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<blockquote data-quote="Snapdragyn" data-source="post: 4490475" data-attributes="member: 12432"><p>I had a society in a homebrew gameworld with an odd sociopolitical system.</p><p></p><p>The society was descended from the harem of a cruel & abusive mage. The women of the harem had managed to trick the mage & kill him, thus gaining control of his isolated keep & all of the arcane treasures it contained. They had then studied his tomes in order to gain the strength to maintain their freedom.</p><p></p><p>Cut to the 'current' era. The political governance is by a forum and a president. The main economy of the city-state is based on exporting magical items. Men are strictly forbidden from learning magic (male sorcerers or other spontaneous casters would be exiled). Men's roles in society are to be guards, servants, & to father talented daughters. They hold an entirely subservient role in a very repressive society.</p><p></p><p>The society is divided into matrilineal merchant houses, each holding one seat in the forum, plus one house consisting entirely of men. The men of this house are chosen from the other houses to join, & occupy a unique position in the society as they dress in women's clothes & are permitted many of the rights of women (though not schooling in magic). Their house does not take part in the magic trade (or any other), nor do they hold a seat in the forum; instead, they are the 'neutral' house which serves as the bookkeepers for all of the other houses. Every 10 years, they hold a Grand Accounting, & the house which they deem to have the greatest wealth is granted the presidency of the forum. Bribery runs rampant at these times. Although the (& here I've forgotten the term I had for those of this role - let's just say 'berdache' for now) berdache are supposed to be neutral, some of course retain a sense of loyalty to their old mistresses; indeed, it's considered a high honor to have a male chosen to join the berdache house just for the possibility of political manipulation that provides.</p><p></p><p>So - it's sort of a 'merchantocracy', with some fun social role twists & political corruption thrown in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snapdragyn, post: 4490475, member: 12432"] I had a society in a homebrew gameworld with an odd sociopolitical system. The society was descended from the harem of a cruel & abusive mage. The women of the harem had managed to trick the mage & kill him, thus gaining control of his isolated keep & all of the arcane treasures it contained. They had then studied his tomes in order to gain the strength to maintain their freedom. Cut to the 'current' era. The political governance is by a forum and a president. The main economy of the city-state is based on exporting magical items. Men are strictly forbidden from learning magic (male sorcerers or other spontaneous casters would be exiled). Men's roles in society are to be guards, servants, & to father talented daughters. They hold an entirely subservient role in a very repressive society. The society is divided into matrilineal merchant houses, each holding one seat in the forum, plus one house consisting entirely of men. The men of this house are chosen from the other houses to join, & occupy a unique position in the society as they dress in women's clothes & are permitted many of the rights of women (though not schooling in magic). Their house does not take part in the magic trade (or any other), nor do they hold a seat in the forum; instead, they are the 'neutral' house which serves as the bookkeepers for all of the other houses. Every 10 years, they hold a Grand Accounting, & the house which they deem to have the greatest wealth is granted the presidency of the forum. Bribery runs rampant at these times. Although the (& here I've forgotten the term I had for those of this role - let's just say 'berdache' for now) berdache are supposed to be neutral, some of course retain a sense of loyalty to their old mistresses; indeed, it's considered a high honor to have a male chosen to join the berdache house just for the possibility of political manipulation that provides. So - it's sort of a 'merchantocracy', with some fun social role twists & political corruption thrown in. [/QUOTE]
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