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Civics 101

The government of the Cincture is a political body comprised of three organs: the High Council, a group of seven Belted who possess the highest judicial and executive authority; the Lower Council, the deliberative legislative body; and the Trade Council, a body primarily dealing with the laws of tradesfolk, but also city infrastructure. The city of Vindulan is divided into 6 districts, which vote annually for their representative on the High and Low Councils, and for their functionary magistrates within their district. The provinces operate similarly, maintaining regular elections for their magistrates, but they only send a representative to the Lower Council. The Trade Council is comprised of three representatives from each of the trade guilds, a representative from each district in the city, and three at-large seats filled from the provinces.

Political Factions

As to belts, they are areas of specialty among students of the Academ, but also serve as political factions in the Cincture--wizards are the highest brokers of power in the polities of Vindulan. And yes, the Red belts (think evocation, conjuration) are as a faction known for zealous pomulgation of wizards' powers and authority & expansion of the Cincture without regard for considerations like ecological balance, other denizens who might live nearby, etc. Yellow belts (transmutation, illusion, enchantment) stand for, above all, harmony within the Cincture, bringing the tradesfolk to the table for a well-functioning economy, and are largely neutral on matters of expansion. The White belts (divination, abjuration, necromancy) are a minority in the current government, calling for a self-restricted role of mages, allowing the broader swath of humanity to have a substantial voice in their affairs, and are by far the greatest naturalists, approaching the ecology of Maroon and humanity's impact on it with sensitivity. .