I. Questions of Place
I. Questions of Place
I. Questions of Place
Questions of Place
(a) Describe the geography of where your society calls home.
(b) Describe the climate your society deals with. How severe are their seasons?
(c) What kinds of natural disasters has this society gotten used to?
(d) What are the most commonly-grown foods?
(e) What are the most commonly-eaten meats?
(f) What foods are considered exotic or expensive?
(g) What forms of alcohol are common? Rare?
(h) Is there usually enough food and water for the population?
(i) What is this place's most abundant resource?
(j) What is its most valuable resource?
(k) What resource is it most lacking?
(l) How do people travel from one place to another?
(m) Are the borders secure? In what way?
(n) How many people live here?
(o) Where in this place to they congregate?
(p) What part of this place do they avoid? Why?
(q) What are the most common domesticated animals here? And what are they domesticated for?
(r) What are the most common wild animals?
(s) Which animals are likely to be pets? Which ones won't be?
V. Questions of Faith
(a) Is there a formal clergy? How are they organized?
(b) What do people believe happens to them after death? How, if at all, can they influence this?
(c) What happens to those who disagree with the majority on questions of religion?
(d) Are there any particular places considered special or holy? What are they like?
(e) What are the most popular rituals or festivals?
(f) What do people want from the god or gods? How do they try and get it?
(g) How do their religious practices differ from their neighbours?
(h) What is the most commonly broken religious rule?(i) What is the least-violated religious rule?
(j) What factions exist within the dominant religious institutions? How do they compete?
(k) Are there monastic groups? What do they do and how are they organized? How do you join one?
(l) How are those who follow different faiths treated?
(m) What relationship do religious and political leaders have?
(n) What superstitions are common? What kinds of supernatural events/beings do people fear?