What kind of government does the Drag Moon have? Before I even roll it, I wanna say that the planet sounds very much like the Radical Fairy dream ~ a little spread out, perhapos, for such a communal people as us (and eating in private, WTF?), but nonetheless, I’m starting to think of Amon Assemon as a queer sanctuary away from the chaos and crowds of Ishee. Anyway, 2D6-4 rolls a 4, which means these qweens have a representative democracy, which deals with (1d3=) but a single faction or rival. That thorn in the side of this republic has its type determined by another roll on the government table, which comes up 2, for a participating democracy. It seems that there’s a move against representation swelling on Amon Assemon. I imagine it’s got the tenor of a lot of complaints about professional politicians not grounded in a homestead and arguments against distant representatives being able to represent one’s concerns when they don’t share one’s environmental reality. Some elements might also mix in resistance to offworld control. A 2d6 roll of 9 tells us that the group is notable, well-known and with significant support. It appears the ruling body is really beginning to feel the effects of its alienation from the populace!
I roll 2D to determine the structure of Amon Assemon’s representative authority. The resultant 3 gets Amon Assemon an elite council, which is to say a single legislative house, which has (1D comes up 3 for a two-way division of power, and another’s 5 is) executive and legislative power. I like the word “parliament”, so let’s call it the Parliament of Amon Assemon. A 6 on 2D means that a single ruler exerts judicial authority. It’s kind of like a prime minister, I suppose, but it’s not a minister at all ~ it’s a judge. I wonder who holds the barony of this moon? It just feels wrong for the Secretary (as I’ve decided to call them) to be ~ their job is mostly to ensure consistency in Parliamentary decisions, not to initiate or lead.
We roll 1D again to get an idea of the movement for direct democratic processes. It’s a pretty radical movement ~ their goal is for everyone to make every decision (I rolled a 6). Most likely, this is a technological libertarianism. The only way it makes sense for all citizens to be able to vote on everything is with advanced computer and communications technology. I suppose we should name these insurgents, so let’s roll the dWikipedia . . . the Assemonite Twin Party. I’m going to interpret that as confirmation of the technofetishism of the group ~ they advocate using a personal assistant AI, specifically the product called a Twin, to replicate a citizen’s beliefs, perspectives, and concerns and automate the direct democracy for which they argue. It remains to be seen if they’ve sold out to the corporation that produces the Twin, whether simple sponsorship or being an astroturfed front.
What about the religious attitude of the Assemonites? Let’s roll for the atheist/agnostic/non-religious population first, to allow it the greatest possible range of proportions. Rolling 1d100, I get 59%. 5227 people on Amon Assemon don’t identify strongly with any particular religion. That’s almost twice the percentage as on Ishee itself! I feel like the Radical Fairyness of this moon is slipping away, and I’m starting to see more of the technolibertarian Googlers I at one point liked to party with ~ the apotheosis of Enlightenment ideals grown bloated with a steady diet of science fiction and economic privilege, with a large emphasis on logic and reason over all. I still have a few friends from those times, so if any of them are reading, I wanna tell them that there’s a reason they’re still in my life ~ I found good people in that group, too. Very good people.
ANYWAY: We also have a bunch of already created religions that might have adherents on Amon Assemon. My solution is to roll a d16 for each religion (which I can do with random.org), and if the result is equal to or less than the “Population digit” of the religion, than there are members present. The Liberty Fellowship of Spirit-Listeners, for example, has trillions of worshipers. If the d16 roll comes up 12 or less, then there are Listeners here. Unsurprisingly, there are, as the 4 tells us. The Open and Assistive Galactic Rite of Rose Brotherhood needs a 10, but I rolled a 16! The Clarencian Unit of Monastic Rose Brothers has a 50-50 chance, and 15 > 8, so no Science-Monks either. 2 is less than Azeyrenawt’s 7, so they exist here, even as a 13 forbids any members of the Beaumont Cosmological Computing System (which is kind of strange, actually). Finally, although 14 has a 4, it is still too large for there to be any members of Our Lord’s Militant Mellis Church.
Rolling 1d41 to see how many Assemonites ascribe to the Liberty Fellowship, I get 31%, so there are an awful lot of Listeners on this moon. That leaves 1d10 for Azeyrenawt, which comes up 4.
Next week, we’ll start filling up those last six percent with new religions! Woohoo!
Religious landscape of Amon Assemon:
5227 sophonts (59%) atheist/agnostic/non-religious
2747 sophonts (31%) Liberty Fellowship of Spirit-Listeners
354 humans (4%) Azyeyrenawt
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