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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5951330" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>Hmmmmm. One could be a republic, maybe along the lines of one of the Italian trade republics (basically the average Joe has no say, but most decisions are made by a consensus of merchant and leading artisan families. Conditions can vary from fairly liberal with broad civil rights down to effectively despotism with a veneer of participation by a select few). You could have a a Sparta-like militaristic society, purely agricultural with a very heavy emphasis on warlike virtues. Sparta itself was of course also a slave-state. It was ruled by 2 kings and several officials (Ephors IIRC). </p><p></p><p>I guess another could be a theocratic type of city state, more modeled on something like the temple cult centered cities of the ancient near-east, or the Aztec model (similar in most general respects). There's likely a god-king of some sort and a cadre of priests who fill the role of a civil administration. State and temple/religion are one unified establishment. This is also rather similar to the model used in Dark Sun. </p><p></p><p>Another option would be something more sinister... A city ruled by the undead for instance. Maybe one that is a magocracy of some sort, complete with foolish plans to utilize "powers that are best left unknown" to further its ends. Or you could have a city ruled by a monster race. It could be a minotaur city, or a hobgoblin ruled city, etc. In those cases there could be an enslaved population of human/demi-human people. A city ruled by one or more dragons could be a good option too. I guess you could also go with some other non-human race. Dragonborn would be a good choice, though they're rather '4e' there are I guess 3e equivalents. There are many other choices for such a thing...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5951330, member: 82106"] Hmmmmm. One could be a republic, maybe along the lines of one of the Italian trade republics (basically the average Joe has no say, but most decisions are made by a consensus of merchant and leading artisan families. Conditions can vary from fairly liberal with broad civil rights down to effectively despotism with a veneer of participation by a select few). You could have a a Sparta-like militaristic society, purely agricultural with a very heavy emphasis on warlike virtues. Sparta itself was of course also a slave-state. It was ruled by 2 kings and several officials (Ephors IIRC). I guess another could be a theocratic type of city state, more modeled on something like the temple cult centered cities of the ancient near-east, or the Aztec model (similar in most general respects). There's likely a god-king of some sort and a cadre of priests who fill the role of a civil administration. State and temple/religion are one unified establishment. This is also rather similar to the model used in Dark Sun. Another option would be something more sinister... A city ruled by the undead for instance. Maybe one that is a magocracy of some sort, complete with foolish plans to utilize "powers that are best left unknown" to further its ends. Or you could have a city ruled by a monster race. It could be a minotaur city, or a hobgoblin ruled city, etc. In those cases there could be an enslaved population of human/demi-human people. A city ruled by one or more dragons could be a good option too. I guess you could also go with some other non-human race. Dragonborn would be a good choice, though they're rather '4e' there are I guess 3e equivalents. There are many other choices for such a thing... [/QUOTE]
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