Editing Gue'vesa (section)

==Gue'vesa and the Greater Good==
Depending on the source you may have very different perspectives about what is for a human to be a citizen of the Tau Empire, Imperial authorities will insist the turncoats are either sterilized, used as cannon fodder and/or live in the worst possible conditions, with stories about the Tau replacing human population from conquered worlds with their own race, indeed a grain of salt maybe required when listening to a faction which enslaves, lobotomizes, burns alive and uses as cannon fodder their own, not that this bothers the high echelons really much, neither you citizen.

On the other hand, tau centered material and even a few novels of Black Library show the integrated humans as having better life standards and liberties than those from the Imperium, with enlightened views such as the Gue'vesa being allowed to worship the Emperor (sans the most fanatical aspects), their planets receiving extensive terraforming treatment to heal the damage done by imperial industry and being allowed to access education, health and fair work treatment. It's important to notice this may actually depend on the level of stability of the planet, as Tau planets in state of warfare may put restrictions and even suspicion upon the Gue'vesa and confidence may demand to be earned. On the other hand, the Tau know what awaits Gue’vesa whom the Imperium captures and so probably aren’t very concerned about their human population’s fighting spirit. Backs to a corner and all.

In other works however, such as in the book Mont'ka, Imperials who were conquered by the Tau were sent to labour camps or offworld mining colonies without exception, so who knows what the fuck's going on.

And then you have the Fourth Sphere and its rampant xenophobia, which will happily turn on its own Gue'vesa forces at the first possible opportunity while declaring their supposed allies "superstitious" and in need of purging. The parallels of this to the Imperium's views are uncanny.

And then, just to confuse things even more, you have the Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM, books where Cain and Jurgen don't even realize they're driving next to Tau Sympathizers until they start screaming at them to go back to their Emperor. Judging from how the Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM, books show the most realistic depictions of Imperium worlds, this is most likely what it's really like. Not that much different from the Imperium, for both good and for ill, and depends on where exactly you are. After all a Hive World and a Paradise World are almost completely different universes due to the contrast.