An excerpt from Chapter 3 of An Observation of Namuh
Political Society and it's Affect on the Namuh People by
Foral Ty' EshMü.
Namuh society and
culture is based upon concepts established millennia ago but only
recently reawakened in this century: the complete requital of
actions exchanged between two individuals or parties. Prospected
attempts at this sort of sociological organization have been
mirrored on Ancient Earth through manifestations such as the Code
of Hammurabi, the first attempt at widespread law throughout
known Eastern Hemisphere Earth. This failed doctrine on Terra
seem to flourish with a considerable tenacity on Namuh.
Namuhs seem to be
clothed uniformly, and the entire city is constructed with
precision and is kept almost hypochondriacally clean. The people
of Namuh seem to be composed almost entirely of their race. And I
the author seem to be the only foreigner on this planet.
Namuh has been
accepted into the Federation of Planets as a full fledged member
world, however, the government here has said to me that it wishes
to remain as a pending Federation member world, although they
have not effectively done so. Namuh maintains several strong
peace treaties and agreements with the Federation, conformably
agreeing to friendly relations and allowed passage of Federation
ships through it's sector. The Molodor-Namuh "Civil"
War of stardate , However, any invitations to outsiders have been
rare, and security procedures at sparse spaceports are detailed.
I am one of the few the Namuh allow in their society. They also
remain in relatively limited contact with the rest of the
interstellar community, and my transmissions to Starfleet Command
have been, I suspect, the only communication conducted outside of
the atmosphere.
Based on close
observation and using myself as a control, I have deduced that
most of the Namuh people shield themselves from contact with me.
I suspect they are either avoiding me, or simply do not care to
notice me. Only however, when I question them for information do
they speak up, and are extremely helpful in with my work. (However,
I feel that either my translator is malfunctioning, or cannot
properly process the Namuh language). Namuh culture seems
somewhat secluded form the rest of the Federation, but the
internal interaction seems more robust than even Risa.
In my assigned
apartment complex only four "squares" (approximately 20
meters) from the Namuh Planetary Council's Capital Building, I
have observed from my window the streets of Namuh and it's
peoples. Namuh contains only one country on the planet, and that
being Namuha City. Way of life here is extremely structured, with
specific times for breakfast, lunch, and dinner to be conducted.
Any violations in the schedules, towards the people, nearly
everything in the life of a Namuh, must be "repayed" by
the Namuh responsible. Example: Murders are Repayed by suicide,
money stolen is given back or else something else is taken from
the perpetrator.
Despite the
unusual and occasionally stern disciplinary system of the Namuhs,
they seem to be a rather well-constructed culture. The Namuhs
have suffered very little drought, famine, homelessness, wars or
any other type of political turmoil for the last 10,000 years of
this system's birth. The time before that remains something
utterly unspoken of by the Namuhs. Even the government of Namuh
wishes not to discuss it, regardless of my fully warranted
questions, held liable to investigation by the Federation.
However, since this rare and important project is 90% sponsored
by Namuh, it has become a much higher priority to gather as much
information now than risk jeopardizing the entire project.
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