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==Society== | ==Society== | ||
Talma was, and still to a large extent is, a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrapsaccharineWorld Crapsaccharine World]. Talma boasts a robust tradition of intellectual activity, especially in mathematics and music. However, Etalocian society is a highly stratified meritocracy, which historically caused considerable friction between social classes. | |||
Historically the social cost of nonconformity was quite severe. Crimes were punished harshly. Legally, the most common punishments were exile, imprisonment and forced labor but often the criminals were tortured, castrated, or executed, in addition to public shaming. | Historically the social cost of nonconformity was quite severe. Crimes were punished harshly. Legally, the most common punishments were exile, imprisonment and forced labor but often the criminals were tortured, castrated, or executed, in addition to public shaming. | ||
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Some possible consequences of Talman silphium: | Some possible consequences of Talman silphium: | ||
*Polygamy was legally recognized in | *Polygamy was legally recognized in Talman cultures, though many people are monogamous. | ||
*Premodern Talman culture doesn't have a traditionalist sexual morality (neither does modern Talman culture). | *Premodern Talman culture doesn't have a traditionalist sexual morality (neither does modern Talman culture). | ||
*Equal rights for women has always been an ideal, if not reality, in Talman culture in recorded history. (This is not because of some innate moral superiority of Talmans but largely due to external factors.) | *Equal rights for women has always been an ideal, if not reality, in Talman culture in recorded history. (This is not because of some innate moral superiority of Talmans but largely due to external factors.) | ||
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===Modern education=== | ===Modern education=== | ||
The following applies broadly to | The following applies broadly to Talma as well as societies founded by Talman settlers, such as [[Verse:Tricin/Fyxám|Fyxám]]. | ||
====Primary and secondary education==== | ====Primary and secondary education==== | ||
Teaching basic literacy, arithmetic and finance, and inculcation of liberal values (which is a part of how Ngronaism is interpreted today), are considered the most important function of public education. | Teaching basic literacy, arithmetic and finance, and inculcation of liberal values (which is a part of how Ngronaism is interpreted today), are considered the most important function of public education. | ||
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===Literature=== | ===Literature=== | ||
===Music=== | ===Music=== | ||
:''Main article: [[Verse:Tricin/ | :''Main article: [[Verse:Tricin/Talma/Music]]'' | ||
===Architecture=== | ===Architecture=== | ||