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Originally Posted by roguebfl
Granting the assumptions that the elves we're talking about have longevity that effectively Unaging once they finish their 100 year adolescence, and due to their magic they economically live in effectively post scarcity prestige economy.
I was consider ennui be a one of the intractable issues that divide their politics which the major divisions would mastering a skill vers dabbling in many. What do you see the political system evolving out of this situation?
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It depends in part on how human the elves are. That is, in what ways do their minds and psychologies differ from ours aside from immortality? Because that will make a big difference in what kind of society and state immortality produces.
For ex, what is their reproductive rate compared to mortals? With immortality the society could sustain itself with a
tiny female fertility rate, just enough to allow for accident and occasional violence. For humans in a relatively non-violent society/situation, the 'sustain rate' is about 2.1 or so. For immortal elves it might be 0.0001.
So imagine an elven society where reproduction is restricted to nobility. The entire society might be a single interlocked noble family. You might actually have a very substantial population, of brothers and sisters and first cousins, all made up of offspring of the nobility. Your brother or sister might be 1000 years older or younger.
This would never work with humans, even immortal humans, because it doesn't fit human biological/psychological nature. But it might with a different race that thinks differently.