Rathess is a draconian totalitarian theocracy though lead by a dogma of Compassion and Justice.
There however is no privacy, IAM 2.1 is everywhere and monitors everything. Making Criminal Careers short and painful. Punishment is swift and certain.
Unless the Crime deals with Rathess itself (such as treason, damage of public property, crimes against/involving a Dragon King) it is handled by the Courts of Humanity following laws outlined by Gladrien and Aata – reasonable and compassionate.
Crimes that fall under the governance of the Ecclesiastical Court are a different story. The punishment for such crimes are almost without fail Ritual Sacrifice – since they only deals with matters of apostasy.
The Dragon Kings have been convinced by The Fair Lady, the Thunder God, and the Twilight, that the inherent spiritual difference between mankind and Dragon Kings require the adaptation of separate Codes of Law. Thus unlike Dragon King Criminals, death sentence is rare for humans (except for Heresy) because it is a tenant of Compassion to give the criminal opportunity to redeem themselves in the scales of heaven. Usual punishment involves fulfillment of debt to society and (re)education – sometimes via Hard Work, other times through religious indoctrination. However, under no condition is mind control a legal course of action, because the goal is for redemption and not just a change in behavior. Those deemed beyond redemption are executed. These executions are just a matter of course and has no associated importance. Thus condemned criminals are not paraded through the streets and publically executed, nor are their punishment hidden from the eye of the people. Anyone can pay Homage at the Temple of Justice and have free access to the execution grounds. Though their chance to witness such an proceeding is up to chance due to the lack of advertisement and rarity of capital punishment.
There are also no currency within Rathess. Any barter done by Rathess to outsiders are done in Silver and Jade. Dragon Kings does not consider Gold a currency, instead it is used for iconography and religious decorations.
Residents of Rathess each are assigned responsibilities they must attend to. It governs the lives of every Rathessian from the adult’s work hours in the Undercity to how many hours a child must play with other children in any given day. These schedules however are very reasonable and give fulfilling and structured lives to the masses. The residents of Rathess have no worry of food, shelter, and security, and receive education that is the envy of any city state. Those who repeatedly renegade on their responsibilities are exiled into the Jungle and few wishes to throw away their utopian existence for sheer laziness.
Solars that chose to settle in Rathess have the right to pick an Estate in the Human Octave. However, like all Humans they are not allowed to have estates/permanent residence in the non-human areas. Rathess as it was, is dedicated to the Unconquered Sun and Dragon Kings – it is not for humanity to claim as their own.
The Solars are also provided with servants and guards and resources to the maintaining of their Dignities. It is a great honor to be chosen by the Lawgivers and many hopeful place their name on the rosters for the chance of basking in the glory of the Unconquered Sun’s Children.
Solars are individuals however and just what this dignity is differs from person to person. It runs the gambit from the Tasteful Monument to his own Greatness that Dagnir calls his estate, to the small non-descript apartment of the Twilight that is unreachable without going through the Undercity.
There is no need to assign a resource value to each Solar, since only time and manufacturing speed limit their spending. However, should they require resources outside of the City they can easily receive enough resources to be considered at 5 dots. Since Rathess for all intent and purpose have Unlimited Resource (at least for any one Solar to spent by himself).
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