Editing Setting:Project Democracy (section)

==Factions of Project Democracy - The Illithid Commune==
Every civilization fears the reaper. Art has been found of civilizations brought to heel by some mysterious force, and on a seeming schedule - it seems every 1,000 years, something very, very bad happens that brings the world to a technological and social standstill. That something...is the Illithid COmmune.

It was the Illithids who developed the runic circles across Home. These link Home to Zantirasis via a Planar Teleportation System. It is this system that every 1,000 years the Illithids assemble a grand army. They first send a few scouts, come in the guise of friends and allies, promising the common people the ability to overthrow their kings, rulers, warlords, their "oppressors." Once these are out of the way, they strike, purging Home of advanced life, and drag a majority of it back to their moon for food, "farming" them as intelligent cattle.

The Illithids' massive planetary psionic network ensures that what one sees, all see, and insurrections can be dealt with accordingly. This network is a result of their society - other than a Chairman, chosen as leader of the Illithid Armies in times of harvest, each Illithid sees himself as an equal to another. Illithid society is classless. No illithid is inherently better than another. If something needs to be done, the psionic network resonates, and an appropriately skilled illithid takes up the job. This equality, of course, does not extend to the food beasts.

The illithids' mastery of psionics means most of their lifestyle and technology is based off the process. After all, why power a cart when one can move it with your mind? In this regard, Illithid society, culture, and technology have stagnated. There is no need to improve what works.

===Notable Commune Cities===

Cerebolograd - the Braincenter of the Illithid psionic network, and Illithid society itself. Buildings of steel and crystal rise high in the sky, defended by exotic psionic weaponry.

Veresuomi - large walled city, filled with sparkling canals and vast markets, mostly used by the lower beings, and policed by mind flayer thought police

Noghred - small administrative center, a swampy hamlet of mud huts and an imposing stone complex used by the Illithids.