Roukabi's Clan

The Kingdom of Murloss wasn't always at war with the more free-spirited sector of its governed. But since King Erloss's sudden death, his pragmatic Queen gave herself full control over the city, with a great interest in its exports and imports. Through what many suspect to have been bribery and threats, the Queen turned her late husband's land into a corporate state.
First it was the smog. The stars are what Arcanites are closest to; it is their way of resonating with the world. Complaints rose to the royal chambers that the foundries blotted out the sky and kept Murloss's people from connecting to the stars. A starless sky does not insipre knowledge or art. The Queen nodded approvingly at this. Now the people's gazes can focus soley on her.
Then it was the labor. To keep Murloss moving, The Queen said, they can't be wasting time on superficial hobbies, and must wisely spend time helping Murloss's wealth grow. This, in turn, helps their wealth grow.
(The Queen likes to use 'they' to refer to the people.)
With all the new economic expansions The Queen created, she needed workers. She plucked the writers, scholars, and artists of Murloss and placed them in her foundries. The more they resisted, the more she advocated for their 'relocation'.
They didn't cry out so much after spending days in the mines and mills.
Then it was the guards. The Queen enlisted the Royal Guard of maintaining a new curfew, overseeing transactions, determining which books were useful and which were not. Curriculums changed. Some books no longer printed. The people felt a shift in the kingdom's atmosphere, and not because of the pollution. Color began to drain out of the city.
The Queen noted this. They would learn, in time, that she only acted to keep them safe. To keep them from breaking the stable walls and amasses of wealth that made Murloss so powerful. She was doing them a grand favor. Them, and their offspring.
And as long as the people don't dare to raise their heads to the stars as they used to, then Murloss's Gilded Age can continue as long as the Queen wishes it to.