To ensure that the humans living on the New Continent could be evenly distributed among the various territories, and to prevent survivors from blindly rushing toward Super Territories and large territories—creating an unwieldy situation where they could be wiped out in one fell swoop—
In the future ruins, Qiao Yuansheng joined forces with the "geniuses" of the Super Territories to design a cruel system for exploitation.
The system's full name was: Guidelines for Standardized Management of Human-Resource Mobility Centered on the "Identity System."
The core concept of the Identity System was to restrict the free movement of the population through strict divisions of identity, thereby establishing an unbreakable class barrier.
It cruelly divided people who were fundamentally the same into different Three Six Nine Grades.
People of the highest grade enjoyed endless privileges. Not only could they move freely between various territories and enjoy luxurious treatment in different territories, but they could also participate in territory decision-making and management to a certain extent.
As for those of the ninth grade, they could only be confined to tiny territories with scarce resources and harsh environments, living exploitative lives devoid of basic human rights.
At the same time, it divided territories of all sizes into Three Six Nine Grades as well, creating a chain of exploitation.
Every quarter, downstream territories had to pay a considerable amount of "protection fees" to upstream territories in order to maintain their status and avoid being abolished.
However, everything had its drawbacks and benefits.
The disadvantages of the Identity System were countless, but its benefits were also obvious.
As upstream rent-seekers, Super Territories and large territories could easily filter out large numbers of talented people from below without worrying about too many ordinary people flooding into their ranks and increasing the burden on their territories.
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