How strictly do you play that rogues "own no land and are not clearly employed in any respectable sense?" An obvious...

How strictly do you play that rogues "own no land and are not clearly employed in any respectable sense?" An obvious counter-example would seem to be Conan in the later stories like "The Hour of the Dragon" or "The Scarlet Citadel." Is there no room for tales of the fates of kingdoms and empires?