Complex sentence: It remains united chiefly through religious fanaticism and threats of brutal disciplinary force, while teetering on the verge of collapse due to a combination of war, technological stagnation, and bureaucratic inefficiency.
Split into simpler sentences: It remains united chiefly through religious fanaticism and threats of brutal disciplinary force. It teeters on the verge of collapse due to a combination of war, technological stagnation, and bureaucratic inefficiency.