Editing Welcome to Freedom (section)

== CCH ==
A common myth among the Hobbled Kingdoms is that the Thracian Hegemony is an amoral, relativistic entity that demands society's reject cherished traditions.  This is not true.  The Thracian Hegemony promotes a constellation of civic virtues it refers to called "Flowing Humanity."  It is also referred to by the acronym CCR, which refers to the three chief virtues: Connectedness, Collectivity, and Humanity.

=== Connectedness ===
Fluidity is a goal in and of itself for the Hegemony.  Humanity should have the ability to customize its path through this life as much as possible.  The requires the freedom to change in self-determined ways, and cosmopolitan access to as many ways to live as possible.  This is a rejection of the First Failing of the Dark Kingdoms: parochialism.  The Dark Kingdoms were at best isolated and static things that could not handle change without breaking, and they certainly could not grant the people within them the freedom to change and develop as they saw fit.

Polities with a high degree of Connectedness (Cn) are cosmopolitan and diverse.  Individuals have the freedom to assemble their lives as they see fit.  Work, hobbies, family life, and sexuality are merely different types of thread that can be woven together to make the tapestry of one's life.

=== Collectivity ===
Power is to be dispersed through a society.  A society is not truly connected if only its elite is fluid, while the masses remain trapped in provinciality.  The means for life and self-determination are to be universalized.  This is a rejection of the Second Failing of the Dark Kingdoms: Tyrrany.  Within the Dark Kingdoms, power was inevitably accumulated in the hands of a few individuals who ruled at a whim with no regard for others, leaving the rest of society cowering in powerless fear.  All shall have a voice in the polity and the Hegemon.

Polities with a high degree of Collectivity (Cl) are defined by civil liberties and political institutions that are held accountable by and reactive to the public.  Though democratic governance based on voting is most common, at least one polity achieved a reasonable high Cl score through a system of clan elders ruled and governed with the help of advanced telecommunication technologies.

=== Humanity ===
Human beings are living, sentient, and sapient beings.  We have the ability to hope and dream and feel empowered, yet we are susceptible to terror, fear, and suffering.  Society ought to defend and promote the humanity of its people.  This is a rejection of the Third Failing of the Dark Kingdoms: Monstrosity.  Inhuman things ruled humanity in those places, and humanity suffered truly unnatural fates as a consequence.  Fluidity and Collectivity mean nothing unless we are human and ever becoming more human.

Polities with a high Humanity (H) are defined by a quality of life.  A strong social safety net is generally present that ensures the population is healthy, educated, and not impoverished.

=== CCHR ===
It is important for polities to be evaluated in terms of the degree they embody CCH.  Consequently, special organizations called gates exist to calculate a given polity's CCHR, or its Connectedness/Collectivity/Humanity Rating.  Different gates calculate CCHR in slightly different ways according to their internal methodologies, but the same three core ideals are used across all Gates and polities.