We Really Don’t Know Anything

A king led his people in their tiny empire. They lived by the sea and caught fishes and made textiles from materials harvested in nearby forests and maintained herds and cultivated fields for crops.

The king had no queen or heirs. He was quite extraordinary in that he was placed in power over the people by force, having received the throne by command from visiting space aliens. They deposed the old king and his family and ate them and placed the new king in power, giving him command and wealth enough to keep order.