Alright here’s the situation. AiDungeon.io took down the abilities to share Scenarios, so I figured I’d send in one I’m attempting to make here but I need to do some worldbuilding first. Here are some questions I’ve been pondering recently and some of my thoughts on it:
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Adipo- is the prefix meaning fat, cracy- is the suffix meaning rule of. Ergo Adipocracy would be the rule of fat. Is there any discussion on how this form of government work or am I weird? Would it be like a democracy (meaning rule of many) but the fatter you are, the more votes you get (maybe a multiplier effect on your weight based on average (to encourage gain as the average would continue growing), maybe based on BMI (to not have to keep adjusting the multiplier effect on vote). Maybe an oligarchy (rule of few) were the fattest control the power (i.e. unelected or only the fattest are eligible to be voted in, or only fat people are eligible to vote) or like a Holy Roman Empire situation where the fattest few–or the families that were fattest consistently through history–get to elect the leader. Perhaps an Autocracy where the fattest rules until death (or perhaps someone fatter comes along). Anarchism is the final of the big four but anarchism is rule of none, and thus no one rules, votes, etc.
I came up with some ideas on my own:
Democratic:
Weighted Democracy - Each voter’s vote is multiplied by their weight based off the average weight for one’s sex and age.
Non-Adjusted Weighted Democracy - Each voter’s vote is multiplied by their BMI.
Oligarchic:
Democratic Adipocracy - The fattest people can run in each electoral district represent that district, seniority goes to the heavier. Only fat people can vote (who fat people are are defined in the respective constitution/charter). Adipocratic Democracy - The head of the fattest families and the members of historically fat families vote on the leaders.
True Oligarchic Adipocracy - Only the fattest people can run for election, heaviest win races now become weight gain; eating contests instead of debates are commonplace.
Autocracy:
Adipocratic Autocracy - The fattest person (willing) becomes the leader/representative, and only leaves office due to death, resignation, or challenge by heavier competitor.
Monarchist new succession type (not a form of government but succession variant for monarchies):
Adipogenature - The fattest child inherits.
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If every politician is fat, every celebrity, every scientist, every doctor, every attorney, every journalist, every tycoon, every judge. What about athletes?
Athletics are based off of a person’s fitness (except Sumo I guess). Take a look at a highly strenuous sport like football (as it is a sport I used to play). Lineman would no doubt be the same, if not heavier (instead of a o-lineman being 300 pounds they maybe in the 500s, maybe 600s even for tackles as they are typically the heaviest & tallest). But how would “skill” positions work? Quarterbacks are allowed to be heavy in certain systems. Take a look at Peyton Manning he’s around 6’5" 240 pounds. Sure not heavy, but have you ever seen him run? He relied solely on his arm. Then you got Cam Newton at 250 lbs, in his heyday he was trucking people, mobile, etc. The thing with Cam Newton is, he is all muscle. So if a quarterback that was the height of a mobile quarterback (5’10" to 6’3") and was say 250 to 300 pounds, and had to run would he be able to? I’ve seen big men run and it ain’t good. So in a world where fatness is glorified would it apply to those in the spotlight when it’d normally come to fitness? How about runningbacks whose entire existence is to run the ball?
Here’s a more international example, gymnastics is very fitness reliant sport. Have you seen a fat (not thicc) gymnastics competitor win anything? Sure they can compete but can they win?
Maybe everyone would be fine with worse athletes competing for the sake of the fattest competing. Maybe there’d be an unspoken–or even written–rule that makes a minimum weight (or body fat%) for the different leagues and the different olympics.
Also: In swimming it’s proven since fat is less dense than muscle, fat helps you float more and muscle has the opposite effect. That’s why you don’t see superbuff people swimming in the Olympics. Do you think for swims like Butterfly where you have to go under the water for each time, will it be slower since these 300-500 pound swimmers would be floated more. Also at the start of a race where the dive from their starts, will they be slower because the get to the top faster since people tend to swim faster underneath?
What do y’all think about the government style in a Adiparchy, Fatarchy, Fatocracy, etc? What do y’all think about athletics where everyone is fat? Will it the athletes be the only fit ones or would the ability of all players go down, or some third option?
This world building is going to be semi-realistic but feel free to comment stuff about magic and supernatural but I’ll preference semi-realistic to very realistic.
Here’s a scenario/prompt I got so far (just copy and paste when you do a custom prompt):
Fat Earth diverts from our own timeline in 19th century with the industrial revolution. The richer a person is, the fatter they were. Obesity became a status symbol of sorts. The fatter a person was, the more power they held. The heaviest people are people like the Royal Families of Europe and crony politicians. As time progress (with technology) obesity became more prevalent as life became more affluent. Obesity rates in the 1st world are high.