Oh, really? A colonel I worked for impressed on me the fundamental merit of always judging a situation by how a lance corporal (a young rifleman) would be treated in the same situation. It is a great way to mentally separate the effect of power and influence from the human issues involved.

Imagine an impoverished Polish farmer irking the central government enough to earn him a summons to Warsaw. I rather doubt he would be chatting about his problems with the foreign minister's wife.

Perhaps you are unaware of what it means to be an attache, but they are generally sent for a few years. They are most certainly moved to the country.