Beyond Kings and Princesses: Governments for Worldbuilders by Oren Litwin

A high level overview of how governments fit together. Hits issues in information, legitimacy, power, organization, and who controls what. Lots of useful reading recommendations.

Does tend to assume that politics will be central to the story. (Cliched political structures may be useful to keep them in the background, when they are not central.)

A few months ago I got really into this game called Limbus Company. The details aren't too important - what's relevant is that most if not all the major characters are based on classic literature (many of them are named after protagonists and other characters). I decided to start reading some of this source material (I guess you could call it that), starting with Yi Sang. Forgive me if I'm doing some kind of faux pas, first-time poster. More under the cut.

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