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Each lesser Queen decides matters pertaining to her city, advised by the clan-mothers and superclan representatives, while minor Queens handle the task of managing their Courts, making decisions at the local level and resolving disputes in courts of law. Minor Queens handle the regional affairs, resolving disputes between different cities, while last of all is the Greater Queen and her Tribunal, who handles inter-Tribunal relations and acts as the highest court of law should something require her attention. Occasionally, when matters of grave import come about, a number of Tribunals will meet together as a council. These often are to the resolution of mass resource claims, predator migrations needing to be diverted, or—rarely—to address an aggressive Tribunal. Wars are not common, but they are deadly, long-lived, and traumatic for generations to come. | Each lesser Queen decides matters pertaining to her city, advised by the clan-mothers and superclan representatives, while minor Queens handle the task of managing their Courts, making decisions at the local level and resolving disputes in courts of law. Minor Queens handle the regional affairs, resolving disputes between different cities, while last of all is the Greater Queen and her Tribunal, who handles inter-Tribunal relations and acts as the highest court of law should something require her attention. Occasionally, when matters of grave import come about, a number of Tribunals will meet together as a council. These often are to the resolution of mass resource claims, predator migrations needing to be diverted, or—rarely—to address an aggressive Tribunal. Wars are not common, but they are deadly, long-lived, and traumatic for generations to come. | ||
*'''Clan''': | *'''Clan''': Clans are the basic political form of Crystalien society. | ||
Clans are the basic political form of Crystalien society. | |||
Clans are a small group of ten to twenty families, each composed of thirty individuals, which usually live alone, either on the move or settled somewhere permanent, but sometimes they can come together to form a super-clan. Clan-mothers are the biological ancestor of the clan familes and are attended by a court of lesser females, usually her direct daughters. Her consort, the male who has directly captured her attention multiple times, serves as a coregent. | :Clans are a small group of ten to twenty families, each composed of thirty individuals, which usually live alone, either on the move or settled somewhere permanent, but sometimes they can come together to form a super-clan. Clan-mothers are the biological ancestor of the clan familes and are attended by a court of lesser females, usually her direct daughters. Her consort, the male who has directly captured her attention multiple times, serves as a coregent. | ||
*Super-clan: | *'''Super-clan''': Clans sometimes would join together to form a super-clan. The reasons are varied but mostly to combat larger predators within Titania's subglacial oceans or for protection against other super-clans. To effectively lead such a massive organization, potential leaders would contend with one another in non-hostile ways until only one is left; eventually a ruling dynasty (through the female line) would coalesce if the super-clan has remained together for a significant period of time, and become a permanent form of government. | ||
Clans sometimes would join together to form a super-clan. The reasons are varied but mostly to combat larger predators within Titania's subglacial oceans or for protection against other super-clans. To effectively lead such a massive organization, potential leaders would contend with one another in non-hostile ways until only one is left; eventually a ruling dynasty (through the female line) would coalesce if the super-clan has remained together for a significant period of time, and become a permanent form of government. | |||
*City: | *'''City''': A more complex form of administration free of kinship ties was needed when super-clans started living in the same area around a hydrothermal vent, eventually forming organized cities, leading to disputes over resources. The basis for the monarchical feudalistic form of administration was then created; individuals well-respected within the community were granted "queenship" of the city and became the ultimate arbiters of justice; like the super-clan, a ruling dynasty soon formed, and political stability was ensured. | ||
A more complex form of administration free of kinship ties was needed when super-clans started living in the same area around a hydrothermal vent, eventually forming organized cities, leading to disputes over resources. The basis for the monarchical feudalistic form of administration was then created; individuals well-respected within the community were granted "queenship" of the city and became the ultimate arbiters of justice; like the super-clan, a ruling dynasty soon formed, and political stability was ensured. | |||
*Court: | *'''Court''': Eventually the cities became numerous and soon came into competition with one another for territory and resources. Some allied with one another, forming large empires or coalitions. Others went to war. Eventually a rough groups of disparate collectives were created, and were termed Courts. Made up of anywhere between four to six cities, they were ruled by Queens, while the leaders of the cities became known as Lesser Queens. The Queens handled the international side of things while the Lesser Queens handled their own cities. True to its name, a Court had nobility attending to the monarch. | ||
Eventually the cities became numerous and soon came into competition with one another for territory and resources. Some allied with one another, forming large empires or coalitions. Others went to war. Eventually a rough groups of disparate collectives were created, and were termed Courts. Made up of anywhere between four to six cities, they were ruled by Queens, while the leaders of the cities became known as Lesser Queens. The Queens handled the international side of things while the Lesser Queens handled their own cities. True to its name, a Court had nobility attending to the monarch. | |||
*Tribunal: | *'''Tribunal''': Finally, with the advent of an organized political structure, the Tribunals were created. Composed of between three to seven Courts, overseeing anywhere from ten to fifteen individual cities and thousands of clans, these Tribunals were ruled by the Greater Queen. Those which ruled the Courts became known as Lesser Queens while the cities became known as Minor Queens. | ||
Finally, with the advent of an organized political structure, the Tribunals were created. Composed of between three to seven Courts, overseeing anywhere from ten to fifteen individual cities and thousands of clans, these Tribunals were ruled by the Greater Queen. Those which ruled the Courts became known as Lesser Queens while the cities became known as Minor Queens. | |||
*Hierarchy of Hierarchies: | *'''Hierarchy of Hierarchies''': The last tier of government was created when the Tribunal Greater Queens convened together to figure out a solution to keep mass warfare from breaking out. Due to a war fought between those which lived in the deep oceans beneath the glaciers and the Cronus lake, a way was needed to keep the peace. Thus the Hierarchy of Hierarchies was born—the Hive Monarch was elected out of a group of seven hundred Tribunals. | ||
The last tier of government was created when the Tribunal Greater Queens convened together to figure out a solution to keep mass warfare from breaking out. Due to a war fought between those which lived in the deep oceans beneath the glaciers and the Cronus lake, a way was needed to keep the peace. Thus the Hierarchy of Hierarchies was born—the Hive Monarch was elected out of a group of seven hundred Tribunals. | |||
===Religion=== | ===Religion=== | ||