Post by Aenwyn on Jul 12, 2024 20:30:46 GMT
SOCIETY
CITIZEN RANK —
In Almeran, the citizens are separated by rank. There ranks are hereditary, but families' rank does change with time depending on their wealth and influence. This can rise and fall. The ranks are listed below in order of importance/wealth:
Royalty - The royal family.
Duke/duchess - Extended members of the royal family.
High nobility - High nobles are often members of old noble families.
Low nobility - Low nobility are newer nobles, generally less wealthy than the high nobility.
Middle class - Not quite poor and insignificant enough to be considered a commoner, but also not wealthy and influential enough to be nobility.
Commoner - The lowest rank; poor, uneducated and insignificant people.
EDUCATION —
Low nobility and up receive official education, organized by the crown. Children go to Kingdom School from the age of 10 to 16. Middle class has the resources to organize their own schools, but the quality is much lower than that of the Kingdom School. Commoners are uneducated and have no access to education. They are often illiterate.
Blest children don't go to the Kingdom Schools. They go to Guidance School, which is another school organized by the royal family. The Guidance School teaches the same subjects as the Kingdom School, but they also help the children control their blessing.
MARRIAGE—
People tend to marry within their own social rank. Low and high nobility sometimes marry each other, which is generally not frowned upon. It is uncommon for middle class to marry nobility, and it will get you some odd looks. Commoners marrying anyone other than other commoners is unheard of. If it happens, the family is most likely to be shunned.
Noble marriages are often arranged marriages, intended to make the families more wealthy and influential. Love is often not a factor in noble marriage, but it can be.
The couple is allowed to decide whose last name they take, as long as they both have the same name. The exception to the rule is the royal family: the name of the monarch/member of the royal family has to be taken by their spouse.
Homosexuality is not uncommon, yet these couples do not marry. Nevertheless, their relationships are legitimate and acknowledged.
LIFE EXPECTANCY—
65 years