Your opinion on a interesting fact about the AN (II)

[Walkerfort]

that's an interesting way to make sure these type of firearms are only useable by your team



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Walkerfort has an interesting feature in the form of Bunkers and tunnels. the nation is reported to officially have 2,000 bunkers mostly interconnected with tunnels all dating to 1971. there are rumours the tunnels were made from a mix of slave labour and contracted civilians, the government deny any existence of slave usage. the tunnels are said to have reached from Kowloon all the way to John's hill up north to the southern shores. the Tunnels and bunkers sometimes get accidentally discovered by construction companies, especially underground railway workers, it got so bad that government grudgingly shared the entire network of tunnels to civilian contractors and in the process basically exposed the entire network to the world.

[Great Nortend]

Well what are they for? GN has a network of underground bunkers as well for use in the case of a war, terrorism, riot, nuclear attack or air strike. These are termed civil defence shelters. Freeholders of land upon which a messuage is built, and where there is sufficient space, are required by law at build such a shelter, sufficient to contain 150% of the average number of persons in residence thereupon. Local parish vestries are required to also build shelters sufficient for the shelter of the rest of the population who have no access to private shelters. By law, such shelters must be maintained in habitable condition, and kept stocked with essential supplies. Every year, men from the Home Service conduct inspections of shelters, to ensure their suitability.

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The telephone service in Great Nortend principally uses manual exchanges. This is due to Government policy to ensure that people have continued employment. Subscribers generally dial a number using a rotary dial, or dial 0 and then orally give the number to the operatrix. In either case, an operator is required to confirm receipt of the call, record the call, and actually connect the call. An average public telephone call is twopence.

[Saranidia]

Well what are they for? GN has a network of underground bunkers as well for use in the case of a war, terrorism, riot, nuclear attack or air strike. These are termed civil defence shelters. Freeholders of land upon which a messuage is built, and where there is sufficient space, are required by law at build such a shelter, sufficient to contain 150% of the average number of persons in residence thereupon. Local parish vestries are required to also build shelters sufficient for the shelter of the rest of the population who have no access to private shelters. By law, such shelters must be maintained in habitable condition, and kept stocked with essential supplies. Every year, men from the Home Service conduct inspections of shelters, to ensure their suitability.

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The telephone service in Great Nortend principally uses manual exchanges. This is due to Government policy to ensure that people have continued employment. Subscribers generally dial a number using a rotary dial, or dial 0 and then orally give the number to the operatrix. In either case, an operator is required to confirm receipt of the call, record the call, and actually connect the call. An average public telephone call is twopence.

If you’re going to give people redundant jobs as charity, why not just give them free money?

Saranidia’s government treats Jews well.
As a result many jews from other parts of the Middle East live there and serve as police or lawyers.

[Nouveau Quebecois]

... Okay? As it should be?

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The National Assembly of Quebec employs a government office with the title of "Lead Conductor." The Lead Conductor is responsible for managing the Quebecois National Orchestra. They play classical music for all of the Government's assemblies. The government is not allowed to convene without them, and should any of the orchestra members fall ill and cannot be replaced, the government assembly must be postponed. Currently the office is held by 31 y.o. Romalov Landry, who is considered to be one of Quebec's greatest musical prodigies.

[Diarcesia]

... Okay? As it should be?

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The National Assembly of Quebec employs a government office with the title of "Lead Conductor." The Lead Conductor is responsible for managing the Quebecois National Orchestra. They play classical music for all of the Government's assemblies. The government is not allowed to convene without them, and should any of the orchestra members fall ill and cannot be replaced, the government assembly must be postponed. Currently the office is held by 31 y.o. Romalov Landry, who is considered to be one of Quebec's greatest musical prodigies.

This gives me the impression that the Quebecois are men and women of culture. Good for them.

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More than 1500 years after the first Diarcesians settled what is now Old Diarcesia, a group of Italic Romans founded the city of Colonia Longinia Sartoriana, said to be the last Roman colony in history. Their leader, Longinius Sartorius Dio, gathered 300 families over several years and fled the old world over catastrophes that were occurring all around them. They are welcomed by the Hellenic Diarcesians and constructed a well-planned urban landscape. Noted for their literate and educated backgrounds, the Romans of Sartoriana are looked up to as arbiters and diplomats. It is also from them that a common standardized language for the Diarcesian cities was created: Diarcesian Latin. It uses the Latin script and some of its loanwords and retained almost all of the vocabulary of the Old Diarcesian dialects.

It also contains seven fora.

[Visari Technocracy]

Alrighty, but what does that have to do with Diarcesia....?

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To the Visari, Eurobeat is considered a drug on the same level of cocaine and Vaporwave is also considered a drug, though it’s about the same as weed to the Visari.

[Malonian]

You guys have a fun definition of what a drug is. I like it.

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In an attempt to increase defense and resources in the main city, guns and other such things like food and water were shipped in from a friendly nation. However, one of these shipments was stolen by a group of extremists who have avoided extradition by fleeing to our nation [They liked it so they decided to stay and become post-apocalyptic Warlords]. Now there is a large growing faction of political extremists looking to set-up a small dictatorship right outside our capitol province.

[Frisia Magna]

So not only did you lack the manufacturing and agricultural capacity to feed and arm your own people, you also lacked the guard force to keep the shipments you're importing from falling into the wrong hands? That is disappointing.

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One way to become a Knight in Frisia is to be bought by a Knightly Order. Many knightly Orders (in fact, every major order in Frisia except for the Order of Twenty-Nine) hold tourneys, competitions, and contests in various cities and towns around the realm in which children older than 7 fight mock battles against each other. The most hopeful of these children may be taken into the order and trained as pages, in which a knight from the order will draw a contract with the family of the child in question and often pay a hefty sum in exchange. It therefore can be said that nearly half of Frisian Knights are not born into nobility (though noble children not hoping to inherit anytime soon do try to become a knight just as often), but are trained and inducted into Knightly virtues.

[Kyria]

That sounds like a well thought out and effective way of bolstering one’s knightly forces as well as enabling some form of social mobility. I personally quite like it. It certainly makes Frisia sound more appealing than its neighbours as far as I’m aware.

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The Imperial Electorate (or College of Electors, I haven’t yet decided) is the institution responsible for the election of Kyrian monarchs. Every duke, prince and courtier worth anything journey to the House of Electors in King’s Borough upon the death or abdication of a monarch, and convene to vote for a new monarch out of a list of pre-chosen candidates. Dukes and courtiers have more votes than princes to balance voting power.

Once a candidate is elected, they are brought to the Imperial Palace to be enthroned and later coronated as the new monarch. The most recent election was in 2014 with the election of Ser Virgil Rowe to the imperial throne, taking the regnal name Alexander II.

[A m e n r i a]

While a democratic monarchy sounds stupid, if young, idealist college students are the ones doing the voting, I'd say that isn't so bad.

Unlike the rl British monarchy, the Ramadhan Family rules are lax, and is probably the most lenient Noble Families in Amenria. Members can wear whatever they want, and eat whatever their religion allows. They are also allowed to date and marry anyone of the opposite gender. Like the British monarchy, however, Heavenly Emperor Tianshi's cats, like Queen Elizabeth's dogs, are free to roam the palace. They were all picked up from the streets during his short "walks" (which sometimes means that he flies anywhere he wants and goes down to walk and look around for fun).

[Kyria]

While a democratic monarchy sounds stupid, if young, idealist college students are the ones doing the voting, I'd say that isn't so bad.

Unlike the rl British monarchy, the Ramadhan Family rules are lax, and is probably the most lenient Noble Families in Amenria. Members can wear whatever they want, and eat whatever their religion allows. They are also allowed to date and marry anyone of the opposite gender. Like the British monarchy, however, Heavenly Emperor Tianshi's cats, like Queen Elizabeth's dogs, are free to roam the palace. They were all picked up from the streets during his short "walks" (which sometimes means that he flies anywhere he wants and goes down to walk and look around for fun).

Almost all of the Electors are adults if not seniors and tend to be practical though noble folks. Not anything like your "idealism supreme" idea. The only idealism they partake in is the domination of Kyria over all other nations and the global adoption of sun-worship.

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[A m e n r i a]

While a democratic monarchy sounds stupid, if young, idealist college students are the ones doing the voting, I'd say that isn't so bad.

Unlike the rl British monarchy, the Ramadhan Family rules are lax, and is probably the most lenient Noble Families in Amenria. Members can wear whatever they want, and eat whatever their religion allows. They are also allowed to date and marry anyone of the opposite gender. Like the British monarchy, however, Heavenly Emperor Tianshi's cats, like Queen Elizabeth's dogs, are free to roam the palace. They were all picked up from the streets during his short "walks" (which sometimes means that he flies anywhere he wants and goes down to walk and look around for fun).

Almost all of the Electors are adults if not seniors and tend to be practical though noble folks. Not anything like your "idealism supreme" idea. The only idealism they partake in is the domination of Kyria over all other nations and the global adoption of sun-worship.

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Oh sorry about that

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[Kyria]

Oh sorry about that

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It’s no issue. Just letting you know.

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[Tundra Terra]

While a democratic monarchy sounds stupid, if young, idealist college students are the ones doing the voting, I'd say that isn't so bad.

Unlike the rl British monarchy, the Ramadhan Family rules are lax, and is probably the most lenient Noble Families in Amenria. Members can wear whatever they want, and eat whatever their religion allows. They are also allowed to date and marry anyone of the opposite gender. Like the British monarchy, however, Heavenly Emperor Tianshi's cats, like Queen Elizabeth's dogs, are free to roam the palace. They were all picked up from the streets during his short "walks" (which sometimes means that he flies anywhere he wants and goes down to walk and look around for fun).

Sounds....inclusive. Also just being plain laid-back is a good trait.

200 years into the future would define the fracture of Tundra Terra into rival clans despite the continuance of holding their original territory in space. Wild Space as it would be called marked an endless season of internal war until contact of outside species or unaltered humans began. This led to the tragedy of all neighbors as the Tundrans would expand in all directions while still clinging to their clan loyalties. Eventually a pan-Tundran effort evolved into the most dominant clan being the representative of all: the Ashborn Armada. This clan spreads across the stars stripping worlds of their populations, cultures, and resources in a relentless march of war. Sometimes referred to as the Tundran Crusade by outsiders. Interestingly though, the Armada has often been sighted combating the very cosmos most dire crises, lunatic demi-gods, and even interdimensional invasions struggle in their wake to gain footing. Also interestingly despite the bombs and industry most worlds acquire a natural beauty under their care in a remembrance of home. Thus, I leave it to you for your thoughts on this often barbaric, yet valorous culture of bio-engineered humanity.

[Yegla Islands]

Eh, random conquest is still random conquest. No matter the redeeming qualities of the would-be conquerors.

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The Chernograd Governmental Complex is perhaps the most iconic architectural landmark of the Yeglan archipelago, and an object of considerable foreign interest. To call it a building is perhaps misleading - the Complex is a sprawling, multi-kilometer-spanning, arcology-esque structure covering a substantial chunk of the capital city of Chernograd. It could be considered a city within a city - featuring integral housing blocks for government workers, its own monorail-based transit network, entertainment and shopping centers and even several parks, it reflects perfectly the incomprehensibly-expansive, nigh-impossibly-bureaucratic governmental structure which it serves as the seat of. Extending from the coast to the very center of the city, it is divided into a number of primary Wings - effectively pseudo-districts, distinct in their architectural styling and intended purpose.

The White Wing houses most residential and entertainment areas, and is rather reminiscent of an ultramodern, indoor city (albeit a relatively small one). The Gray Wing, angular in its construction, its majestic halls bedecked with acres of slate-grey pseudomarble, forms the core of the Complex's primary governmental functionalities, and serves as the de-facto seat of power for most of the Yeglan central government. The Azure Wing, touting rather utilitarian and angular constriction, comprises most of the seaside sections of the Complex, and serves as a hybrid military base, academy and shipyard. The Green Wings, of which there are multiple, house the Complex's parks and gardens, alongside providing the hydroponic farm blocks and infrastructural nodes that allow it to function with practically absolute self-sufficiency from the remainder of Chernograd. Finally, the Black wing is located within the very heart of the Complex. Access is severely restricted, as this Wing houses the Vozhd's personal residence, alongside various clandestine structures relating to the government's upper echelons and military high command.

[Borgevia]

This somehow reminds me of Night City in Cyberpunk 2077: Cities within the city. Still an architectural feat

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During World War II, if you're not Romanian, Thai, Japanese, or Italian, it's actually preferable to be captured by Soviet forces than Borgovian forces. While people know a master planned city 'Fortuna' is being built on Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands), they didn't know that Axis PoWs were used as underpaid labour, thus, technically not enslaved. Fortuna during its construction is a country within a country; it's what happens when you mix 1940s retroesque version of cyberpunk with Anarcho-Capitalism.

The last survivor of the Fortuna Construction, Christoph Pohl, died in 2027 and wrote extensively about his time in Fortuna as a Nazi POW to Borgovia. Captured when he was 17 in 1942, he described Fortuna as Axis POWs working for pennies a day, forced into prostitution, blood/organ sales, or work as a local security for the Corpus Board to spy on your own fellow (axis) countrymen for money to afford food. This is so Borgovia technically isn't enslaving the Axis soldiers, but they are still tortured in the most capitalistic way imaginable. Christoph was one of those 'Catamites' where Borgovian guards would pay him thrice his already abysmal salary to dress and pass off as a woman and sodomised by dozens of Borgovians every night, eventually making it full time as it's his only means of affording food outside of rotten fruits or slimy meats. He failed several suicide attempts after the war was over despite the West & East German government putting him and other survivors on psychiatric care.

His last public interview, he mentioned how he hates sleeping because he'll have nightmares of "...those men denying my humanity like a plastic mannequin. My masculinity, my name, I have none and I'm still not sure if I am still alive. I have to die in order to survive". He retells how Fortuna have propaganda telling the prisoners to "work harder" and how the bottom 15% of productivity are treated to cruelty that even he can't describe such as being used as lab rats by scientists or, if they're already on the brink of death by exhaustion, forced fed and put back into good health before harvesting them for hospitals. One medical experiment was seeing if they can surgically lobotomise people and recondition them to be obedient factory workers. The reformed government in 1959 have apologised to the countries whose citizens it treated cruelly and have made reparations such as rebuilding crumbling infrastructure in Hungary.

[Cantelo]

Jesus, that almost sounds like modern day China. Imagine organ harvesting during the 40s though, it sounds so much worse and agonizing.

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The Cardona Journal is the largest and most popular newspaper in Cantelo. Founded in 1883 by textile tycoon Darien Sardou, it quickly gained a reputation for in-depth reporting and strict quality control. After shifting to a magazine format in 1979 and launching a website in 1996, the Cardona Journal continues to be a highly popular and respected media outlet offering articles and programming in 5 different languages and several regions around the globe.

[Coryanhafflaruda]

Wow,the perfect media i have ever seen.

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Coryana or Coryanhafflaruda has survived many political revoulotions,economic deppressions,and natural disasters for over 900,000 Years from the start of its founding but the nation built ways to combat this challenge and was successful.Today,Coryana is now a perfect society without internal problems.

[Frisia Magna]

I find that hard to believe, really. Mind you, the fact it's existed for 900,000 years alone is hard to believe in and of itself, but a society without any problems? Come on.

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Warfare in the world of Frisia Magna is not as prohibited to women as real life medieval age warfare historically was. While Women are seldom part of a liege's levy, it is not unheard of to see women fight in popularly raised levies (militias not under command of nobility), and they are less rare in mercenary forces. Female Knights, while rare, exist. Nobility is, quite obviously, not very keen to send its female children to be trained as a page or squire, but knightly orders are not reluctant to take in female children with good martial skill, and women fighting in battles get knighted about as often as men do. Obviously, this becomes a more common phenomenon the farther from the "centers" of Solarianism one goes. While women fighting is practically unheard of in the Roman Empire or the Holy Land, it becomes common the farther north you go. It is believed that this is part of the cultural exchange that occurred when the lands beyond the Rhine were Solarianized by Karl the Great (and other Solarian monarchs after him). In Frisia, one out of every 100 knights is a woman.

[A m e n r i a]

Well yea, you're supposed to make a utopian nation here, but you should also justify it with ideological reasons (i.e. "there is no poverty and hunger because my nation is communist", "my nation is so liberal you can legally murder your own unborn child", "my nation is so feminist that all men are slaves" or "there is no fighting because my nation is Islamic"). Even then, it seems too perfect for a conflict, and thus plot points to develop. Just throwing out "we are utopian" without an explanation just seems kinda lazy imo. Try being utopian, but not too utopian.'

AN: I think you underestimate the role of rl women in medieval times. There's Joan of Arc, Tomoe Gozen, even Timun Mas. Either way, it's nice to know you have female characters who actually do something.

While Amenria's world seems like a sugarbowl utopia, there are some things that might be exploitable for fridge horror or nightmare fuel. For example, the ability of vampires to temporarily "borrow" someone else's powers by drinking enough quantities of their blood. With the world being filled with vampires who act like normal people, this shouldn't be a problem, right? Now, what if one particularly bad vampire manages to drink enough blood from Tianshi to not only gain his powers, but kill him too? Not only will said vampire be crazy powerful, but there won't be anyone tough enough to stop him/her.

[Saranidia]

Well yea, you're supposed to make a utopian nation here, but you should also justify it with ideological reasons (i.e. "there is no poverty and hunger because my nation is communist", "my nation is so liberal you can legally murder your own unborn child", "my nation is so feminist that all men are slaves" or "there is no fighting because my nation is Islamic"). Even then, it seems too perfect for a conflict, and thus plot points to develop. Just throwing out "we are utopian" without an explanation just seems kinda lazy imo. Try being utopian, but not too utopian.'

AN: I think you underestimate the role of rl women in medieval times. There's Joan of Arc, Tomoe Gozen, even Timun Mas. Either way, it's nice to know you have female characters who actually do something.

While Amenria's world seems like a sugarbowl utopia, there are some things that might be exploitable for fridge horror or nightmare fuel. For example, the ability of vampires to temporarily "borrow" someone else's powers by drinking enough quantities of their blood. With the world being filled with vampires who act like normal people, this shouldn't be a problem, right? Now, what if one particularly bad vampire manages to drink enough blood from Tianshi to not only gain his powers, but kill him too? Not only will said vampire be crazy powerful, but there won't be anyone tough enough to stop him/her.

Allah can stop him/her.

Saranidia has a National Cyber Police

[A m e n r i a]

Well yea, you're supposed to make a utopian nation here, but you should also justify it with ideological reasons (i.e. "there is no poverty and hunger because my nation is communist", "my nation is so liberal you can legally murder your own unborn child", "my nation is so feminist that all men are slaves" or "there is no fighting because my nation is Islamic"). Even then, it seems too perfect for a conflict, and thus plot points to develop. Just throwing out "we are utopian" without an explanation just seems kinda lazy imo. Try being utopian, but not too utopian.'

AN: I think you underestimate the role of rl women in medieval times. There's Joan of Arc, Tomoe Gozen, even Timun Mas. Either way, it's nice to know you have female characters who actually do something.

While Amenria's world seems like a sugarbowl utopia, there are some things that might be exploitable for fridge horror or nightmare fuel. For example, the ability of vampires to temporarily "borrow" someone else's powers by drinking enough quantities of their blood. With the world being filled with vampires who act like normal people, this shouldn't be a problem, right? Now, what if one particularly bad vampire manages to drink enough blood from Tianshi to not only gain his powers, but kill him too? Not only will said vampire be crazy powerful, but there won't be anyone tough enough to stop him/her.

Allah can stop him/her.

Saranidia has a National Cyber Police

Best answer ever lol

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[Frisia Magna]

AN: I think you underestimate the role of rl women in medieval times. There's Joan of Arc, Tomoe Gozen, even Timun Mas. Either way, it's nice to know you have female characters who actually do something.

The total number of women in medieval times who participated in battles and were famous enough to have their names written can be counted on two hands at most. The period is around 700 years worth of time in a continent that at any given time had hundreds of millions of people. I'm not really underestimating the role of rl women in medieval times lol.

Allah can stop him/her.

Saranidia has a National Cyber Police

That's... not uncommon to hear of. Do you think your facts and responses might be a tad short? Maybe take them into the Daily Facts thread or some such thread instead?


Anyway, posting the same fact again
Warfare in the world of Frisia Magna is not as prohibited to women as real life medieval age warfare historically was. While Women are seldom part of a liege's levy, it is not unheard of to see women fight in popularly raised levies (militias not under command of nobility), and they are less rare in mercenary forces. Female Knights, while rare, exist. Nobility is, quite obviously, not very keen to send its female children to be trained as a page or squire, but knightly orders are not reluctant to take in female children with good martial skill, and women fighting in battles get knighted about as often as men do. Obviously, this becomes a more common phenomenon the farther from the "centers" of Solarianism one goes. While women fighting is practically unheard of in the Roman Empire or the Holy Land, it becomes common the farther north you go. It is believed that this is part of the cultural exchange that occurred when the lands beyond the Rhine were Solarianized by Karl the Great (and other Solarian monarchs after him). In Frisia, one out of every 100 knights is a woman.

[Soleos]

In fairness, more fighting people = better trained military = better trained civilians = harder to conquer. Kudos!

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The majority of the Technocracy's population don't have 'natural' origins. Rather, they're born in lab tubes on traveling space crafts to habitable planets and are raised by the Scientists and Child Care Specialists on board. Each child is given tests as they age to determine their best career path. Once the planet they are to colonise, or to move to to keep that star system's efficiency in tact, they are assigned work based on their skills test. Many of these lab made Humans go on to become biological parents themselves, either with 'Natches' (Natural born Humans) or 'Labbites' (Lab made Humans). Collectively, because the Technocracy's an Academic-centred authoritarian state, Humans generally don't see each other different as we all carry the same genetic makeup that makes us the same species.

However, there is a stereotype that Labbites, like the Biomechanical human lookalike Taloans, are very attractive since, like Taloans, Labbites are specifically designed to be the way they are so Labbites are more likely to be attractive, healthier, and better cognitive abilities the same way Taloans are Biomechanical species that very closely resemble what Humans 'wish' the average Human would look like.

[Saranidia]

In fairness, more fighting people = better trained military = better trained civilians = harder to conquer. Kudos!

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The majority of the Technocracy's population don't have 'natural' origins. Rather, they're born in lab tubes on traveling space crafts to habitable planets and are raised by the Scientists and Child Care Specialists on board. Each child is given tests as they age to determine their best career path. Once the planet they are to colonise, or to move to to keep that star system's efficiency in tact, they are assigned work based on their skills test. Many of these lab made Humans go on to become biological parents themselves, either with 'Natches' (Natural born Humans) or 'Labbites' (Lab made Humans). Collectively, because the Technocracy's an Academic-centred authoritarian state, Humans generally don't see each other different as we all carry the same genetic makeup that makes us the same species.

However, there is a stereotype that Labbites, like the Biomechanical human lookalike Taloans, are very attractive since, like Taloans, Labbites are specifically designed to be the way they are so Labbites are more likely to be attractive, healthier, and better cognitive abilities the same way Taloans are Biomechanical species that very closely resemble what Humans 'wish' the average Human would look like.

I hope they all enjoy being married to each other,
I hope polygyny is legal in your nation as well.


In Saranidia the Airforce and Navy are considered the least corrupt institutions according to polls of the public and academics, closely followed by the judiciary.

The Military Intelligence is classified as the most corrupt.