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Political Innovations

Political System

Hierarchical Institutions

  National Governance - Oligarchic Magocracy by the Anarchs, whose members are chosen from the Kymosian Wizards.   Province Governance - Absolute rule by assigned Tharchions chosen by the Anarchs.   Citizenship - Restricted to people of Mulani and Rashemi ethnicity.   Age of Adulthood (In Majority Species) - 18   Policing - Militarized Police Force (Tharchions police their provinces with their legions and militarized police forces, with the difference between police and army being minimal).   Church and State - Total Separation (While many religious organizations may hold popular sway, the state associates and is controlled by no specific religious institution).   Bureaucratic Systems - Assigned System (Bureaucrats are appointed by rulers to serve their best interest).   Army Model - Professional Legions and Mass Conscription (The army consists of many legions owned by Anarchs and Tharchions, these armies consisting of both well trained regulars and slave armies. The government reserves the right to conscript citizens into the army at any time).   Internal Security - Secret Police (Both magical and mundane institutions keep track of radical and criminal elements and oppose them using any method).  

Economic Institutions

  Economic System - Traditional Economy focused on Slave Labor   Economic Focus - Majority Agrarianism and Mining.   Slavery - Chattel Slavery, Criminal Slavery, and Debt Slavery.   Slave Trade - Supported and Expanding.   Banking - Centralized Banking run by the State.   Taxation Laws - Per Capita Taxation (Flat rate for all adults with incomes).   Trade Policy - Mercantilism (This country focuses on exports with an emphasis on competing with other nations in the global market).  

Social Instituions

  Cultural Prejudice - State Sponsored Ethnic Supremacy (The State considers Mulani peoples to be at the top of the social food chain, and considers all others not as valuable or important).   Racial Prejudice - Mulani Ethnostate (Non-Mulani peoples are actively discriminated against, and non-humans are often enslaved).   Gender or Sex Prejudice - Equal Suffrage (All genders and sexes can own property, and hold positions in government equally, with no major cultural biases towards any specific gender).   Migration Controls - Migration Controls (Only humans may migrate here legally, and only Mulani peoples are free to travel as they wish).   Schooling - Magical Schooling (The state tests and examines it's population regularly for magical talent, sponsoring many Kymosian Wizard-run schools specifically for them, mundane children are to be educated by tutors or their parents).   Health System - No Health System (The state does not fund any healthcare, hospitals are independent or run by religious institutions).   Welfare - No social security measures,.   Free Labor Rights - Serfdom Abolished (Rural Peasants are Free and are not tied to their land and its master).   Minimum Wage Laws - No.   Child Labor - Allowed.   Free Speech -All Dissent Outlawed (Criticizing the government is considered treasonous and illegal).   Right to Assembly - Not Protected (Citizens do not have the right to assemble and protest).