Residents of the Underground Federation never call the Underground Federation by its full name.
The name "Twin Goddess Republic" is almost completely unrecognized by the public when the two goddesses are not resident in the country.
They are indeed very grateful to the two goddesses for giving them the ability to live underground.
However, gratitude does not mean awe.
Because the underground people fear nothing.
They do not respect the monarch, their parents, and their gods.
They don't even have the concept of country, territory, or nation... because their "territory" is constantly being developed. They were a gathering of many "losers" at the beginning, and even now their members have been increasing.
Compared with the narrow above-ground world, the underground world with almost unlimited space and unusually rich resources allows the citizens of the Underground Federation to live quite comfortably.
People underground even have a sense of superiority to people above ground.
They would often even get together and laugh at the worries of the people on earth.
Because there are always people on the ground who are worried that they will follow the subway to attack the ground. In newspapers or in speeches, reiterate the threat of the underground people and emphasize the dangers of the subway.
But the fact is that they don't pay any attention to the earthly world at all.
They have no worries about food and clothing, can see the light, have extremely low prices, have a very wide personal space, and can easily buy specialties from various countries; they do not need to be dispatched to participate in wars between countries, and they do not even have lords, kings or nobles.
...They have almost no obligations except that they must pay taxes to the Council of Wise Men and must abide by the local laws proposed by the Council of Wise Men.
The entire underground world is governed by the dual-parliament model of the "Parliament of Diggers" and the "Parliament of Wise Men".
However, this does not mean that the status of congressmen is higher than theirs.
In the underground world, every city does not have a so-called "mayor". Instead, almost all cities are governed by members of the Council of Wise Men - they do not have any clear positions, they all manage their own affairs.
Because it has been expanding outwards without having to answer to the country, the king, or the local nobles, the underground federation has a small number of residents in each city, and there are no special affairs that need to be managed.
Even in different underground cities at the urban level, the laws are completely different. Housing prices are extremely low, and there are no immigration restrictions. When the local laws in an area are unpopular, residents will move to other cities on their own initiative.
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This is a completely different place from the earthly world.
"Is that why there are so few people here..."
Si An looked around and whispered: "Because the environment here is not good?"
He didn't dare to speak loudly.
People who are unfamiliar with the place here are mainly afraid of being beaten.
"Oh, that's not true."
It was not Jiu'er or Lin Yiyi who spoke.
Instead, he was a man wearing a long-sleeved leather jacket with a ruff collar and extremely pale skin.
"Because there was a big accident here before, and a troublesome nightmare hatched out. In the past, this place was not called the Spore Mill, but the Black Mushroom Mill... After the nightmare, many people found it troublesome and temporarily moved out.
Now. Prepare to come back when the nightmare is over."
The man said, stretched out his hand to Si Anke, and smiled slightly at Lin Yiyi and Jiu'er: "Let me introduce myself, I am the supervisor of the sporulation mill. My name is Niuser.
"Where are you... from? You are coming to the Sporadic Mill at this time. Are you... friends who want to solve the nightmare?"
His brown hair is naturally curled, and his eyes are shining with a strange green light - these self-luminous eyes, unusually pale or dark, with skin like a plaster statue or obsidian, are one of the main characteristics of the underground people.
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Neusel's body exuded a faint smell of alcohol and tobacco.
...a supervisor?
Lin Yiyi suddenly became a little vigilant.
If we want to talk about the most similar thing about their above-ground world... it is that in the underground world, there are still positions similar to "police", "judge" and "lawyer".
The underground people call the police "supervisors", while the judges are members of the Council of Wise Men - the makers of the law themselves. Lawyers are called "arguers", a profession that is despised and devalued in the underground world.
The laws of different cities are negotiated and determined by the members of the local Council of Wise Men; the money for hiring supervisors is paid jointly by the members of the local Council of Diggers, or directly by the members of the Council of Diggers.
Of course, MPs are definitely richer than citizens.
But this is not because you can become rich by becoming a member of parliament. It is because only those who have the ability to become rich are qualified to become members of the assembly.
The original Dual Council was formed by the founders of the Underground Federation.
——The so-called "wise men" and "diggers".
The highest point of "wisdom" and "diligence".
The Council of Wise Men are all believers of the mysterious lady, and there are also a small number of followers of Sui Father. They are outstanding inventors, engineers, botanists... The brilliant civilization of the underground world is all formed by these "wise men" bit by bit.
Created. Only the best smart people can become members of the Council of Wise Men.
Whether it is the subway that uses gray fog as energy source or the undersea tunnel, they are all their masterpieces - not gifts from gods.
As for the Digger Council...
Among them, the believers of Lady Silence and the believers of Bone Burial Granny accounted for half each.
Everyone who volunteers to become a "digger" and open up new soil for the underground federation will be given a set of equipment and a ration, and they will be allowed to dive into the exploration layer... and then leave to their fate.
There is not a "well" anywhere to return to the ground.
In the exploration layer where there is no map and resources cannot be replenished, it is not uncommon to lose light sources, lose food and water, and be attacked by underground monsters or even other diggers.
If you die on the exploration level, even the message "I am dead" will not be sent out.
It will only be "missing".
The ownership of valuable areas discovered by diggers automatically belongs to the Diggers' Council, and the discoverers will obtain the status of councillors. However, before the discoverer dies, anyone who leases and uses this land through the Diggers' Council will own the land.
Thirty percent of the cost will be given to the discoverer; this number will be reduced to 10% ten years after the digger's death, and will continue to be given to his family.
But under this extremely generous reward is the "digger" "missing" rate of as high as 70% in the first month.
This is why the "diggers" believe in the Bone Burial Granny.
Because when they traveled, many people were already mentally prepared to "die in the dirt."
——If the "wise men" rely on their wisdom and brains to earn wealth, respect and happiness from citizens, the "diggers" rely on the "diligence of hard digging", "the courage to withstand great dangers" and "returning successfully"
"lucky" and won their wealth.
On the other hand, the "supervisors" are only directly responsible to the diggers.
What they arrest is not necessarily the person who broke the law, but the person the digger wanted to arrest.
And if the supervisor himself is the "digger"...
Lin Yiyi glanced at Neussel.
Her silly brother and Jiu'er are both young people and unreliable.
Your Highness Annan went to the Duchy of Winter, but now she can only come by herself.
The underground world... is not a reasonable place.
Weak people will only be bullied here. But if they are too troublesome, they will not be welcomed.
Neither can make the other party feel troublesome.
Do you want to make the other party afraid...?
So Lin Yiyi thought for a while and had an idea in her mind.