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Old 05-02-2018, 07:03 PM   #324
jason taylor
 
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Default Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems

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Originally Posted by Dalillama View Post
Augurarchy: Rule by divination. All laws are set in accordance with the interpretation of the celestial objects, pronouncements of intoxicated oracles, entrails of livestock or indeed people, etc. In a nonmagical world, this amounts to a subtype of theocracy.
I can actually imagine that used to as a method of ratification. It is harder to imagine the actual decisions taken that way. For one thing political decisions would be more complicated then any witchery tools and would have to be made in large part by direct communications rather then "nudges". The Dailai Lama though was I believe chosen at random from newborn children.
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