Security

The rule for force, the watch, alarms and the refuge. Weapons and fighting technique are deliberately excluded.

Society Levels 1 1 step written

Level 1 · Foothold · 1 of 1 in this track

Keep watch and defend the settlement

t1-watch Guide

Keep watch and defend the settlement

Make the settlement hard to surprise, raid or burn — without starting a feud.

Needs first: Decide how you decide, Permanent shelter (Shelter), Boundary and tenure

Guide Institutions: what to found, and how to run them
Build none yet
Read The Common Law; Hesperian Health Guides; Wikipedia, offline (Kiwix ZIM)

Fire separation and the building code · Settlements

Everything in this track

Every guide, build, reference sheet and book reached from the steps above.

Field guides

Level 0

Institutions: what to found, and how to run them

Every public institution an advanced civilisation runs, in the order a rebuilding one can found them: what each is for, when it becomes possible, and the rules that keep it honest, useful and no bigger than its job.

Books and archives

The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes · Gutenberg #2449
Hesperian Health Guides Archive · ~50–400 MB
Wikipedia, offline (Kiwix ZIM) Archive · ~110 GB full with images · ~55 GB no-image · ~5 GB 'best of'
Robert's Rules of Order Henry M. Robert · Gutenberg #9097
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Adam Smith · Gutenberg #3300
Ancient Law Henry Sumner Maine · Gutenberg #22910
The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay · Gutenberg #1404
Considerations on Representative Government John Stuart Mill · Gutenberg #5669
Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market Walter Bagehot · Gutenberg #4359

Other tracks in Society, Law & Governance

Deciding together Land and law Public works and administration