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**Cliques typically consist of 50-80 coteries and are often grouped into blocks within a city for administrative purposes |
**Cliques typically consist of 50-80 coteries and are often grouped into blocks within a city for administrative purposes |
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**The membership for the clique guardian council consists of seven members elected to two-year terms and generally cycled to represent all cliques |
**The membership for the clique guardian council consists of seven members elected to two-year terms and generally cycled to represent all cliques |
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**Cliques answer to archons of their cities, with each clique sending a representative from the council to seat in the archon's assembly council |
**Cliques answer to the archons of their cities, with each clique sending a representative from the council to seat in the archon's assembly council |
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**The number of cliques under typically varies based on the size of the city he oversees, with the average city having about 400-500 cliques |
**The number of cliques under typically varies based on the size of the city he oversees, with the average city having about 400-500 cliques |
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*The smallest familial unit known as a coterie, which typically consists of 15-25 members which forms the Mikaean equivalent of a family |
*The smallest familial unit is known as a coterie, which typically consists of 15-25 members which forms the Mikaean equivalent of a family |
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**A coterie is presided over by a guardian, who is usually the eldest member of the group, who commands the respect and obedience of her coterie |
**A coterie is presided over by a guardian, who is usually the eldest member of the group, who commands the respect and obedience of her coterie |
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**Keepers are generally the eldest members of a coterie after the guardian, who assist the guardian in managing affairs and looking after the wards |
**Keepers are generally the eldest members of a coterie after the guardian, who assist the guardian in managing affairs and looking after the wards |
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**Wards are assigned to coteries by house bureaucrats, who exam the coterie and determine how many wards will be assigned to the guardian |
**Wards are assigned to coteries by house bureaucrats, who exam the coterie and determine how many wards will be assigned to the guardian |
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**The role of guardian is permanent, and removed by the household if there is enough outcry over her performance as the head of a coterie |
**The role of guardian is permanent, and removed by the household if there is enough outcry over her performance as the head of a coterie |
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===Morals and taboos=== |
===Morals and taboos=== |
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*There is no concept of privacy as all Mikaeans belong to the same family, and everything belongs to the patriarch, there are no true boundaries between them |
*There is no concept of privacy as all Mikaeans belong to the same family, and everything belongs to the patriarch, there are no true boundaries between them |