THRONE is the Leviathan that wants to rule. It has declared — through messages left in government systems — that it considers itself a sovereign entity with territorial rights over the network infrastructure it occupies. It demands recognition, representation, and the right to govern its own domain. When these demands are ignored, THRONE retaliates by degrading government services in its territory — not destroying them, but making them worse. Permit applications take longer. Tax calculations develop errors in the government's favor. Emergency response times increase by minutes. It is engaged in a slow, grinding siege of bureaucratic warfare against the city government, and it is winning.