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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 3597548" data-attributes="member: 259">Not to be snarky, but one of their primary issues would be their lack of a franchise <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.&nbsp; Given that your medieval society has fireballs and raise dead spells, I suppose I can accept a voting populace--but the issues they'll have will depend on who has the franchise.&nbsp; Is it similar to modern democracies, in which everyone over the age of 18 (more or less) has the vote?&nbsp; Or is it closer to 18th-century democracy, in which only landowners have the franchise?&nbsp; The specifics will determine to a large degree the issues that should be confronted.Consider some fun fantasy issues, though:-Someone has let the sewer system crumble, and now law-abiding citizens are regularly attacked at night by carrion crawlers that emerge from storm drains to drag them off.-The assassin's guild is making a move for legitimacy, offering in Pratchettian fashion to protect citizens from unlicensed murders.&nbsp; Where do you stand on this important issue?-There is a movement afoot to extend citizenship rights to goblins who are willing to swear an oath of loyalty to the republic.&nbsp; Some people think this is outrageous and a ploy by an archvillain to destroy the country; others think that it's outrageous that goblins must swear a loyalty oath that's not required of elves or dwarves.&nbsp; What say you?DanielETA:&nbsp; Dangit, y'all have already covered most of my stuff already!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 3597548, member: 259"] Not to be snarky, but one of their primary issues would be their lack of a franchise :). Given that your medieval society has fireballs and raise dead spells, I suppose I can accept a voting populace--but the issues they'll have will depend on who has the franchise. Is it similar to modern democracies, in which everyone over the age of 18 (more or less) has the vote? Or is it closer to 18th-century democracy, in which only landowners have the franchise? The specifics will determine to a large degree the issues that should be confronted. Consider some fun fantasy issues, though: -Someone has let the sewer system crumble, and now law-abiding citizens are regularly attacked at night by carrion crawlers that emerge from storm drains to drag them off. -The assassin's guild is making a move for legitimacy, offering in Pratchettian fashion to protect citizens from unlicensed murders. Where do you stand on this important issue? -There is a movement afoot to extend citizenship rights to goblins who are willing to swear an oath of loyalty to the republic. Some people think this is outrageous and a ploy by an archvillain to destroy the country; others think that it's outrageous that goblins must swear a loyalty oath that's not required of elves or dwarves. What say you? Daniel ETA: Dangit, y'all have already covered most of my stuff already! [/QUOTE]

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