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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Creamsteak" data-source="post: 4773737" data-attributes="member: 552">Well first, law is slightly different between the Militocracy and the Empire. In the Empire:     The civilian caste is prevalent and they can own their property and trade their goods.    The merchant caste can own property and trade with foreign nations and are permitted to handle trades for others (exchange property that is not their own).    The military caste lose all special rights.    The noble caste is privileged, a ruling class, what is important is that their rights supersede others, not that they are different.    In the Militocracy:    The civilian castes rights are on hold due to martial law.    The merchant castes right to property is also on hold, but they retain their special merchant rights.    The military caste remains the same, but is rather dominant in the culture.    The noble caste has a special right to property that exceeds the dictation of martial law, and as such they are the only group that retains this right.    The governor-general can move anyone into the military caste while martial law remains. He can also then take them out of the military caste making them civilians. Under normal law, he could not move a noble or merchant into the military caste (or the civilian for that matter).The emperor is the only one that can move someone into the noble caste, and he can move anyone around at his will. The emperor is the only one who can over-rule the governor-general.One is typically born to a legitimate marriage into a caste based on the higher caste of their parents. Military < Civilian < Merchant < Noble. That said, however, under martial law few would want their child to be born a civilian.Marriages within a caste are more common than those between castes (by a fair margin). Nobles are especially restrictive about this.Children born out of legitimate marriage are wards of the state, and often end up being put into the military (but there are exceptions).So if your character's family married into a noble house, they could very well become a noble. It could very well be a good thing, but it also might have consequences. It does mean you can actually claim property, which means the state can't just take it from you (like they can from all the other castes).Most of the first nobles to move to the Militocracy did so in the hopes of carving a foothold for their families in a new world. They came here in the hopes of getting rich and powerful quickly. The initial mindset of the expedition was that it would only take a few years to conquer the wild lands, and that a huge swath of land and resources would be there for the taking. Young sons and daughters that were sent forth to follow the generals expedition and create a society on the other side of the continent. While some migrants still seem to have similar goals, most nobles here now are the descendants of those first generations. These nobles are far removed from their cousins and other relatives, and they rule over small estates and manage affairs often closely tied to trade. They are essentially independant somewhat untouchable entities that provide a haven for those that want to do trade here. Since both a merchant caste member and a noble caste member are required to own and trade goods within the militocracy, they often work together to import and export wealth from the city. Really, they have become more and more like the merchant caste here. They have the wealth, and freedom from most military authority (save the governor-general), and they don't have to follow the same rules.</blockquote>

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