Re: TML nightly: Msgs 7491-7491 V73#15
In reply to #7491 Interstellar Politics, Of A Sort by William White
William White [email removed] writes: >Subject: Interstellar Politics, Of A Sort > The Political Economy of the Imperium >I want to talk a little bit about the Imperium, and some of the >assumptions that underlie its structure. Let me begin by listing >two of the problematic areas that I think merit consideration. [munch] >Comments? I'm all ears. >Bill White Excellent article! Exactly the kind of thing I subscribe to this list to read! When I roll up systems, I don't muck with the starport or population rules. I like the challenge that results from having to explain why a world has 10 billion people on it when its temperature is 100 below zero and has an insidious atmosphere. If the rules change so that only garden worlds have high populations, then each worlds starts to look suspiciously the same. - -- [email removed]