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"Well, if we don't get a planetary monarchy to keep order, this planet will decivilize like anything in the Old Federation."

From Space Viking by Piper, H. Beam

Then they started to decivilize, down to the pre-mechanical level—wind and water power and animal power.

From Space Viking by Piper, H. Beam