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<blockquote data-quote="jmartkdr2" data-source="post: 8779940" data-attributes="member: 7017304">I once tried to figure out how a Confucian-style bureaucracy would work in a magic setting, and I came up with &quot;all the bureaucrats are also wizards.&quot; The civil service exam includes a spellcasting portion. High-ranking officials are also powerful mages, who will occasionally use their magic to perform their duties. Of course, most of the actual work getting done isn't done by bureaucrats without magic, and that still holds true. The local prefect can cast mold earth but if you want a canal the easiest way is to give a couple hundred peasants shovels.Militarily, there's an officer corp of non-soldiers who prepared combat spells today, and each gets a bodyguard to keep them from being bothered while casting, but most of the army is soldiers - some professional, some conscripts. Ratios vary.Inherent magic is something you want in your family, so known sorcerers can usually marry up. They can cast more easily so they pass the exams with less effort.Religious orders exist parallel to the standard civil order, but the leaders of such are usually spellcasters of some kind as well. Although a cleric of a god of scholarship might be a standard bureaucrat for a living.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jmartkdr2, post: 8779940, member: 7017304"] I once tried to figure out how a Confucian-style bureaucracy would work in a magic setting, and I came up with "all the bureaucrats are also wizards." The civil service exam includes a spellcasting portion. High-ranking officials are also powerful mages, who will occasionally use their magic to perform their duties. Of course, most of the actual work getting done isn't done by bureaucrats without magic, and that still holds true. The local prefect can cast [I]mold earth[/I] but if you want a canal the easiest way is to give a couple hundred peasants shovels. Militarily, there's an officer corp of non-soldiers who prepared combat spells today, and each gets a bodyguard to keep them from being bothered while casting, but most of the army is soldiers - some professional, some conscripts. Ratios vary. Inherent magic is something you want in your family, so known sorcerers can usually marry up. They can cast more easily so they pass the exams with less effort. Religious orders exist parallel to the standard civil order, but the leaders of such are usually spellcasters of some kind as well. Although a cleric of a god of scholarship might be a standard bureaucrat for a living. [/QUOTE]

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