Chehon/Setting Primer
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World
Curuoskar
- Notes, wip
- pop < 500k (check w/ white)
- nexus world stuff
- anything inside Mes orbit comes with; anything outside stays behind
- portals easy to form (magic or tech)
- people easier to portal than cargo; small amounts easier to portal than large amounts (exponential power drain scale)
- this is why ships even matter; can portals even lift bro?
- planet tends to kidnap people for some reason
- guardian spirits
- more active the closer you are to Cloud Castle
- some shit doesn't fly anywhere though:
- war bad
- orbital bombardment bad
- WMDs bad
- plagues (inc. STDs) bad
- trying to be god of everything bad
- basically don't change the world via ego/violence/stupid
- not subtle; if spirits get involved, usually it's obvious
- not nice; if spirits get involved, usually people stop existing
Chehon
- Stats
- west coast of largest continent north of equator
- land mostly unpopulated; capitol is only major city
- total pop < 200k
- Government
- aristocratic republic (oligarchy)
- most law & regulation is contract law
- regulations are expensive because they mean buying out existing contracts and redrafting them
- true ownership of land (rather than stewardship) means you're basically a feudal lord as long as you pay taxes
- your word is your bond
- no, literally: if you violate a contract, you're unlikely to be able to get someone to sign another one without putting up money to a third party to be handed over if you break it (bonding authority)
- no one cares if you lie, but if you sign something, not following through is going to cause you huge problems. think like a bad credit score, but with consequences like "literally must pay in physical cash" and "must pre-pay for power and heating"
- contract penalty clauses can involve stuff like ass-beatings and enslavement
- people don't bother with fine print because everybody reads it