Kallipolis — Setting Wiki
A reference guide to the setting of Kallipolis: a cybernetically augmented Roman city-state, stratified by Platonic class (Gold/Silver/Bronze), under siege from a northern barbarian confederacy and a southern colony of diseased exiles, fracturing internally toward civil war.
For the literary manuscript version of this material, see An Account of Kallipolis by Theoros of Delphinion.
The World
- World Overview — Geography, climate, and the physical setting
- Regions — The nine geographic regions surrounding Kallipolis
- The Northern Wall — The fortified pass between city territory and the Horde
- Historical Eras — The Shaping, the Reaching, the Codification, the Gilding, the Retreat, the Outbreak, and the present decline
- The Glubb Cycle — The cyclical model of civilizational rise and collapse
The Class System
- Class System Overview — Gold, Silver, Bronze: the Platonic stratification and the Noble Metal Myth
Gold — The Guardians
- Gold Overview — The ruling class: governance, the Senate, the Cursus Honorum
- Optimates — Priestly, theocratic, keepers of the Romulus cult
- Logistai — Administrative, archive-controlling, surveillance-minded
- Negotiatores — Mercantile, port-connected, outward-facing
Silver — The Auxiliaries
- Silver Overview — The military class: institutional control, sub-faction rivalry
- Monarchists — Feudal-conservative, chivalric houses, academy control
- Legionnaires — Stratocratic, disciplined, field army command
- Praetorians — Political-interventionist, intelligence, covert operations
Bronze — The Producers
- Bronze Overview — The laboring class: guild life, the Subura, political movements
- Restitutores — Reformist, guild-organized, working within the system
- Syndikoi — Syndicalist, cell-organized, working beneath the system
- Incendiarii — Anarchist, populist, working against the system
The Horde
- Horde Overview — The northern tribal confederacy: Great Council, war-leader, oppida
The Blight
- Blight Overview — The southern exile colony: origins, Patient Zero, the cover-up
Culture
- The Rite of Alchemy — Class mobility mechanism: elevation, demotion, the Nocturnal Council
- Religion & Philosophy — Romulus worship, the Noble Metal Myth, the Numa, the Profani
- Calendar & Time — Year structure, civic and religious calendar, intercalary days
- Written Culture — Literature, rhetoric, propaganda, censorship
Economy
- Material Culture — Currency, goods, and class-stratified consumption
- Extractive Economy — Mining, agriculture, debt cycles, bread rations
- Construction — Building trades, Bronze labor, architectural class divide
- Infrastructure — Water, roads, logistics, Logistai control
- Housing — Residential architecture by class
Technology
- Augmentation — The augmentation hierarchy: what each class receives
- Weapons — Ranged, melee, and faction-specific armaments
- Shields & Energy — The shield-fire tradeoff and energy reserve system
- Armor — Armor by class and sub-faction
- Vision & Sensors — Augmented perception and surveillance systems
Military
- Doctrine — City, Horde, and Blight military doctrine
- Fortifications — The Northern Wall, castella, defensive architecture
- Navy — Naval capability and the port
- Ammunition & Supply — Logistics, smart rounds, supply chain vulnerabilities
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