for example in Varasan a revolution in the idea and use of the concept of personality.