[voice]

[ryuuzaki]

[Ryuuzaki's low voice is accented in a way that people from places other than the U.K. might think of as "generically English," and when the message begins, his tones are pleasant and measured without being effusive.]

Hello, everyone.

The Ingress has brought us to the Moira from any number of places. When I meet someone, I can't say whether our similarities will outweigh our differences, or vice-versa... when you're this far from home, even small commonalities can seem important. It's led me to be curious about the broad strokes of everyone's backgrounds.

[A pause, as he approaches his real question.]

What can you tell me about the government in the place you came from before this? Both the form of government and, if possible, specific names of leaders.

If it wasn't your original home, I'd be interested in hearing about that, too, even down to what year it was for you.

If you'd prefer to answer privately, that's all right with me. I can promise you my discretion.

Thank you.

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voice

[quixotically]

Government is... a funny thing. The region I've spent the last year in... There was just a war fought over it. One side was called the New California Republic, and they modeled their government after Pre-War America. The other was Caesar's Legion, who were like... supposed to be modeled after the Romans, but it was more like -- well, it's complicated, but the part that matters for the question is that it was a dictatorship, I guess. And there was... someone else who wanted to take over the area, too, and he wanted to be a dictator, too.

None of them won. Instead, we just... don't have a government. We should probably pick one, though.

[ryuuzaki]

That sounds complicated.

[Government usually is, but not necessarily always as complicated as that: some times and regions are relatively peaceful when viewed from a distance.]

When you say Pre-War America, which war do you mean?

[quixotically]

[ooc: argh im sorry this is so freakin' late, feel free to ignore this if you want]

Um... We just call it the Great War, any more. About two hundred years ago, the governments were, uh... well. They ended up nuking the planet to hell and back. People survived, obviously, but... Rebuilding has been -- really slow going. In some areas, at least. NCR is doing pretty well for itself, for the most part, from what I can tell. Lots of trade, cities big enough people talk about them all the way out here. Er, out in the Mojave, the region I was talking about. But there are a lot of places where people are clustered in small towns, and in tribes.