User blog comment:WeissSchneeFan/Politics, Religion and Grim Speculation/@comment-7472785-20130909110942

To deduce from the very general description of functional areas within the city to a class based society is stretching it IMHO. Also we know exactly nil of the form of government - interestingly the map doesn't show a governmental district or residence.

So any speculations as to whether it's feudal, oligarchic, democratic or anarchic are devoid of factual basis.

Same is basically true for religion - there is no real basis in the story, however allusions and references enough for anyone on the globe to find something familiar.