Types Of Government Within The Inheritance Universe
drexal15
Proud GM
All this talk about factions got me thinking a little, so I might as well write out a little bit about each *major faction's* government.
The Host is a mixture of military oligarchy and direct democracy. The Seraph's (Highest ranking host members, who are all Megas) handle the quick and dirty military decisions with authority flowing down the ranks. The Heavenly Choir handles long term policy and more *important* decisions such as this mission. They're not always the best at making decisions. It's made up explicitly of high-class officers and is split into two separate divisions, the *lower* and *higher* ranks, i.e. Thrones versus Cherubs and above.
In turn these groups are made up of several sub-factions.
There's the *Shinchaku* grouping, which is made out of the newer-joining digimon, originating with Sanzomon. It's the second strongest, but still growing. This group favors integration in the current server... and also really doesn't like a few certain things.
There's the *traditionalists* block, which is most strongly supported by the older Sects. (Anyone remember that place full of Sorcerymon and BishopChessmon?) It doesn't have a real leader and is the weakest group. It was originally the most powerful group and still believes in trying the old ways of slower expansion.
And finally we have the *Crusade* faction which is currently the most dominant and has SlashAngemon as its mascot. This group believes taking a more aggressive approach the Gloaming through rapid expansion is best.
The Host is ruled out of Alt City, which serves as its central hub.
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The Gloaming is a flat out dictatorship. Daemon originally ruled it whilst setting himself up as a figure of worship. However after he died Astamon assumed the role of leader as the "High Lord" while still keeping Daemon as the overall *God* of the faction. Mostly since trying to replace him like that would have been too much work.
Beneath him are the *Lords*, which own a fiefdom that's their responsibility to care for. Astamon and Daemon before him really don't care that much about individual policy. All that matters is them showing up with Troops. Of these lords there are several *Lord Generals* which handle the *Hordes* and assist Astamon in coordinating the war effort as a whole. Piedmon has been mentioned, as has NeoVamdemon, but there are more of them.
The lower ranks have little no saying in how things go beyond how much their current Lord is willing to listen to them.
The Gloaming's power structure isn't centralized. Daemon originally created it on the run until he could build up a force big enough to fight the Host's influence. Originally the various City-States offered a lot of support to make sure his faction wasn't destroyed, though that gradually decreased as its influence grew. Astamon in turn ran into a similar situation after the Grand Horde was annihilated and rebuilt the Gloaming to function in that fragmented status. It doesn't have a true central base, but is constantly creating new territories all across the digital world. Which leaves the Host in an eternal state of catch-up.
That said, the *Ghastly Zone* on this continent's top right corner (Right above the Machine Precinct) is almost entirely dominated by the Gloaming and has a penchant for causing crusading hosts to *vanish* in its mists. Even SlashAngemon hasn't been able to successfully root out the Gloaming from it. Astamon and his generals spends most of their time in said zone, which is part of what makes themso hard to track down and delete
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Bulwark is a strict military dictatorship with Leopordmon in command and officers holding positions of power beneath him. Places under their protection tend to rule themselves fairly independently
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Each city state has its own form of government. Most are flat dictatorships, however some are oligarchies. Such as Hub-City which is ruled by *The Board*, a group of merchants.
Beyond that there are two *Kingdoms*, which are Zones that are considered their own political polity.
First off is the Machine Precinct, which is *ruled* by Hi-Andromon. Ruled is in quotes because he doesn't set much policy. Really, the zone confederated out of necessity to avoid being swallowed by the Host or Gloaming. It does have certain sub-groups that want to take things further, but nothing has come of that yet.
The Second is KingEtemon's Reverse Mountain zone. He expanded from a single city-state and now rules the entire area with an iron fist and uses the land's abundant resources to his advantage. It's also responsible for the largest supply of Gear-Bound and the new *Spiral-Bound*. This polity only appeared after the Holy Trio were defeated, so it's still less than a decade old.
Lastly we have the Tyrant hills, a hilly/highlands type zone which is mainly filled by Dinosaur digimon. Their leadership is entirely based on which dinosaur is strongest and it holds constant tournaments to determine who should be the ruler, with the current king being a MasterTyrannomon of epic proportions. Its civilzation level is smaller compared to the others kingdoms, without much real law and order. Most would barely call it kingdom, however no faction would antagonize it for a simple reason. You really don't want thousands of powerful dinosaur digimon bearing down on you.
The Host is a mixture of military oligarchy and direct democracy. The Seraph's (Highest ranking host members, who are all Megas) handle the quick and dirty military decisions with authority flowing down the ranks. The Heavenly Choir handles long term policy and more *important* decisions such as this mission. They're not always the best at making decisions. It's made up explicitly of high-class officers and is split into two separate divisions, the *lower* and *higher* ranks, i.e. Thrones versus Cherubs and above.
In turn these groups are made up of several sub-factions.
There's the *Shinchaku* grouping, which is made out of the newer-joining digimon, originating with Sanzomon. It's the second strongest, but still growing. This group favors integration in the current server... and also really doesn't like a few certain things.
There's the *traditionalists* block, which is most strongly supported by the older Sects. (Anyone remember that place full of Sorcerymon and BishopChessmon?) It doesn't have a real leader and is the weakest group. It was originally the most powerful group and still believes in trying the old ways of slower expansion.
And finally we have the *Crusade* faction which is currently the most dominant and has SlashAngemon as its mascot. This group believes taking a more aggressive approach the Gloaming through rapid expansion is best.
The Host is ruled out of Alt City, which serves as its central hub.
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The Gloaming is a flat out dictatorship. Daemon originally ruled it whilst setting himself up as a figure of worship. However after he died Astamon assumed the role of leader as the "High Lord" while still keeping Daemon as the overall *God* of the faction. Mostly since trying to replace him like that would have been too much work.
Beneath him are the *Lords*, which own a fiefdom that's their responsibility to care for. Astamon and Daemon before him really don't care that much about individual policy. All that matters is them showing up with Troops. Of these lords there are several *Lord Generals* which handle the *Hordes* and assist Astamon in coordinating the war effort as a whole. Piedmon has been mentioned, as has NeoVamdemon, but there are more of them.
The lower ranks have little no saying in how things go beyond how much their current Lord is willing to listen to them.
The Gloaming's power structure isn't centralized. Daemon originally created it on the run until he could build up a force big enough to fight the Host's influence. Originally the various City-States offered a lot of support to make sure his faction wasn't destroyed, though that gradually decreased as its influence grew. Astamon in turn ran into a similar situation after the Grand Horde was annihilated and rebuilt the Gloaming to function in that fragmented status. It doesn't have a true central base, but is constantly creating new territories all across the digital world. Which leaves the Host in an eternal state of catch-up.
That said, the *Ghastly Zone* on this continent's top right corner (Right above the Machine Precinct) is almost entirely dominated by the Gloaming and has a penchant for causing crusading hosts to *vanish* in its mists. Even SlashAngemon hasn't been able to successfully root out the Gloaming from it. Astamon and his generals spends most of their time in said zone, which is part of what makes themso hard to track down and delete
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Bulwark is a strict military dictatorship with Leopordmon in command and officers holding positions of power beneath him. Places under their protection tend to rule themselves fairly independently
=
Each city state has its own form of government. Most are flat dictatorships, however some are oligarchies. Such as Hub-City which is ruled by *The Board*, a group of merchants.
Beyond that there are two *Kingdoms*, which are Zones that are considered their own political polity.
First off is the Machine Precinct, which is *ruled* by Hi-Andromon. Ruled is in quotes because he doesn't set much policy. Really, the zone confederated out of necessity to avoid being swallowed by the Host or Gloaming. It does have certain sub-groups that want to take things further, but nothing has come of that yet.
The Second is KingEtemon's Reverse Mountain zone. He expanded from a single city-state and now rules the entire area with an iron fist and uses the land's abundant resources to his advantage. It's also responsible for the largest supply of Gear-Bound and the new *Spiral-Bound*. This polity only appeared after the Holy Trio were defeated, so it's still less than a decade old.
Lastly we have the Tyrant hills, a hilly/highlands type zone which is mainly filled by Dinosaur digimon. Their leadership is entirely based on which dinosaur is strongest and it holds constant tournaments to determine who should be the ruler, with the current king being a MasterTyrannomon of epic proportions. Its civilzation level is smaller compared to the others kingdoms, without much real law and order. Most would barely call it kingdom, however no faction would antagonize it for a simple reason. You really don't want thousands of powerful dinosaur digimon bearing down on you.
