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What are the practical reasons for a species of humanoids to all wear sexy, revealing clothing?
Many cultures throughout human history have depicted skin, but few have done so explicitly for the purpose of being sexually enticing, especially not in their everyday routines.
Hence, I've been ...
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Why would Earth become an Entertainment powerhouse? [closed]
The time setting of this world can be from near 2000 to present day, to near future. But basically, Aliens from around the galaxy are visiting Earth...for our TV series/movies, animes-manga, and ...
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How Would Political and Religious Structures Function in a Buddhist Medieval Europe? [closed]
In this alternate history timeline, the Roman Emperor Justinian declared the state religion to not be Christianity, but Buddhism. This wouldn't be too much of a stretch, as Buddhism predated ...
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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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Medieval city trading hands frequently over 200 years
In my world there's this city that is primarily based upon sub-Saharan African Islamic architecture and culture, but it's on the coast connecting the rest of the world to the continent. It's the ...
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Effects of legalizing human meat and how to suppress criminal organizations selling it [closed]
Inside the citadel we see many creatures living together, they don't do so because they all love each other and the citadel has achieved not only the end to racism but also inter species peace but ...
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What political system, in real world spectrum, would this be?
I think I have established democracy, but I am very unintelligible on how they are called in the real world because I doubt I invented something new, I am just politically dumb. Could you please say ...
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Ways to somewhat balance a gem based magic system so as to avoid total oligarchy
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In my world, the magic system depends on access to a certain type of gem. This gem is plentiful, but only found in a single place, with 6-8 mines. My magic system is totally skewed in favor ...
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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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What event would cause a huge, dominant nation to adopt the language of a smaller, inferior one?
Inspired by this question. I was thinking about the constructed language I'm building and a group of countries in the history of my world, and ended up wanting to ask this question. Please do take the ...
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What might the political climate in the United States look like in twenty or thirty years? [closed]
I wrote a speculative science fiction novel in 2014, and last week I met a copy editor who suggested that I do some digging to find out how the society in which my character would be integrated would ...
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Where to live on a binary planet?
Imagine a binary planet - that is, two earthlike habitable planets in mutual tidal lock, like the ones described in this excellent post.
Now, these two planets are populated by humans and human-like ...
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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 is the least "world changing" reason why the government would pay for you to keep a llama during your 44th year of life? [closed]
I want to make a short story about an Earth just like ours, except it's commonly accepted that at the age of 43, the government allows people to have a llama in their house. The government pays for ...
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How would modern-day Hungary treat a legitimate/serious ethnic independence movement? [closed]
A bit of context: there is a group of people in my world known as the Ðakrynkó who share literally nothing culturally in common with the Hungarians. Historically any independence movements have been ...
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