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<blockquote data-quote="Buttercup" data-source="post: 346706" data-attributes="member: 990">I can think of a couple of possibilities.&nbsp; First, let's talk about the government styles.&nbsp; What you described for the human kingdom is analagous to England/United Kingdom.&nbsp; They have a monarch with no real power, and an elected body that makes all the decisions.&nbsp; Now, what if your Dwarven state were modified socialist?&nbsp; Each clan would be like a collective.&nbsp; They would send a representative to the council of clans, which would make binding decisions for all dwarves.&nbsp; Individual rights would be nonexistent--the group good it the only consideration.If you set it up like this, the cold war could be just like the one we actually had IRL for decades.&nbsp; The two sides hate each other because of their drastically different world view.&nbsp; The humans would view the dwarves as tyrants &amp; oppressed, and the dwarves would view the humans as decadent and vice-ridden.&nbsp; The humans would want to 'liberate' peoples and communities under dwarven rule, and the dwarves would want to 'purify' the human controled communities.To make it more interesting, throw in some other issues, like control of certain resources.&nbsp; This way, the politics can be considered merely a front by the more cynical members of either society.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buttercup, post: 346706, member: 990"] I can think of a couple of possibilities. First, let's talk about the government styles. What you described for the human kingdom is analagous to England/United Kingdom. They have a monarch with no real power, and an elected body that makes all the decisions. Now, what if your Dwarven state were modified socialist? Each clan would be like a collective. They would send a representative to the council of clans, which would make binding decisions for all dwarves. Individual rights would be nonexistent--the group good it the only consideration. If you set it up like this, the cold war could be just like the one we actually had IRL for decades. The two sides hate each other because of their drastically different world view. The humans would view the dwarves as tyrants & oppressed, and the dwarves would view the humans as decadent and vice-ridden. The humans would want to 'liberate' peoples and communities under dwarven rule, and the dwarves would want to 'purify' the human controled communities. To make it more interesting, throw in some other issues, like control of certain resources. This way, the politics can be considered merely a front by the more cynical members of either society. [/QUOTE]

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