Board Thread:Roleplay Ideas/@comment-26444332-20160805001309/@comment-26444332-20160805153857

You have these three options:

Impoverished slaves and farmers as the majority.

Lazy citizens who refuse to go into military service (this is the reason the Empire is in the state it's in, because they refuse to do proper training and the law says that service is optional for full citizens).

Nobles who can ride horses and hold expensive lances but get cut to pieces once they stop moving.