Fiction:Nikkin Confederacy/Culture and Religion

The One Faith
The One Faith is the oldest faith in the Nikkin Confederacy.

Kudism
Kudism believes in Fate. Everything happened for a reason. Your living on the streets? Well, maybe your meant to find you future lover there. You just lost ten grand in a bet, well, you did so to learn to respect money. This is the fasted growing faith in all of the Confederacy, and for good reason. It offers honest reasons for where you stand in life, and your only way to get out of those places is not through death (to the other world) but though hard work. Their famous saying is "Aim for the Stars and you will Touch the Sky." and they are known for helping the less fortunate, which has gotten them a vast following among the lower and homeless classes, and even among the slaves and middle classes. Only the upper class choses not to believe in them.

Raitri Gods
The Ratri Gods are almost a joke. They are often thanked when things go right, or blamed when things go wrong. "Thank the Gods of Traffic, it's all clear today" or "Oh mighty Gods of Luck, please let this roll have me win the game" are common ways these gods are recognized. The saddest thing about them is they they are considered an official religion.

Nikki's Chosen
Sadly, even in religion there have been those who took the name "Nikki". These people think they are the chosen of Nikki, and believe fully that they can hear her will even though she's been dead for 1430 years. They are mostly considered nut-cases and lunatics, but they aren't going anywhere soon.

Class System
There are 5 classes in the Nikkin Confederacy, with members from all of the Great Eight species in each class, excepting the Slave Class. The classes go as follows: Upper Class, Middle Class, Lower Class, Homeless Class, and Slave Class. Only slaves are restricted to their class, the rest of them can jump classes if they have the money to do so and the will to make it.


 * The Upper Class is made up of the elite of the Confederacy. The rich and powerful are always up here, and rarely go hungry. They are on top, and intend to stay there. About 1.2% of the total population falls here.
 * The Middle Class is the largest class in the Nikkin Confederacy, with at least 42.3% of the total population falling here. They are the ones that aren't well to do, but aren't poor either. Living in modest houses with smaller families, they are the average Joe, they are the normal people. These are the ones in the offices and row-homes and townhouses of the Confederacy.
 * The Lower Class is the 2nd largest class in the Confederacy, making up a full 23.1% of the population. They are the guys living in slums and "Opi Towns" (named after the last emperor Opi). They are poor and often living in shanties or houses no one else wants. More often then not, they will sell themselves as prostitutes or work three or four jobs simply to make ends meet. Sadly, they are the fastest growing class in the Confederacy, as more and more people are born into it each year. Many of those in this class are dropping their children off on the streets, turning them into orphans and street rats, because they can no longer feed themselves let alone children. Unfortunately, this has much to do with the booming population of the Confederacy. The Jobs just can't keep up with the population.
 * The Homeless Class is made up of orphans, street rats, and other general homeless. Among them, crime rates are high, as are death rates. You don't live long on the streets. The saddest thing to come across in the homeless populations are the children. Orphaned by crime or by their parent's or sometimes by death, they are always hungry looking, and fight for even the smallest scrap of food. They fight, and kill, each other often, and even the Upper Class can see it's getting dangerously out of hand. It isn't a rare thing to find a dead child or multiple dead children on the streets, sometimes killed of violence, sometimes of drugs, sometimes of cold or starvation or disease. That is the saddest thing, and a great many people are moving to help this class by building shelters and soup kitchens for them. But the government hasn't helped yet, as they don't feel it's necessary. It will take a major disaster or a truly horrifying case to get the government involved, but that is horrifyingly close to happening... This Class makes up about 33.4% the total population.
 * The Slave Class is made up of victims of the many raids that the Nikkin Confederacy makes on nearby civilizations. They enslave many of those they capture, and generally kill the rest. They are not considered part of the population, but they number at about 21% the total population of the Nikkin Confederation.