Worldbuilding for Preptober... Laws and Rules

First, a link: http://www.robinlafevers.com/2016/10/30/managing-a-cast-of-thousands/

I found this quite interesting, and actually useful in working on the cast for my Nano project.

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Now, a completely different topic: Rules, laws, and Taboo, or You Can't Do That on Television (for a totally outdated pop-culture reference).

This comes down to some pretty basic questions:

* what are important rules in your society/country/world?

* how are they (are they?) enforced?

* how are they codified?

* how are transgressions punished?
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What about your worlds? What things just Don't Happen? Contrariwise, what things Must Happen?

Stay Up Till Nano With Me: Mini Prompt Call~

I'm looking for a few prompts on my new 'verse, Arlend.

It's a small nation in a cold place at least 4 generations post-apocalypse.

The nation is totalitarian, the government is military, and the magic is spirit-based.

If THAT 'verse doesn't interest you, there's also 4th Husband, the sub-verse Beekeper is in, and Aerax (The Expectant Wood) up for grabs.

And, because the goal of this is kickstarting my writing for the evening, please leave your prompts in the form of:

9 is for... [prompt]

10 is for...

11 is for...

Midnight is for....

I dunno, it's new. You guys are creative, come up with something.

(and for tomorrow-Friday:
1, 2, 3, 4 are for...)