The Factory Floor

12:00 AM

Indeed. The Verrisirs are a deeply spiritualist people. I guess you could call their form of government a Templar Council, which is basically a cross between a military junta and a theocratic oligarchy, where there's no division between the military, the state, and the dominant religion. Sort of like how Imperial Japan was run during WWII.

The Verrisiran nobility are basically what's left after their previous government, a semi-constitutional monarchy (i.e. like Belgium, but with the monarch having more powers) was overthrown by an atheist socialist revolution.

(which is ironic since the author of the book that led to the revolution was so furious that his writing had been twisted out of proportion that he gorged out his eyes, declawed himself and went into self-exile; he was trying to write a book on how the government could be more constitutional).

Green

@SCPilot stinks to be that guy.

Which body writes the legislation?

What do they do for courts?

SCPilot

Hm....Well, the legislation is mainly that of their old constitution, but with what was added on later after the military successfully crushed the socialist infidel revolutionaries. For who writes the laws, mainly the military and spiritual leaders convene to discuss important laws, although it is the priesthood who mainly writes the laws, although the nobility does have a say in the matter, serving as representatives of the people.

For courts...Well, a military tribunal with a priest/priestess serving as inquisitor (please note inquisitor is a bit different in Verrisiran society than others; in their society an inquisitor is there as an added security guard. Inquisitors are quite powerful psionic warriors and usually wield a psi-sword, which is a bit similar to a lightsaber, except it uses psionic energy instead of plasma energy).

One thing about Verrisiran society is that they highly value charisma.

In their past, pack warlords needed to be charismatic to lead their people and get them to follow them in battle to expand. These same warlords eventually learned that charisma could also be useful in getting people to join your pack peacefully and could even get other warlords to swear fealty to you.

Green

12:15 AM

I'd be curious to read their constitution. Have you written one yet?

SCPilot

But they're not stupid, charisma can be gained or lost depending on what you do. If you can't walk the talk, then you're going to lose a lot of charisma. This is why Verrisirs are big on risk taking and are quite curious about things.

No not really, but I do have some basic rights that are in it:

First, right of worship. While they do have their own religious beliefs, they are curious about other faiths and hope that by learning of other faiths, it will add to their spiritual nature. Besides, another race's faith might actually be the same as theirs, but different due to differences in meaning and views. It was because of this, that they are very curious about Christianity, since to them it actually supports one of their beliefs: their gods did not create the universe! More on that later

Green

You've made it sound like there is very high religious homogeny. Kind of like Catholicism in Italy. It's super weird if you aren't Catholic.

SCPilot

Also, they're very anti-slavery. Slavery, to them, is a sign of extreme laziness. They do have some good relations with the Sacred Hrekan Imperium who practice a caste system, but the Verrisirs are always ready to be critical of their scaly humanoid snake friends (who are quick to counter with criticisms of the Verrisirs' warrior culture).

And yes, I'm not Catholic. Lol!

I was actually trying to go with something with State Shinto along with some qualities of Catholicism.

But without the ritual suicide.

The right to speak your mind, is also protected, even if it what you have to say makes you look like an idiot. Just try to be respectful of others. However, this is a bit of a problematic right since someone who talks big is expected to lead by example (going back to the importance of charisma). So to them, someone like Trump would have a lot of charisma and should be followed, although they would caution that there should a lot of caution and wariness involved (given that Trump has no

military or religious experience).

Right to bear arms.

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This is a warrior culture here people! Right to bear arms is no brainer in my opinion. of course you can argue with me on that I guess. ;)

Oh @Green, they've never had a geocentric system. To them, that sort of thinking is stupid...and heretical. Of course, their sun goddess is highly revered, so it makes sense they would have a heliocentric system at the very beginning.

Of course, this makes me wonder: would societies with the sun deity as the most powerful or central deity automatically have a heliocentric view of the universe?

Any thoughts on this?

Green

12:51 AM

@SCPilot Possibly. The most prominent heliocentric religion I know is the Aztecs of Central America. Sadly, I don't know enough about them to say if they had a heliocentric universe.

I know they were really good astronomers but I don't know if they knew about the sun as the center of the solar system..

SCPilot

I see.

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