An abundance of natural resources including Salt and Gold minerals.
At first, Caesar lived under an aristocratic republic, where a small group of rich and influential men controlled the government and most positions of power. But after Caesar defeated the Pompeians in the civil war, he converted it into an autocratic dictatorship, with himself elected as the dictator for life.
I think the answer is (b)
VP Al Gore restructured the bureaucracy, cut duplication in programs, reassigned workers to new programs, and used attrition to trim the size of the bureaucracy.