Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170511131216/@comment-25936766-20170603225609

GreyStark wrote: Big words...make head hurt They are very simple compared to many others.....hell, Meritocracy is self-explanatory: Merit-ocracy.

-Egalitarian(ism): Everyone is treated as and considered equals. No one is superior or inferior to anyone else in the eyes of society, and there's no divide due to money, race, nationality, physical traits.......skill, achievements, effort. Everyone is treated equally.

-Meritocracy: A society where one's standing is directly proportional and dependant on their achievements. Regardless of anything, if you prove you're better than X, you'll be treated as such. It rewards effort and training, and if you have something you generally deserve it, but it also invites a Dog-eat-Dog competition among the people if it's too extreme.

In Vacuo's case, it sounds like the former because no one discriminates Faunus. But it isn't. Faunus are still discriminated. Just not as much as in the other kingdoms because in Vacuo, if you prove you can pull your own weight, you get respect. These people value strength/skill/inteligence over race, but it doesn't mean there's no racism, it simply means people can look beyond one's Race and focus on one's Merits.