About the AU Keptverse
Assume the What We Keep FAQ. Only in this AU, the TV series and the films are real.
As poisontaster says:
In my universe, I have characters from Buffy, the X-Files, Highlander, and The Professionals, as well as The Fugitive, so in my universe the events of these series/films are part of the canonical background. Other writers are not bound by this.
Further, I think it's clear (though not specified in the FAQ) that in the Keptverse, the range of normal human sexual orientation is accepted as normal. I presume from that, that same-sex marriage is legal and accepted.
The basics are, though:
The USNA is made up of Canada, the USA, and Mexico. It is formally ruled in much the same way as the US is today: any citizen can vote (slaves and minors and immigrants not being citizens, obviously) and there is the judiciary, Congress, and the President. There is also Commerce, and there is an effective system of aristocracy, the Lords and Ladies.
Slave ownership is mandatory above a threshold income: number of slaves a person must own is based on their level of income and limited only by the size of their home. Not owning a slave, if you are above that threshold income level, is penalized by a fine: Commerce has access to the IRS records. A person may escape being required to buy a slave/be fined if they can show they have no space in their home in which to house one, and cannot afford to move to a larger home, but they can assume that Commerce will continue to run regular investigations for so long as the IRS shows their income above the mandatory level.
( About slavery )
( Final contracts and other legal rights )
( Commerce and the USNA government/economy )
( The rest of the world )
As poisontaster says:
...we don't want to get overly detailed to a point where the canonical 'rules' of the system become oppressive to free storytelling. We want there to be enough room for people to have fun in this universe. And sometimes that means not parsing things out too finely. Next, a word on the nuts and bolts. This is an open universe. That means anyone is able to write in it, talk about it, create for it, without having to get prior permission. Stories do not have to be canon compliant; it's up to you, as creator, how close you want to stick to the 'rules' of the universe. On the other hand, that obviously means that not everything will be considered universe-canonical. It's up to you how much you want to incorporate other people's ideas and creations.
In my universe, I have characters from Buffy, the X-Files, Highlander, and The Professionals, as well as The Fugitive, so in my universe the events of these series/films are part of the canonical background. Other writers are not bound by this.
Further, I think it's clear (though not specified in the FAQ) that in the Keptverse, the range of normal human sexual orientation is accepted as normal. I presume from that, that same-sex marriage is legal and accepted.
The basics are, though:
The USNA is made up of Canada, the USA, and Mexico. It is formally ruled in much the same way as the US is today: any citizen can vote (slaves and minors and immigrants not being citizens, obviously) and there is the judiciary, Congress, and the President. There is also Commerce, and there is an effective system of aristocracy, the Lords and Ladies.
Slave ownership is mandatory above a threshold income: number of slaves a person must own is based on their level of income and limited only by the size of their home. Not owning a slave, if you are above that threshold income level, is penalized by a fine: Commerce has access to the IRS records. A person may escape being required to buy a slave/be fined if they can show they have no space in their home in which to house one, and cannot afford to move to a larger home, but they can assume that Commerce will continue to run regular investigations for so long as the IRS shows their income above the mandatory level.
( About slavery )
( Final contracts and other legal rights )
( Commerce and the USNA government/economy )
( The rest of the world )