It could be really cool to create a mixture of two or more of that types, and a system to make it cohesive.
@MichaelMahoneyTFIOV5 сағат бұрын
I would love videos on one hit wonder empires!
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding3 сағат бұрын
I guess Imma a make a one hit wonder then :D There have been a few requests.
@adriankamt32616 сағат бұрын
gracias, muchas gracias !
@subhamraj53657 сағат бұрын
I kind of have a country where each region is also the Lord/Leader of a specific part of Governance/the Country, such as the Capital being the head of the Legislature and Executive, while some regions are economic/agrarian heartlands, etc. The Headquarters of the Central Bank lies in a region that is small and is highly militaristic BUT, due to it's control over the bank, it has higher leverage among the Aristocrats and people. Once it even leveraged it's economic status over an influential Guild in the area and an influential Headmaster, it also made the country very protectionist, but it was still an era of general growth because of the unlikely amount of peace, considering their constant civil wars had just ended, ut this era of protectionism and regulations ended after the first King of the region had died and she took the mantle of Monarch of that region(A sub-national Monarch under the National Monarch). Anyway for me to improve or expand on it? I would like your help!
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding6 сағат бұрын
I'm not sure how to answer that. I mean it's a paragraph of world building :) It looks like a good principle but of course it's just a paragraph. Questions arise like: How do they establish control? What happens to those who oppose the bank? Have there been any regions that have opposed the bank successfully etc etc :)
@l0g1cb0mb7 сағат бұрын
Noocracy: I think the Imperium of Man is ruled by the Emperor who is considered the definition of wisdom (Warhammer 40K) Being practically immoral could make this a hybrid of Noocracy and gentocracy and the strong being the ruler as none were stronger than the Emperor and his Primarch sons. But I ain't one to gossip... .
@olivierpapineau-schneiderm36738 сағат бұрын
Great Video, as a Canadian I'm definitely going to have to take some of our English vs American vs French wars as a blueprint!
@insomnolant60438 сағат бұрын
It's AD. CE is a politically correct nonsense term for gays.
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding6 сағат бұрын
1. I'm bisexual. So if it's a term for gays, it's the one for me. 2. The term CE can be traced back to 1615, when it first appears in a book by Johannes Kepler as the Latin: annus aerae nostrae vulgaris (year of our common era), and to 1635 in English as " Vulgar Era". I think this is the first time I've heard someone imply that the 17th century was "woke".
@safs309813 сағат бұрын
What’s the Background music? It’s so chill
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding12 сағат бұрын
Faeries by Ivan Duch, you can get it here: ivanduch.com/songs/faeries/ or on his KZbin channel.
@safs309812 сағат бұрын
@ thank you so much 😊
@mattcat8317 сағат бұрын
If you like the Dresden Files, then you'd love the Mage the Awakening books by Onyx Path, as both editions were heavily inspired by Butcher to create a TTRPG system within the World of Darkness setting.
@soupforthefamily837818 сағат бұрын
There have been plenty of polytheistic theocracies, ancient Egypt was essentially a theocracy the pharaohs were worshipped as physical embodiments of Horus. You can also easily pull off a theocracy with a non-theistic religion.
@quinnsmusingsКүн бұрын
If you don't mind queer fantasy, might I recommend Megan Derr's The High King's Golden Tongue. There's a number of books in the series and I'm blown away by the culture and worldbuilding, which you might like
@Alejojojo6Күн бұрын
Sent a suggestion. When is the streaming taking place?
@JustInTimeWorldbuildingКүн бұрын
After the last episode airs, so probably early in March :)
@Kara_PabucКүн бұрын
Things that you need to understand about Steppe Nomads: 1. The steppes are the sea, these people are steppe-faring people; their mounts are their ships. 2. The steppes can NOT support huge populations; despite Hollywood, nomadic life style meant less population which itself meant high value of human life. 3. This combined with mount oriented lifestyle meant that nomadic people utilized hit and run tactic. They utilized composite bows. Steppe nomad=horse archer 4. Nomadic people can't be bulky, big people; steppe horses are small, and people are also small but athletic. Forget about Jason Momoa style ripped nomadic people. Make them swift athletic. 5.Less population means women have more rights and responsibility other than childbearing; thus nomadic cultures have more gender equality compared to sedentary cultures. 6. Main governance is based on tribal confederacy. The khan is first among equals. It's difficulty to tax nomadic people, it is difficult to dictate these people, they are free and do things voluntarily or based on consensus. The khan needs to prove himself this or that way. 7. They have sports based on riding, be creative. 8. Nomadic people have different perception of distance than sedentary people. 9. Forest are scary, mountains are might. 10. In steppe climate the temperature difference between night and day is huge up to 15 degrees. The weather is cold rather than hot. In Gobi desert the temperatures goes up to 32 degree. So don't make your Steppe nomads running around naked like Game of Thrones. And finally, Mongolians are overrated. They create a huge empire but that empire didn't last long. Turkic people are the king of the steppes. One could argue that even the success of Genghis Khan can be attributed to Turkic warriors in the army. Vast majority of the Mongol conquered land later ruled by Turkic people for centauries.
@storyspren2 күн бұрын
Yess I'd be excited to see a video on one-hit-wonder empires!! I put something similar in my D&D setting, in the process of falling apart after the conqueror died, except no one's disputing who's on what throne, everyone's just disputing that throne's claim to the conquered lands and peoples. In other words, they're fighting for independence. Most of them, anyway; there are a few ambitious rulers itching to conquer the core (though not in the original empire's name) :p Also, love how the stages of empire got character voices :D
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding2 күн бұрын
Hahaha, I happen to own all these fancy cloaks you see :D
@FelipeSilva-pj8vl2 күн бұрын
I do like your videos, lady!!!!!! How informative, direct yet rich they are!!!! Glad that I just found this YT channel!!!!!!!!
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding2 күн бұрын
Thank you so much :)
@YouWinILose2 күн бұрын
I look forward to this series! Cool idea for engagement, as well!
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding2 күн бұрын
I look forward to going through everyone's responses :D
@olivierpapineau-schneiderm36732 күн бұрын
Another great video, just in time :)
@gamemasterstorytime26452 күн бұрын
Hey, just want to say I am getting into Mongoose Traveller 2e and your videos have been great. I've watched mapping space, sci-fi world building and now creating technology. Ill make sure to recommend you to other Traveller community members. Cheers!
@postpunk69SexAndViolence2 күн бұрын
S Tier - Song of Ice and Fire. I really like the whole veil of mystery when it comes to magic. What is magic in this world? A blessing or a curse? Are gods like R'hllor or the Old Gods really responsible for it? We know that people make cruel sacrifices to the Lord of Light by burning people alive, so should he be called a God or a Demon? Is it R'hllor who revives the dead like Lord Berric Dondarrion, who fell dead in battle 6 times, only to finally give his life the 7th time and pass it on with a kiss to Catelyn Stark, who had been dead for 2 days and thrown into the river, turning her into Lady Stoneheart, burning with fury and a desire for revenge? The Old Gods and the creepy faces carved into the white trunks of weirwoods and the red leaves resembling hands. Bran, who is a warg and a green seer who can enter the bodies of animals, as are all the Stark children who are unaware of this (apart from Arya and Jon) Robb, Arya, Jon Snow, Rickon. Only Sansa is cut off from her powers, having lost her direwolf Lady. What's up with the talking raven of Lord Commander of the Night's Watch Jeor Mormont and later Jon Snow? Is someone entering his raven body and trying to manipulate reality, like in the election for the new Lord Commander after Mormont's death? The whole story of Bran gives me the shivers. What are we supposed to think of an 8-year-old boy who enters the bodies of ravens and other animals, and as his direwolf, Summer eats human flesh? What are we supposed to think when he enters the body of a retarded giant stable boy Hodor, who hides far to the end of his consciousness like a beaten dog and lets Bran, who has paralyzed legs, walk? And when Bran sees through the eyes of the weirwood the past from thousands of years ago and the sacrifice by slitting the throat of a prisoner with a bronze sickle and tastes the blood that seeps into the roots? And his mentor, Brynden Rivers, called Bloodraven, once Hand of the King and spymaster of the kingdom, then Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, who disappeared during the expedition beyond the wall and now rests on a throne made of weirwood roots, dried out like a skeleton, over 120 years old, teaching Bran to be a green seer? I won't even mention the Others and their army of the dead and Euron "Crows Eye" Greyjoy or dragons and Valyria. The whole series brings more questions than answers, but I like this atmosphere of cosmic horror, the unknown lurking in the darkness. I hope GRRM will at least finish Winds of WInter. A Tier - WItcher. Magic is drawn from the elements, it allows to prolong life and gain a youthful appearance even at the age of 400, but if used unwisely it can kill the user. Magic is based on the power of four elements - water, fire, earth and air. The safest and easiest to draw power from are water veins. All four elements have different uses: the element of water allowed you to cause floods, bring rain to farmers' fields affected by drought and control the waves of the sea. The element of fire allowed you to cause fires, throw fireballs and create incredible heat. Earth allowed for faster plant growth, earthquakes, avalanches of boulders and in extreme cases - shifting the entire terrain. Air, in turn, allowed for levitation or stunning, as well as moving heavy objects over long distances. In the world of The Witcher, magic and technology work together, creating a society almost equal to ours in terms of technological level - genetic research is conducted, it is used in cosmetics and in many other areas of life. Thanks to magic, there is something like our weapon of mass destruction - cataclysms (earthquakes or meteorite showers) can take countless victims. Magic was used, among other things, in genetics. It was also used to treat some diseases. Magic was also an element of the Witcher's Trial of Grasses. Elven magic allowed for the production of several excellent women's cosmetics, which were of no small importance. Their price on the market reached dizzying prices. In addition, sorceresses used magic to improve their appearance (for example, Yennefer's hump and several other defects were removed with the help of magic). Each king has sorcerers in his court, who serve him and the kingdom as advisors. The truth is that sorcerers plot their intrigues, communicate with each other and de facto controls politics throughout the Continent. There's more, of course, but I don't want to exhaust the subject, because of spoilers. I recommend everyone to read books about the Witcher! Sorry for such a long post.
@ericramirez56602 күн бұрын
PLEASE give us some ancient Inca content! I'm grateful you gave some love to the Mesoamerican cultures. It is difficult to research, but that content is always my fav!
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding2 күн бұрын
I'm trying to find some good information :) The problem is that there's so few original sources and so much speculation and inference, it's hard to sift the chaff from the wheat.
@yagxr2 күн бұрын
manga, but i think the magic system from witch hat atelier is one my favorites now.
@gasmonkey10002 күн бұрын
Thanks for covering this one, empires are one of those things I learned abourt early since my dad's English. A lot of times enpires don't exclusively oppress or uplift, it's usually both. For every atrocity the British Empire committed it ended another, it sucked resources out of India but it brought infrastructure.
@Misty-j6r2 күн бұрын
13:43 this is the USA rn
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding2 күн бұрын
It's very easy to fall too far down the rabbit hole of cyclical comparisons. Learn from history, yes, but don't believe it will of necessity repeat exactly as is.
@toddl32322 күн бұрын
Another great video! I have grappled with questions of empire definition in my fantasy novel series The Ultideic Prophecies. For example, when an empire loses control of all but its core constituents, is its still an empire? When a kingdom formalizes the subsidiary relationship of vassal polities within its aristocratic structure (e.g. a conquered king becomes a duke of the conquering kingdom), but otherwise allows the vassal jurisdiction to maintain a degree of autonomy, is it actually an empire? If an empire endures long enough to create cultural and political homogeneity among the controlled territories, does it eventually cease to be an empire and become a single state? Line drawing (like in the real world) can be messy and interesting.
@fabiov12silva622 күн бұрын
Up ❤🇧🇷 i love this video ❤❤
@fabiov12silva622 күн бұрын
Up 😮❤️🇧🇷
@charlesvanonselen62513 күн бұрын
Aren't you married to that famous Author Donald Mullany? Interesting vlog - thanks for sharing Marie!
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding2 күн бұрын
LOL. I'd say he's married to famous KZbinr from Just In Time Worldbuilding.
@amehayami9343 күн бұрын
My favorite thing about the Han Empire is it was the gayest Empire in China's history 😊 You can tell by the fashion too. 😊 It had the best fashion 😊
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding2 күн бұрын
I don't even think you need the fashion. Emperor Aoi was pretty open about his male companion, as were most of them :). I love that bisexuality was the norm for the Han. I wish China kept that till today. If you forced me to go back in time, please send me there. I could do "paired eating" as they called the female version :)
@orionspero5603 күн бұрын
5:53 I think some of the early colifete, as basis for empire would be interesting: Rashidun, Umayyad, and/or Abbasid.
@gasmonkey10002 күн бұрын
Those have life cycles of an empire within the empire, it's crazy
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding2 күн бұрын
Maybe an expanded list sometime in the future.
@orionspero5602 күн бұрын
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding You were asking at the time about south american, but I think going into the islamic cycle is certainly the priority in trying to expand our understanding. I'd even prioritize it up over the chinese, but those two are the mysteries most important non european. The south American groups have the record missing, but the isolation barrier also means they're outside the cultural cycles, and it's a zeitgeist of cultures of the audience. On that basis, after I was looking at go to the western and eastern european, the east asian and the islamic cycles, I would go to africa and then astronesia/polynesia Add evenne indus before I went to the the america's as a source just because of the isolation and erasure, moving it out of the zeitgeist, and therefore the audience relatability.
@PaulHosey-u3l3 күн бұрын
Matriarchy would be better.
@pantheon7773 күн бұрын
What I feel like I'm witnessing now, is that the obsession with strength and authority causes competitiveness, and bullies to pick on those they see as vulnerable and weak, the "weak" strike back when and where they can, sometimes as crime, theft and bandits or weaponized incompetence. Justice is abandoned in favor of power. This whole situation causes mistrust in society as a whole until it breaks down. In other words: the obsession with strength leads to weakness. And they do this instead of creating unity and strength through compassion and cooperation. Calls for unity are done through force and moral judgmentalism rather than care for others in a real material way. It doesn't work, and life only gets worse for the general population who eventually revolt or there is civil war or external powers invade, which the people are relatively apathetic to instead of fighting back.
@programmerdave98933 күн бұрын
Respectfully, I would classify the US as an empire. The US has territories where the people are citizens that can vote for president, but they don’t have representation in the House or the Senate. I think the plan may have been to make them states, but the political will for that died out, and now they’re technically citizens without representation. The US won’t let them become their own nations, either, since they’re in very advantageous positions for military bases.
@pantheon7773 күн бұрын
The US rules other countries indirectly through propaganda, the IMF, the world bank , and other institutions [neo-colonialism]. Totally in line with the stated definition
@BONOR3BORN3 күн бұрын
@@programmerdave9893 came to say something similar, I’ve also heard America described as the imperial core
@slothlairКүн бұрын
Was thinking roughly that, well said in my view.
@Nathouuuutheone3 күн бұрын
Do you have a plan for your thumbnails in the future? Ugly patched-up renders probably made by AI are really giving your channel an air of cheapness. I don't know any other channel who does thumbnails as accidentally deepfried as yours. Most dnd and worldbuilding creators just use their own face. Even small creators hire artists. It feels like the one thing about your channel which doesn't have a professional touch. You clearly have expertise in what you say and we get to feel that when listening to your videos. I don't think the thumbnails do you any such justice. I wish your channel really reflected the value I believe you have as a creator. Those thumbnails really keep catching my eye for the wrong reasons, I even avoid most of your videos until I seek them out on purpose. They are not appealing at all in my news feed between a face and an artist's work. It clashes. Feels cheap. Anyways.
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding2 күн бұрын
LOL! That is one of my least AI thumbnail. That photo? It's me from 10 years ago with a glam filter. The logo in the background? That's my new channel logo drawn by a human. I've just started a race between that thumbnail and one actually generated by AI. Bet you the AI one wins, as it always does. For 2 years, I tried using my face on thumbnails. No one clicked. I need clicks to make content. Oh and FYI, most videos don't make enough money to justify an artists. I hired an artist for the channel logo because I can re-use that all the time. The thumbnails change too often.
@lukesmith88963 күн бұрын
Ay! Another person using Historical Materialism in their worldbuilding!
@ronecotex3 күн бұрын
I think teleportation case could be very interesting for a fantasy Empire you might not even need roads in certain places
@ronecotex3 күн бұрын
What do you think of the concept of during the decline of the empire someone comes into restore it the fantasy equivalent of Julius Caesar or Alexander right when it's about to end
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding2 күн бұрын
I mean, that's pretty much what happened to Rome. The Republic was crumbling and then there was Ceaser and a change in government and that's how Rome got a new lease on life. I explore that in this series :D
@John14.6OuO3 күн бұрын
Tomorrow is promised to no one, James 4:13-17. If you hear God's voice pls don't harden ur heart. Hebrews 3:7-19. Here's how to have endless tomorrows God LOVED YOU so MUCH that He sent His only begotten son to die in YOUR PLACE so you won't have to die under Gods judgement but live forever IF you fully trust in Jesus, now that he's risen, repent We all broke God's law, we sinned, but he didn't, Jesus paid our fine. Romans 3:23, Rev 21:8, Romans 6:23, Ephesians 2:8-10, Heb4:15 Romans 10:8-10. Trust in Jesus now, the only way to heaven lot's of religions say Jesus is a way, a good teacher, Jesus said he's the only way John 14.6 none of us are good Mark 19:16-26, but when we put our faith in Christ we pass from death to life Jhn 5:24 Jhn 11:25-26. We're clothed in his righteousness Isaiah 61:10-11 2 Corinthians 5:4 it's good to trust in him and not how we perceive things. Proverbs3:5-10, 2 Corinthians 5:7 Mark 8:34-38. We must be born again to go to heaven that happens upon belief, you'll be born of the Spirit into a new life as a child of God. Jhn 3:3-8 Jhn,1:12-13, Ephesians 1:13, 2 Corinthians 1:12
@ronecotex3 күн бұрын
Magic contracts make a great plot device especially if you want to focus on external threats
@woozlekhan3 күн бұрын
Why would a fantasy empire need a transfer of power? An immortal leader might govern an empire for millenia
@Marinanor3 күн бұрын
He or she could get bored and just have some one else govern, or disappear all together.
@woozlekhan3 күн бұрын
@@Marinanor what a fiasco. One day the immortal emporer gets bored and leaves as the most stable empire In history suddenly goes up in flames
@Marinanor3 күн бұрын
@@woozlekhan Key word. Immortal. No one else could know how the Emperor feels. lol.
@woozlekhan3 күн бұрын
I shouldn't laugh but the hand is writing backwards
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding3 күн бұрын
It's perfectly okay to laugh. It's meant to write backwards (sort of). It's supposed to animated like a glass board, because I like it better than the white board look.
@JuanGarcia-l6m3 күн бұрын
I like your video. BUT why do you have to be in the video? it is very distracting. Can you not be in your next videos? Thank YOu
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding3 күн бұрын
Try this playlist. kzbin.info/aero/PLqKDOOvbVI-p9t8R3avVhlJd973RpliYG
@TheBrickMasterB3 күн бұрын
The skeleton doing the HL2 dance killed me.
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding3 күн бұрын
It was fun :D
@tomtom211944 күн бұрын
Exceptional vid
@SlayTYT5 күн бұрын
Sorry but Mistborn is not good, its slow and boring, its clunky, try-hard and overall its so hard to finish the trilogy. Its at least 1000 pages too long
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding4 күн бұрын
Fortunately, we can all have different opinions on books and that’s okay 😊 I enjoyed mistborn, it was right for me. You didn’t and that was right for you.
@fabiov12silva625 күн бұрын
I love it ❤🇧🇷❤
@cloutdemon39985 күн бұрын
Ah what abundant wealth of knowledge! Even Thoth should take lessons. Thank you!
@JustInTimeWorldbuilding5 күн бұрын
You’re welcome 😁
@comentedonakeyboard5 күн бұрын
If Gods are real, their temple banks would probably benefit from them punishing defaulting debitors.