Most of us don’t find a discussion of government entertaining. We don’t want to research it and explain what’s going on to our audience any more than they want us to explain it to them. But stories can be improved Read More …
Category: Volume 2
Branches of Government
This section discusses difference branches of government (executive, judicial, and legislative) and why separating them is important.
What is Head of Government?
The “head of government” is the person leading it. He has a title like prime minister or chancellor. This person might also be head of state, in which case they’ll have a title like king, emperor, or president. Be aware Read More …
What is a Head of State?
In any government, there are roles and titles. A few are most important for us as world builders. Head of State The “head of state” is the visible representative of a sovereign power. He often has no actual power or Read More …
How Sovereignty is Gained and Lost
Gaining Sovereignty So how does a power acquire sovereignty? Conquest is the most entertaining for us. Other times, one power cedes land to another via a treaty, or grants the other the right to control a territory. If no state Read More …
Understanding Sovereignty
This section delves into the differences between kingdoms, nations, countries, empires, and more. In addition to allowing us to name sovereign powers appropriately, it helps us create different types with varied rights, outlook, and overall feel for our inhabitants and Read More …
How Settlements Affect the Land
This section talks about how settlements impact land features, including cultivation.
How to Create a Desert
Deserts take up a third of Earth’s land surface but can be larger or smaller on the world we’ve created. They play a role in regulating Earth’s temperature, so deviating from this could render our world less habitable, but our Read More …
How to Create Marshes and Swamps
Marshes Marshes form along slow-moving rivers, at lake edges, or in depressions of land. They are often a transition between dry and wet ecosystems. Grasses and reeds dominate them (as opposed to trees) and they can be home to fish, Read More …
Wetlands: How to Create Mires
A wetland develops its own water-oriented ecosystem from being saturated with water either seasonally or all year. The aquatic plant life is what distinguishes it. The water can be fresh, salt, or brackish (somewhere between). They are good places for Read More …