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Old 04-30-2021, 02:43 PM   #710
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Default Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems

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Originally Posted by jason taylor View Post
On the coming of age a seal is presented in a rite-of-passage. It is shaped like a traditional royal seal implying that being a citizen is a kind of universal nobility. On election the voter stamps the form he turns in with a code distinct to himself to present his vote.
This may be difficult to have each code be unique (enough to be readily distinguishable when used as a stamp) with a large population, at least if you want them to look sufficiently interesting (something like an SSN in barcode form is easy enough, going 2D if necessary, but doesn't look as interesting as, say, a Winged Lion Rampant below a Chevron, or whatever), and particularly if each person chooses their Seal (just think of the "fun" making an email address on a popular mail service - "Sorry, that Seal is already taken").

Still, it would certainly make for an interesting cultural quirk.
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