From: Sandy Petersen (SPetersen@ensemblestudios.com)
Date: Wed 31 Dec 1997 - 19:03:27 EET
Peter M.
>From what I recall of the Pamaltela book, the population of Elamle have
a four tiered caste system in which the children of >one caste will
enter the next higher caste (the kids of the nobles become farmers). A
Malkioni origin for the castes seems >probable IMO although the culture
of the Elf Coasts is mostly pamaltelean.
I do not believe that the Elamle cast structure is Malkioni in
origin, though I suppose I could be convinced otherwise with strong
arguments. The idea behind their caste system is it ensures a benign
government, because the nobles must look out for the farmers (because
they are their own children). And of course, everyone but the nobles
gets to see their kids advance and be better than they themselves were.
Obviously, the "nobles" in Elamle aren't as high & mighty as in other
nations, because approximately a fourth of all the folk are so-called
nobles, which is too high a percentage to be a true aristocracy, but the
noble class does make all the governmental decisions.
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