The Universe

Socialism

The SSR is a socialist society. Generally, the populace supports this, as the government succeeds in providing parttime jobs. Working hours are light as much manual and boring work is done by robots. The success of Socialism in providing all its people with a reasonable living (although average standards of living are lower than in most other star systems) is the main legitimacy of the system. Abject poverty and embarrasing wealth are lacking. Not all who are born in the SSR systems can resist the promises of wealth and luxury however, and so there's a steady migration to other polities.

Bureaucracy

To ensure that all goes well the Sirians have developed a huge bureaucracy. Actually, most humans work in the civil service, as manual labour is for robots. Conforming fully to the law of .. every new project leads to the installation of a new committee, whch leads to many battles of competence with other departments and committees. It is hard to get hold of Sirians while working as they are mostly In A Meeting (IAM). If not, they're writing reports and memoes. As most humans outside the civil service are involved in management bureaucracy has also invaded the workfloor.

'IAM therefore I am'

Planned economy

As seen above, most Sirians do not actually produce, but 'manage'. Robots do most of the actual work, humans are IAM. They decide on many important things, like production levels, workload and annual paperclip allowances. The SSR are largely self-sufficient and much of its trade is between the different quadrants. Exports are important for interstellar currencies to pay for imports. Sirian planners have noted that they do not always get their predictions of demand right and tend to produce more than needed. The economy is therefore not very sufficient. Industries are not very profitable, although there is nothing much lacking, except for luxury goods.

Colonies

Colonies are planned as much as everything. People are selected by the Colonial Bureau, then shipped of to their destinations. Resources etc. are determined by the Colonial Executive Board and are generally abundant. Lots over unused stuff can be found in stores on all colony worlds.

The Universe(of Starship Marine, Cruel Void and Hellfire) is © Jim Wallman 1996-2007. You may freely use this material in other games, works, websites etc for your personal entertainment - with appropriate credits as to authorship and copyright. It may not be resold or distributed with any publication for sale without the express permission of the copyright holder.

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	Sirian Society
	(Thanks to Jurrien DeJong for this) Answers to the internal policy questionnaire Socialism The SSR is a socialist society. Generally, the populace supports this, as the government succeeds in providing parttime jobs. Working hours are light as much manual and boring work is done by robots. The success of Socialism in providing all its people with a reasonable living (although average standards of living are lower than in most other star systems) is the main legitimacy of the system. Abject poverty and embarrasing wealth are lacking. Not all who are born in the SSR systems can resist the promises of wealth and luxury however, and so there's a steady migration to other polities. Bureaucracy To ensure that all goes well the Sirians have developed a huge bureaucracy. Actually, most humans work in the civil service, as manual labour is for robots. Conforming fully to the law of .. every new project leads to the installation of a new committee, whch leads to many battles of competence with other departments and committees. It is hard to get hold of Sirians while working as they are mostly In A Meeting (IAM). If not, they're writing reports and memoes. As most humans outside the civil service are involved in management bureaucracy has also invaded the workfloor. 'IAM therefore I am' Planned economy As seen above, most Sirians do not actually produce, but 'manage'. Robots do most of the actual work, humans are IAM. They decide on many important things, like production levels, workload and annual paperclip allowances. The SSR are largely self-sufficient and much of its trade is between the different quadrants. Exports are important for interstellar currencies to pay for imports. Sirian planners have noted that they do not always get their predictions of demand right and tend to produce more than needed. The economy is therefore not very sufficient. Industries are not very profitable, although there is nothing much lacking, except for luxury goods. Colonies Colonies are planned as much as everything. People are selected by the Colonial Bureau, then shipped of to their destinations. Resources etc. are determined by the Colonial Executive Board and are generally abundant. Lots over unused stuff can be found in stores on all colony worlds.

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