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Somewhat unrelated to the news but gave me a chuckle, but the judge ruling in favor of the decision is named Dhananjaya Chandrachud.

The first name translates to “conqueror of wealth” and the first part of the last name is “moon.” So he’s literally Moon-Chud the conqueror of wealth.

Self dunks are so satisfying though!

The Federation is built on principles that run counter to Maoism in important respects like allowing differences of opinion and anti-authoritarianism.

Do you know what the “mass line” concept by Mao is?

Earth and the Federation was communism. Admittedly an idealist version of it, came about because it was voted in by enlightened voters. But even then the Bell Riots showed that it was capitalism that caused conditions to arise in which the oppressed rose up against the failures of capitalism, and finally end it.

Not sure if you specifically meant something about Mao, but at least be aware of this. It’s the most basic theory of communism that capitalism fails, turns into barbarism, and the working class have no option but to revolt to resolve the crisis.

Do you have any resources on guild systems outside Europe for inspiration? I know about the śreṇis etc. in ancient India but curious about other parts of the pre-capitalist/imperialist world.

Awesome, hope to see more of this! I have my own project somewhat similar to this…it’s a different world altogether, not alt history though, but heavily inspired by it. The cultures in my world are often paired up with one or more across the world for inspiration, so eg. Central American/Indian/West African or NA Plain/Turkic/Mongolian

I am not indigenous but I was sick of fictional worlds being just another Europe-but-magic and I am fascinated by the similarities in language, culture, and mythology between “pre-modern” culture (almost entirely non-European, but I ended up including pre-Christian Europe to a small extent). I especially admire things which are truly impressive on a global historical scale but somehow lost to time, like how nations formed confederations eg. the Haudenosaunee, or the wide trade and communications networks eg. Plains Indian Sign Language.

Anyways I just wanted to share that I love to see this kind of anthropological worldbuilding. If you wanted some other examples, I liked the Spirit Island board game and hope to check out the ttrpg Coyote and Crow sometime (C&C is prob the closest to what you are doing)