Hierarchical Polities

Polities are organic structures capable of aggregating other Polities under their sphere of control.

This capacity allows for the construction of functional hierarchies: from corporations with multiple subsidiaries to interstellar alliances formed by sovereign worlds, such as the Allegiances.

Aggregated Polities become subordinate to the Polity that aggregates them, which defines the relationship parameters, governance, auditing, and shared compliance.

This structure models an emergent collective behavior, structured through principles of composition, integration, and dependency.

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Allegiances, planetary governments, religious groups, commercial consortia, political parties, revolutionary armies, criminal organizations, pirate networks, nomadic clans, technocratic sects, mercantile federations, scientific foundations, or union blocs... —are all examples of Polities that articulate with one another, forming dynamic ecosystems of power, cooperation, and conflict.

The system does not impose a single form of organization: it accommodates everything from the decentralization of Allegiances —Vargr Extents— to vertical hegemonies —Zhodani Consulate.

Internal dynamics result from the specific configuration of each hierarchy: delegation of functions, resource distribution, levels of autonomy, or auditing mechanisms.

This compositional logic —based on hierarchical integration— is the structural principle of the Polities system and one of the keys to scaling gameplay from local operations to interstellar strategic control.