(Me) Nothing to notice. We spotted no tax
collectors, postpersons, guardians, traffic regulators, no persons with any
official garments, nor with any insignia denoting them as belonging to any
service. Only at times the regal suite wears solemn clothing during ceremonies,
but that also lacks any sort of military iconography: there's no lineup of
platoons, no guardians with javelins crossed, none of the kind. Once we observed
a coronation (that is, adding a new sign into the queen's... aura? see recording)
and it more looked like a symposion of amateur's skene pieces than a state
event.
When crossing from one state into anothe we did not notice any borderline.
By the road there was, though, a large stone, with names of each state on
each side, but we found nobody by it. No rangers, no customs. This probably
comes from absence of any visible trade. Nobody is too rich, and nobody is
poor. I am getting an impression that this is an ideal consumer society -
whatever is made, will be consumed, whatever is needed, will be made. No
advertisements, no retail network. At least there's no shops. As much as
we managed to understand, when we need something, we address just anybody,
and the thing arrives during the same day. Where from? We'd be glad to learn.
The service which organizes the voting, as it seems, is not there. At least
not as an occupation. In case when something needs voting, the representatives
of the opposing propositions gather and form the question. In the first round
the question is asked to everybody (within the state, village... what?).
Those who may be affected by the matter are extracted, their suggestions
gathered, some of them join the, ahem, committee, and then the question is
rephrased based on the suggestions, and then the procedure is either repeated
until the final form of the question is reached, or it is sent as is to those
who were interested. The circle of the inquired does not necessarily coincide
with any area of land - some matters are voted on planet-wide, some by only
mothers of infants, or just the seniors, or just the kids (!), or the people
on the same water system (even when the river flows through three countries).
(Romfu) The decisions are enforced by
their own selves. We have seen no instruments of enforcement. It is possible
that it's about one of those intuitive communities, with high conscience
about everything (or a deeply implanted one), where disrespect of the community
decisions equals a taboo of highest rank. Are they brought up that way? Or
conditioned so?