Worldbuilding Questions

1. What is the terrain like for key setting regions – which regions are coastal, mountainous, arid, or have dense vegetation?

2. What effect does geography have on other aspects of world, such as transportation, trade and industry, environmental challenges, clothing, food and drink?

3. Who lives in each geographical region and how have they adapted to it?

4. Who prefers which regions or biomes, and why?

5. Where are the world’s borders and boundaries? Are there separate nations or kingdoms? What distinguishes the geography of each?

6. Where are the largest metropolises or wilds? Or is everything undeveloped (e.g., if your story features extra-terrestrial exploration)?

7. When was this world first mapped? Are there regions people know little about or tell legends about (‘There be dragons’)?

8. When has landscape changed, due to natural causes or development? What effects did this change have?

9. Why is this world’s geography interesting or unusual?

10. Why is any region in this world habitable or uninhabitable? What are its dangers, threats, or quirks?
    Government

11. What forms of governance exist (do they differ by region)? For example, monarchy, democracy, tyranny, oligarchy, anarchy.

    1. Kuduri is an oligarchy. It is ruled by a council chosen for their expertise in fields important to state-building and the continued existence of the city.

12. What is the biggest threat to stable government in your world?

    1. Revolution and factions vying for power.

13. Who is the most loved leadership figure (or the most hated and feared) and why?

    1. King Zadahn is an infamous slaver king who was executed by a party of slaves turned heroes in the year 4895.

14. Who governs key parts of your world (for example, this may be the pilot of a spaceship in a sci-fi story)? Will the head honcho change?

    1. The members of the council. For the city's future, this will hopefully not be changing any time soon.

15. Where are the major centers of power and administration in your world, and why are they located in these places?

    1. The council hall, an administrative building slowly consuming Zadahn's ziggurat, hosts the council and much of the city's bureaucratic infrastructure.

16. Where are laws and policies enforced the most, and where is the long arm of the law weakest?

    1. The law is heavily enforced within the border walls of Kuduri, waning as distance from the city increases. A day's walk in any direction is outside of the city's jurisdiction.

17. When were the laws that most affect your characters passed? Are there any troubling ones on the ballots?

18. When did this world’s current system of government or political system come into existence, and what were the historical and cultural factors that led to its formation?

    1. The Council was formed to replace Zadahn after his death during the Freedom Wars. It was originally envisioned as a temporary measure until a worthy ruler could be found, but it has continued to exist for nearly a century.

19. Why do characters either support or resist the government? In what ways it is benevolent or abusive?

20. Why do individuals or groups hold power to govern? Is it a birth right system, an electoral one, or the result of a coup or other event?

    1. The council is elected by vote from the councilmembers themselves. The people are given voting power for elections involving lesser government positions.