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How to protect a country with no army, no police, no guards, no military authority? [closed]
In this country there's no such job as "armed men", no one is getting paid just for killing others and standing around looking menacingly just to scarecrow away the aggressors.
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How can you change up medieval feudalism while keeping the concept of 'houses'?
My world is ruled by vampire-like superhumans, who have supernatural abilities like prescience and telepathy. The vampires require human blood to sustain their powers and long life. They lord over and ...
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What conditions would bring a kingdom/country to want a dark lord ruling them (again)?
In my world, because of how difficult the dark lord antagonist is to kill, he was permanently trapped in a weird substance. However, centuries later, he gets out and he is free. He awakens now in my ...
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How can immortal kingdoms retain their power base over the course of millennia?
The world is divided up into seven continents, each ruled by a family or clan of immortals. Altogether, these immortals number 10,000. They cannot be killed by any means, having the ability to ...
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How can I get a library to be seen as neutral territory?
The library of Alexandria was the largest and most important libraries in the ancient world. The library acquired many scrolls in its lifetime, up to 400,000, and was regarded as a capital of ...
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What would define kingdoms in a fantasy setting? [closed]
Preface: This is a very abstract question since it really would depend on the worldbuilder, and the type of setting they are trying to build.
In Established Works
In works such as Lord of the Rings, ...
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All hail the sun disk! How to maximize ancient Egypt's acceptance of Ahkenaten's religion?
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Ahkenaten was a bit of a heretical pharaoh in ancient Egypt. While it was customary at the time for the pharaoh to choose a god to be associated with, Ahkenaten went further and proclaimed ...
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Why might a country want to switch from a democracy to a monarchy? [closed]
Most people would like to have a choice in who leads their country, and so many people are more attracted to democracies. Dividing out the power to govern among many people who the voters see as the ...
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