The Regime: A decaying oligarchy clinging to
power through propaganda and brute force.
The Rebels: Theme word for both is “Resist”
Traditionalists: Nostalgic for a mythic “golden age,”
using religion/nationalism to justify violence.
Technocrats: Ruthlessly pragmatic, believing a
“perfect” society requires purging dissent.
The Community: A persecuted, non-violent group
that models an alternative way of living—serving others, rejecting
consumerism, and embracing disciplined inner growth.
Lay people
slave – wage slave class
poor and foreigner
merchant class – think themselves free but enslaved by market
and consumption
uber wealthy – enslaved by passions and fear of losing wealth /
power