The following are my posts on this blog about my constructed society of Raikoth:
1. Laws, Language, Society
2. Corruption, Priesthood
3. Cities, Land
4. Symbolic Beads
5. Economics, Relationships
6. History, Religion
7. Science
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How does Raikoth handle immigration? Was that covered somewhere and I missed it?
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