Since the amount of choice was too much, Ves thought it was useful to narrow down the list.
"The first decision we need to make is whether we want to enroll Marvaine into a Terran or Rubarthan line of schools. Say what you want about those two groups, they are still superior to the educational institutions of 'lesser' first-rate states."
Even first-raters weren't all the same.
It used to be irrelevant to make this distinction in the past because Ves was still far away from reaching this level.
Yet now that their son had a chance to enter a first-class education track right from the beginning, it became a lot more acute for Ves to learn the hierarchy and general relations of different first-rate states!
A simple analysis of this large and diverse collection of first-rate states reminded Ves of the old situation of the Komodo Star Sector.
