The most advanced, everyone else had to go farther out.
We got the closest, earliest-colonized life-capable planets. Marik- Eastern European (Hungary/Czech/Albania/Romania/.India) Kurita= Japanese w/Swedish influence in the Rasalhague facing Prefectures (slight Arab influence near Terran Corridor) I would not compare them to America per se, if you had to compare to a current nation they are more of a modern Chinese State than anything with a different internal economy. So the Clans do draw on a lot of inspiration for different aspects of their culture, and even within different Clans there can be distinct differences. Health, Education and food is all Clan provided in exchange for work quota's.įrom a nomenclature point of view, much of their titles are driven from Mongol / Steppe tribes yet the Clans could never be described as nomadic (with maybe the Goliath Scorpians having the closest affiliation with any sort of Nomadic mindset). For the average Clan civilan, life is fairly plain, with living quarters being the big item in their day that might vary. Their competitive aspect is reasonably narrow. So they are not really driving competition across the board as a cultural thing, they just want to be the best warriors that ever existed. In the Clans, technology advancements are pursued where it has a benefit to the military. Very strong Nationalism is a key part of this with pride in the armed forces (and their acheivements) driving much of the states sense of well being. Basically everything is about supporting the military and the Military drives the governance of the State. The Clans however are also a lot like the mid 19th Centuary European States like Prussia. The IS States on the other hand are all feudal autocratic overlord styles and have zero comparison to modern democracies (I always wonder why people say Davion is so much freedom loving, peace makers etc, they couldn't be any further from the truth in canon) I think it depends alot on which aspect of the culture you want to compare to.įor example, The Clans democratically elect their leader from a certain leadership body which is not dis similar to the model for many modern nations today. I mean America is certainly the super-technocratic, super-meritocratic culture based on competition. I don't think the writers planned that consciously, but I think subconsciously some of these ideas were in the back of their minds. "ĭiscuss: Do the Clans represent American Culture/Ideas in a way?ĭoes the Inner Sphere represent the older River Valley Civilization Nexus? I.E. Second is a British saying "It is an Equal Fault to Trust Eeveryone and No one. "The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire because God would Never Trust the English, in the Dark." **Two things I will say about the British. (I also see Word of Blake as fanatical Communists in a way, and the Post-Reaving Homeclans as kind of Fascistic. I guess the difference is- in real life/geopolitics- Clans won. We have Superior Tech and Competition, but they have older cultures and probably and larger list of dirty tricks. So I actually saw the Clans as a whole as kind of the United States, and the Inner Sphere as Europe/Mid East/Asia. (Obviously British, with First Prince, Davion Loyalty Knights, Camelot, the Crown, the Proper Way, and all the other British crap.**) The Federated Kruegers who murder children in their sleep with claws. And those Davion ********, I call them Freddies.
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I know many will note the Free Worlds League, which got taken by Blake. We are more centralized perhaps, but somewhat Draconian in our compeition I feel. For some reason this reminds me of the US- technologically ahead, meritocratic, competitive, divided into various States. (Even Determinists in the US believe in Freedom. About as important as Capitalism, Democracy and Freedom. Basically, we may not emphasize Native American Totem Animals, and Genetics, and Warrior Culture/Militarism as much (though we most certainly do) but we are very about compeitition.
So to be honest, when I think of Clans I think of Compeitition, and that makes me think a lot of the United States.
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