My lady, never a man in the wide world should have a fault to find with you. Your name
has gone out under heaven like the sweet
honor of some god-fearing king, who rules
in equity over the strong: his black lands bear
both wheat and barley, fruit trees laden bright,
new lambs at lambing time—and the deep sea
gives great hauls of fish by his good strategy,
his folk fare well.”

Based on the epic simile, the reader should envision Penelope as a queen who is

conscientious.
decisive.
judgmental.
righteous.

Righteous

Explanation:

Being righteous means being morally right or justifiable, free from sin and guilt.

From the epic simile, the reader should envision Penelope as a queen who is conscientious because she "...rules in equity", no fault is found in her, her "...name goes out under heaven" and her lands bear both wheat and barley.

Penelope is described as an epitome of righteousness.

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.