Under Suleiman the Great, the Ottoman Empire grew larger and stronger, incorporating new territories in its borders, thus new groups of people as well. This resulted in an empire that had an abundance of different cultures and religions in its borders. The Sunni Islam was the state religion and it was set up higher in the hierarchy than the rest, but the empire had multiple others, including Orthodox Christian, Catholic, Armenian Christian, Jews. This made the empire a multicultural empire, though it has to be mentioned that the multiculturalism did not work well in this case, as the people of different cultures, ethnic groups, or religions were constantly rebelling against the suppressing Ottomans.
He proposed to fund the debt through a gradual schedule of dependable tax resources, assume state debts as a measure of good policy, and generate new revenue through western land sales and taxes on luxuries—notably, booze.
