Whenwhile Wealth

Whenwhile Wealth is a melting pot of technology and innovation that sits in southern Drakefall. While it's inhabitants are mostly made up of gnomes, anyone who is interested in the sciences, invention and intellect, are drawn to the Wealth as a bastion for such things in Viru.

History of Whenwhile
Whenwhile Wealth begin as a college of sorts for those of the keen mind. Eventually a great deal of people, mostly gnomes, congregated there and a city was born. The college remains at it’s heart but the Wealth is now a bustling city of technological wonderment and a haven of knowledge. The Whenwhile Wealth, born of intelligence, is now ruled by those who are the smartest among them, a geniocracy. While the city isn’t a gnomish empire in any official capacity, the non-gnomes among the population, while accepted equally, are certainly an outlier.

The leader of the Wealth, known as the High Mind, is generally chosen by public opinion and voting. Each leader since the High Mind position was created has been the highest in intellectual achievement that the city has to offer and generally leads until they either pass away, are too old to manage the duties required, or there is someone brilliant who has risen through the ranks of popular opinion so fast that it is unmistakable that they should lead, at which point a vote takes place. Though there is no term limit and a term can be ended at any time, assuming a better candidate is offered and approved by the populous, because intellect is hard to quantify it is often hard to overthrow a High Mechanist in the middle of his or her rule.

That said, the people of the Wealth care little for the hierarchy of government, only see it as a necessity to keep the city running. If nothing else, the position is revered only because it means you are the most brilliant and have created the most impressive of inventions, or discovered the most profound of findings. That's not to say its never been coveted by outside forces. Controlling the center of intellectual creation would be a very powerful position indeed. However, because the method in which a leader is chosen is so fittingly arbitrary and subjective, cheating the system is difficult without dedicating your life to science and genius, at which point... you are the proper leader regardless. It's a perfect system???

RP Notes
If you are a gnome in particular, but perhaps you're playing another race who is from the Whenwhile Wealth or the areas around it, your character might speak in a southern american accent! Giddy-up!