This shows how weak the hermit is, juxtaposing the powerful king without an answer to a recused hermit with an answer that the king does not understand as he does not often do work.
No court system
No chief executive
Laws needed approval from nine of the thirteen states
Congress did not have the power to draft the army
Amendments must be approved by thirteen states
Congress did not have the power to collect state debts owed to the federal government