Zalamath Politics
Well, I’m doing plenty of stuff with our Zalamath friends. I’ve realized that the Zalamath, by my definition, are a bit cliché; they’re humanoid, human-sized and often human-like. In an effort to change them a bit, I’ve altered their appearance. They’re now shaped a bit like the Luminoth from Metroid Echoes, which is to say tall and skinny. They’re not quite as extremely insectoid as the Luminoth, but their close. Their eyes are, by and large, perfectly round, and their breathing things (nostrils) are on their forehead. Their mouths are vertical and stretch from between their eyes to the lower-middle of their face. Quite different. They’re still stocky enough to wear fairly heavy armor, and I’ve given them two pairs of vestigial limbs that are in the process of being evolved away.
Politics, though. That’s what the blog title is, isn’t it? *shuffles through notes* Right. Zalamath, as I’ve said before, are fairly paranoid, but that only accounts for the actions of the Unified government. The Zalamath nations were only unified because of the invasion, and the Coalition is largely controlled by the Thervul and Sarason countries, the two biggest (and consequently, most paranoid) countries in the world. All countries are able to keep their respective languages, but are also required to be taught Zalamath-general, the equivalent of Esperanto.
The Coalition of Unified Zalamar is the ruling body. There is one repesentative from each country in the Coalition, and they vote and debate on things. The larger countries can afford to pay bribes and keep people on their side, so they largely get the most benefits. They also have the largest independednt militaries, which makes the Unified government a bit skittish. Therefore, paranoia and bad foreign policy are in order.
However, the more liberal people, having become disgruntled, often join the frowned-upon and badly funded Exploration Fleet and leave Zalamar, only returning for debriefing on a particular difficult mission. The Coalition, largely, looks down on this.
So there are my changes and explanations. Hoping for some more soon.
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