#the plot is about amani (a citizen) joining one of those revolutionary movements to overthrow the system

[cepheusgalaxy]

happy STS! Do you have any little world building details you’d like to share?

oh i DO

from my sci fi story that im not currently working on but >//< i love it

ok, so, *i* call it a cyberpunk story, even though im not sure its actually cyberpunk. it's got a revolution plot, and the protagonist is this girl called Amani.

The country she lives in is called New Ubiracipe (ubiracipe means--checks notes--no, actually, i didnt note what ubiracipe means oops. i remember its somethin related to trees with strong wood. anyhow), and everybody that lives in it is divided in three classes:

The High

The Citizens

The Servants

The high are the burguoise and the governants: They are the powerful rulers, the everything, the owners of the place. The citizens are below the high, and their job is to basically obey. They are my slightly brainwashed middle class. They are taught from elementary school that the society is exactly as it should be, and that the high should be exalted. They have a couple rights and aren't doing very bad in general.

The servants are the poor: the workers, the slaves. They are always subordinated to the high and the citizens, and officialy they have a few laws defending their rights. Not like anybody cares about those but they are there.

There is also an "extra" category, the Pariah, that are the exiled. Rebels, criminals, etc.

By rule, all the Pariah are considered criminals, but most aren't really chased after. The ones who do cause big problems, though, are called Capitálios and have bounties on their heads. They usually lead revolts.

The Law also draws clear distinctions between High, Citizens and Servants. There are very little crimes a High can commit, especially if they are about harming lower class people, but there are a few things that are so harmful to the Nation that not even a high can get away with.

Punishment for the Servants that break the laws for them are pretty severe. The crimes that a Servant can commit include: stealing, assassinating a High or a Citizen, insubordination, harming someone of higher class, rebelling, expressing harmful views about their superiors, work negligence, etc. Depending on the crime, they can be exiled and become Pariahs, beaten, locked away or killed.

For the Citizens, their crimes are classified as either "accidental" or "proposital" and the penalty will vary depending on that. Light or accidental crimes are usually met with fines or confiscation, and more serious crimes with prision, turning them into a Servant or exiling them. Citizens also have a "criminal file" that if they commit a lot of crimes, even if those are judged accidental, they become a Potential Problem and are less likely to be forgiven in the future.

I also have different names for "continents" and "countries", and there are also different social movements that want to overthrow the current system, all with different goals and methods, and a few notes on their fashion code (like in the middle ages, depending on your class, you can't wear certain things). Actually, the worldbuilding document on this wip is sixteen pages long :) idk what i was on back then but i cooked a lot lol.