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The political system of the Rzeczpospolita was regarded by the nobility as the best in the world, and the Polish Sejm as ( factually ) the oldest.

The system was frequently compared to Republican Rome and to the Greek polis -- though each of these eventually surrendered to imperial rule or to tyrants.

The Henrician Articles were considered to be the foundation of the system.

Every attempt to infringe on these laws was treated as a great crime.