Iala
ErizonActually, only two governments pull members from civ-aligned guilds.
Actually, you're dead wrong.
M'mm, loving the hostile delivery. Much appreciated, thanks!
Iala
The only government that doesn't do it are the Fyro, they accept applications from anyone who's a citizen.
Zorai, Tryker, and Matis all require that you be guild leader or high officer of an alligned guild, with the Zorai and Matis additionally requiring specific religious allignment as well.
The Tryker at least, and I think all others, require specific fame levels on top of that (at least 50 fame with your nation).
Only the Matis flood the government with representatives. Tryker Taliari must be guild leaders; HOs may not be Taliari, but can represent them in absence. I need to double-check with an Awakened friend, but Zorai may only need to be Initiates and there may be a maximum number allowed. Fyros may only have five. I haven't seen any reference to specific fame values above the implied fame required for citizenship.
But thank you for the clarification on Zorai, no matter how aggressively worded. After re-reading the Zorai government document multiple times and trying to decipher the core from all of the fluff, it appears that Zorai citizenship is the strictest: unguilded players may not be citizens, since they must be a member of a Zorai-aligned guild ("Citizens of the Witherings, wearers of a mask or not").
The method for selecting Awakened allows for one guild to dominate the Zorai government, which is actually the case right now. But I'm still not sure that is a problem, as long as they follow the lore and guidelines of the Zorai culture.
This means only Akenak are not required to be in a guild, and only Zorai citizens are required to be in a guild. The rest are flexible. This would have minimal impact on representatives ("governmental officials") but could impact a number of citizens.
That still only touches on one smaller part of the whole idea, and I'd still love to hear the possible issues that can arise which could only be introduced or made worse by implementing this idea. The limited reach of this idea with regards to government officials actually negates one of the original concerns: a single guild dominating every government.
Did you have any concerns about the idea Iala, or did you just want to attack my error?