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Etalocin has a robust tradition of intellectual activity, especially in mathematics and music. | Etalocin has a robust tradition of intellectual activity, especially in mathematics and music. | ||
What elite education is roughly like: males are educated in rhetoric, poetry, math, music, science, and martial arts, before they specialize into one or more roles in elite society. Elite females also get a full education, enough for them to be independent (minus the martial arts; they're also taught how to act like ladies), but usually only courtesans get a specialized education. One or more requirements can be waived for a person of exceptional ability. | What elite education is roughly like: males are educated in rhetoric, poetry, math, music, science, and martial arts, before they specialize into one or more roles in elite society. Elite females also get a full education, enough for them to be independent (minus the martial arts; they're also taught how to act like ladies), but usually only courtesans (and if I have a monarchy, women in the royal family) get a specialized education. One or more requirements can be waived for a person of exceptional ability. | ||
The plebs are largely literate but uneducated and are forced to do menial labor and live in unsanitary places. Weird misfits (especially if they're male) within the elite are harshly penalized as well. The social cost of nonconformity was quite severe, and crimes were punished harshly (often by <!--castration, -->forced labor, torture, and death, in addition to public shaming). | The plebs are largely literate but uneducated and are forced to do menial labor and live in unsanitary places. Weird misfits (especially if they're male) within the elite are harshly penalized as well. The social cost of nonconformity was quite severe, and crimes were punished harshly (often by <!--castration, -->forced labor, torture, and death, in addition to public shaming). | ||