Logos&Eidos
Sage
The name of the thread is pretty self explanatory,one of the governments on my work WIP is going to be Magocratic nature. But having mage overlords act the atypical nobility would be to easy,so i wound up building of a lot of different ideas from the world and from fiction to get at this one government. The problem is that my ideas are now an untangled mess and I'm not even shore how much this society would even make since, so I'm asking you for help.
The Magocracy is not an aristocracy,the ability for magic is both hereditary and learn-able, which means that their is no guaranty that the talent would stay in certain families;since not only can the talent just randomly pop up anybody is given the right push could magic. The Government is something of meritocracy one that puts it's emphasis magic particularly combat magic.
Society has four classes:Gentry,Citizens,Commoners, Dreg.
Gentry: are the mages only they can be Archons(Civil and military executives). However government service
is mandatory.
Citizens: Are non mages who have severed the state, primarily in a military capacity. Gaining the right privilege to sever in the ministries. and lease property,start businesses.
Commoners: are non mages who for whatever reason never served the state. They while legally protected from molestation have limited privileges. They can not lease property and have little say so in government. many work as indentured-servants.
Dregs: are the bottom of society and have almost no rights. These people mundane and mage have committed so great crime or dishonor;weren't simply executed.
The Mageocracy is based around a system of privileges and obligations,seeing itself as the modern descendant of and refinement of an ancient and stable form of government; magi-martial federalism.
The Magocracy divides its territory into sections and sub sections, the smallest is municipality the biggest is Planetary,where in space-fantasy territory. Over each territory is an Archon who is advised by a vizier and administrates with their appointed ministers; the High-Archon rules over all from the Obsidian throne.
Only members of the gentry maybe Archons and only then when a position at their tier of governance.
Both gentry and citizen maybe ministers and by sheer weight of numbers most minsters are citizens, minsters have the power and the obligation to vote their Archon out of office, which requires two thirds majority.
The Archonage is divided into tiers, one doesn't immediately become a planetary Archon. One starts as a municipal and work their way up.
The Magocracy is not an aristocracy,the ability for magic is both hereditary and learn-able, which means that their is no guaranty that the talent would stay in certain families;since not only can the talent just randomly pop up anybody is given the right push could magic. The Government is something of meritocracy one that puts it's emphasis magic particularly combat magic.
Society has four classes:Gentry,Citizens,Commoners, Dreg.
Gentry: are the mages only they can be Archons(Civil and military executives). However government service
is mandatory.
Citizens: Are non mages who have severed the state, primarily in a military capacity. Gaining the right privilege to sever in the ministries. and lease property,start businesses.
Commoners: are non mages who for whatever reason never served the state. They while legally protected from molestation have limited privileges. They can not lease property and have little say so in government. many work as indentured-servants.
Dregs: are the bottom of society and have almost no rights. These people mundane and mage have committed so great crime or dishonor;weren't simply executed.
The Mageocracy is based around a system of privileges and obligations,seeing itself as the modern descendant of and refinement of an ancient and stable form of government; magi-martial federalism.
The Magocracy divides its territory into sections and sub sections, the smallest is municipality the biggest is Planetary,where in space-fantasy territory. Over each territory is an Archon who is advised by a vizier and administrates with their appointed ministers; the High-Archon rules over all from the Obsidian throne.
Only members of the gentry maybe Archons and only then when a position at their tier of governance.
Both gentry and citizen maybe ministers and by sheer weight of numbers most minsters are citizens, minsters have the power and the obligation to vote their Archon out of office, which requires two thirds majority.
The Archonage is divided into tiers, one doesn't immediately become a planetary Archon. One starts as a municipal and work their way up.