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Sovereign, Toposophic
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Ruler of a polity, nation, world or empire
Definition: sophonts who have total dominion over a great many other sophonts of inferior toposophic, often ruling over entire polities, worlds, even empiresIncludes: Toposophic dominion, imperial and other ai, posthumans and lesser ai, and other transapients. Also applies to ordinary sapients who keep subsapients as pets or servants, the subsapient is under the care of the master
Civilizations that allow the ownership of sophonts: The Sephirotics, Panvirtuality Diamond Network, and Perseus Princes, some alien empires, many other polities and societies, both greater and lesser
Civilizations and Polities that ban / do not apply : The Deeper Covenant and the Shadow Federation dislike autocratic rule by higher toposophics. Neither the The Objectivist Commonwealth or The Amalgamation have a concept of hierarchical sovereign rule.
Sentient Rights / Legal Status: Every Toposophic Sovereign is a law unto emself, at least as far as the beings under em are concerned. However it is often the case, especially in Sephirotic polities, that the sovereign is expected to treat eir charges, pets, and property with kindness; failure to do so may result in anything from legal charges being brought (centralist polities) to market boycotting (more libertarian NoCoZo and Free Zone regions, depending on polity)
Toposophics: SI:>1 (although in isolated regions there are some ordinary sophonts who have become sovereigns (nearbaseline autocrats etc))
Categories and Phyla: As far as sophont ownership, usually ai and po; however their are also slave-owning or harem-owning sapients of various kinds, especially away from the large centers of civilization.
Est. Percentage of Sophont Population: extremely small
Further Comments: The single most important factor in shaping the ecology of the colonised galaxy. Toposophic Sovereigns may rule through brute force, superior technology,or subtle memetic persuasion
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Development Notes
Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Initially published on 20 May 2009.
Initially published on 20 May 2009.
