Government in the Zambarau Concord

The Zambarau Concord does not use a 'traditional' governing system that most of its members used in the past, but is instead run by a network of powerful quantum computers, which take into account the attitudes and desires of the populance. In this way the Concord could be thought of as democratic, but some question the psychological and social influence that computers (and ultimately the Zambarau) have over the Zambarau Concord.

Commissioners

The Concord's government is closely intertwined with its economy, with many elements, such as worker-managers and Prices Commissioners being tied in with the day-to-day running of a solar system; Prices Commisioners are especially prominent in the running of a Concord system in modern times. Way back in the Formation Era when the economic and administrative systems described in the Concord were still being implemented, the Prices Commissioner would be the head of the Prices Commission, which would use computers to determine the prices of different products produced by co-operatives by factoring in demand, levels of production etc.

Today the Prices Commissioner is a computer. Each co-operative uses a network of powerful quantum computers that determine prices, allocate resources and even give individual workers advice on what to wear! Despite being powerful, these computers are not considered self-aware but use complicated simulated intelligence alogrithms when interacting with other people. Workers usually refer to the co-operative's computer as 'Commissioner.'

Zambarau

It is known that the Zambarau have a significant influence on the politics in the Zambarau Concord, though it is not known how deep this influence is. What is known, however, is that most of the Comissioners that run the Concord are actually Zambarau who have transferred themselves into a computer (this is surprisingly easy for the Zambarau as some parts of their physiology are effectively 'biological computers'). All of the Commissioners are connected to the Zambarau in some way or another via their neural networks.

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