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Why would a society persecute people who are antisocial misanthropes (sociopaths, psychopaths, narcissists, and sadists)? [closed]
An alternate-historical story is set in a third-world country in 1977 of the Gregorian calendar (the year George Lucas' masterpiece, Star Wars, was released). The country is a Costa Rica pastiche (...
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Why would a nation require immigrants to fulfil a decade of military service to gain citizenship? [closed]
A militaristic, autocratic nation masquerading as a democracy resembling a mixture of Communist Romania & Post-Soviet Belarus exists in the future. This country has two pathways for migrants to ...
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How Much is Too Much Land for One Province?
The Aurean Dominate is a sort of federated elective monarchy that rules all of the Planet Aurea (an approximately Earth-sized world but one where all the land is in the southern hemisphere and the ...
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Can two empires jointly administer a region?
In my book series, there is a group of people on the Planet Awal called the Tifinagh that are the source of quite a bit of tension between the Haxamanians (the dominant empire on Awal) and the Aureans ...
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A representative government in a world with rigid social castes [closed]
Globally, on this planet that's been around much longer than Earth has, with people who've been around much longer than humans have, there are four castes -- labor, military/law enforcement, science ...
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What "big con game" could an alternate-reality traveller play on a knowledgeable and suspicious civilization?
I have a cosmos where FTL travel is via an alternate dimension. The problem is when you return to our universe, you find yourself at the right destination, but a completely different parallel world ...
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How do I convince the general population using large monsters is the most efficient means of protecting our compact cities?
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Monsters are a bit of a problem on this world. Though most pose a marginal threat and are categorized as vermin, others represent a serious risk to major population centers as a consequence ...
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Why would a country persecute people with autism?
A alternate-historical story is set in a third-world country some time in the 70s or 80s. The country operates similarly to any semi-developed country in central or south America. The countryside is ...
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Can there be a theocracy that also practices religious tolerance?
My main character is one of 5 deities that make up the "Terram faith" The country she resides in is a theocracy of that faith; with a king and queen appointed by high priests and priestesses.
The ...
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How would the United States of Oceania become a Superpower?
Given the current geopolitical uncertainty and chaos, caused by the leaders of some of the current powers and super powers; New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and a number of other pacific islands join ...
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How should a military society function [closed]
I am developing a made up nation known as the Imperial Republic of Vitami. This nation is ultimately based around knowing and being masters of warfare.
Real world basic training is early childhood ...
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What kind of society and morals would an alien species evolved from solitary carnivores have?
I am envisioning a space faring species, evolved from an obligate carnivore and apex predator.
The obvious concept to me is a tiger like species with prehensile tails that became increasingly adapted ...
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Is an Economic Based Society Realistic?
Would it be realistic for a group to be governed exclusively by economic agreements? And could a society with no real semblance of a central government self regulate on economic contracts?
This ...
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How to make your world’s revolutions feel realistic? [closed]
A common problem in building a revolution in your world is that there have been so few famous revolutions to work off of that it feels that your world just copies them. So what are some ways to make ...
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How can I achieve only one rebellion?
I asked in this question how I would achieve two rebellions for the same cause only to find out my basic premise was wrong and that having only one rebellion is the less likely of the two.
Going ...
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