While Kahn had become an undisputed overlord of the Verlassen fiefdom in just the matter of two months by strategically taking out his opposition and people from the three factions who were bound to be his enemies sooner in one way or another, while giving them no time to react… the top three noble factions of the Rakos empire had nothing but a severe headache because of his actions.
When Kahn won the Emperor's Chosen competition, they all thought that… more likely knew that he'd only be ruler in just the name and won't actually hold any authority over it.
Because the government was theirs, the military was controlled by them and even the economic sector was ruled by the business organizations and corporations that were also part of their factions and clans.