The Political and Military Organization of SPARTA
Did I say awesome? I meant AWESOME.
At the top of all of SPARTA was the
Awesome Monarch, the first one being King Leonidas XXX. He had executive, legislative, judicial, and awesome power that overrode everyone else beneath him. As his lieutenant is the
Awesome Administrative Associate, who had similar powers and could, in fact, take charge of the state while the Awesome Monarch was away. To keep the Awesome Administrative Associate at bay, it is customary to have his life under constant threat by his constantly-cycling bodyguards, which has secret agents born and raised under the tutelage and awesomeness of the Awesome Monarch (these
Agents of the Awesome Monarch also serve as the Awesome Monarch's bodyguard).
Beneath the Awesome Administrative Associate was the Circle of Awesome Associates, which was further subdivided into the
Spartan Circle of Awesome and the
Greek Circle of Awesome. The Spartan Circle was responsible for legislation but whose voices had precedence over the Greek Circle. The Greek Circle was delegated minor, day-to-day things, but also had the right to judge everyone beneath them (unlike the Spartan Circle, which can only judge members of the Greek Circle).
Under those Circles were several regional Circles, each being divided into the Minor
Spartan Circles of Awesome, and the
Minor Greek Circles of Awesome, which functioned like their non-Minor counterparts but at a regional scale. Under them were platoons of
Warriors Bureaucrats, who wrote on papyrus scrolls with their spears and their own blood.
Awesome Monarch
Awesome Administrative Associate --- Agents of the Awesome Monarch
Spartan Circle of Awesome
Minor Spartan Circles of Awesome --- Greek Circle of Awesome
Minor Greek Circles of Awesome
Warrior Bureaucrats --- Warriors
The Plebes With Almost No Rights
Slaves Treated Like Property of Poor People
Slaves Treated Like Sh*t
As for the military, all the generals come from the Agents of the Awesome Monarch while all the lower commanders come from the Spartan Circle of Awesome and the field commanders coming from the Minor Spartan Circles of Awesome. Warriors come from plebes but upon becoming so they attain a class above the plebes and are treated equally as the Warrior Bureaucrats (indeed, some Warrior Bureaucrats work as Warriors). Slaves in the military are called Cannon Fodder.
Awesome Monarch
Awesome Captain-Generals
Awesome Captain-General's Lieutenants
Awesome Lieutenants-of-Lieutenants
Awesome Field Captains
Awesome Warriors
Cannon Fodder