Those on the run from the Socialist Republic of Juneau lived difficult lives. Most ran to Alaska or Canada, where Knights Errant or Salvation Army outposts waited to help anyone who managed to cross the border. From there they traveled[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for December, 2019
Once the Socialist Republic of Juneau’s Debt Collectors were outlawed in most of the world, they were transformed into more of a secret police or spy agency. Trained to blend into the outside world, they went out to hunt those[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Socialist Republic of Juneau’s Debt Collectors were soon embroiled in controversy as people fleeing Juneau pleaded for help. Juneau made the simple case that their only goal was to collect the debt those In Default still owed. They could[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When those who owed high Life Debts to the Socialist Republic of Juneau began running for freedom elsewhere, the leaders of Juneau were enraged. They had built a better and kinder society, and those peons were trying to make it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Socialist Republic of Juneau sent their Zero Balance celebrities to the world to show everybody the opportunities to be had in Juneau. And they broadcast the lives of those with low Life Debts to show how even the everyday[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Merry Christmas from John Clark and Cameron of Wolfenheim.
The vast majority of people in the Socialist Republic of Juneau never achieved Zero Balance on their Life Debt, but that does not mean they had horrible lives. Those with the highest Life Debts often did perform the worst of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Those who achieved Zero Balance status in the Socialist Republic of Juneau’s Life Debt system were the most prestigious citizens of Juneau. They were the people everyone else aspired to be. High government workers. Sports stars. Musicians and dancers of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The key concept of the Socialist Republic of Juneau’s Life Debt system was that the very lives of those who owed a Life Debt belonged to Juneau. Juneau fed and clothed them. Juneau sheltered them. Juneau schooled them. And the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Socialist Republic of Juneau Life Debt was originally imagined as the debt every person owed Juneau for giving them life. It was a running average, applied at birth, or the creation of the Life Debt system, to every person[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…