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* [[Disc One Nuke]]: They held many advantages over most of their rivals for the first few hundred years, including a much more efficient civil service, higher levels of literacy, much more per capita GDP, and much more efficient military that was one of the earliest to make widespread use of firearms. Early on most of their rivals were
** When the other rivals caught up and when the Ottomans fell behind, this trope ceased to apply, to the point their empire was considered for carving up by other European powers by [[World War I]].
* [[Elite Army]]: The Janissary, or "new soldier" troops were designed as such. They were intended to be absolutely loyal to the sultan, expertly trained and educated, and were some of the earliest military forces in the world to [[Disc One Nuke|be proficient in the widespread use of firearms]].
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