Indeed, Zienni seems excited to share everything she thought of with Lintalai.

"Why do you have to close your eyes when night and day switch?"

"Eyes need to adjust to the light and darkness. Is that different on your world? How fascinating. Do you see the same colors that I do?"

Additionally, she mentioned that you might want to see some of the existing governments on Arcadia so you have an idea for starting your own.

"It's a good idea to close my eyes when it gets bright but I don't see how it would help when it gets dark. - I'm going to start a government?"

"Oh, I just assumed you would. Most people do! Not all of them continue with it for very long, of course, because most people who belong on Arcadia want to follow rules more than make them, but someone has to do the making! I suppose if you're a visitor, it might not be the kind of thing you're very well aligned with."

"Most people start governments? I guess if they mostly don't want to keep doing it they'd be able to find people to live in their polities... who will want to live in mine, I want to know who I'm making it for."

"Oh, I don't know exactly. There are people who all live together in a town where they only follow Arcadia's certain basic laws, and it's called Lawless . We have groups of nomads, but I've never traveled with them. I myself don't live under a government, but I follow the most common laws even while I travel, just to be polite to the polities that I visit."

"How do people usually start governments?"

"Hmm. I think you just pick a place where you want to set the laws that no one else is already doing that. Intrepid?"

Most governments on Arcadia begin simply by finding people with whom to establish agreements or to set laws for, and doing so. I would recommend finding out more about other governments, and then finding a set of laws you approve of that is somewhat unique.

"So like a bunch of field trips, and then I announce my own constitution? - without advertising, somehow?"

-oh, yes, I see now. 'Advertising' as they use the term in Anitam is a concept with some history, it seems. You may express clearly what you offer that others do not, but you cannot suggest immigration to those who are not looking to emigrate from their current location.

"It's nearly universal because the governments that do have that law against advertising value it highly; internally, you can have laws that are more lax than that."

"How am I supposed to find out whether somebody is thinking of moving before I tell them about my place?"

I myself have never created a government. Zienni says that she attempted it, and then got distracted reminiscing about that failure, so I am not reporting it all in detail. She finds this quite sensible, apparently, although she is continuing to tell me about it. Perhaps we will find you an expert on this matter, as well. Rulers need advisers.

"Yeah, my dads talk to policy specialists and stuff."

Some forms of what Amentans call advertising seem to be acceptable under inter-national law. How would you attempt to tell people about your kingdom?

"Is there an internet?"

No, I do not believe we have anything such as that. How fascinating. Communication via...angel...is relatively quick, though.

Zienni's face goes through several expressions of delight as Interpid attempts to explain the internet.

"How does communicating via angel work?"

Angels are- there are so many words that Anitami lacks. For such an advanced planet, you seem to have a variety of unexpected limitations. Do you not have anything quite like angels? Angels are beings native to the Good-aligned Outer Planes which assist petitioners and primes in a number of ways, including by delivering messages. Angels are so completely selfless as to, in some cases, lack a self, so their ability to maintain perfect confidentiality and integrity of the message is complete.

"Except for me being a plant alien the only people on Amenta are Amentans. Do the angels have to go around carrying the messages?"

They are not required to, but if there is almost always an angel available should you require one. Perhaps that will not fulfill your needs. I will find you an expert on kingdoms, who can better answer your advertising questions. However, I can still answer any other questions that remain about the Peaceable Kingdoms, and I can begin teaching you Celestial.