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Socialist Worldbuilding

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Some random sharingan clone political symbol for my setting called the Circle of Five. It's a symbol dating back to the Lyconian Empire and has two different meanings depending on who you ask.

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In the traditionalist Lyconian Diaspora (aka descendants of the 1 million wolf-people forcibly enslaved) see the central dot representing order; the other outer dots representing honor, bravery, and loyalty respectively; and the "Fifth" circle representing harmony.

The Wolfstaater version (Wolfstaaters are descendants of survivors of the Lyconian Empire's cataclysmic collapse during the Great Immolation) has a radically different meaning which it gained during the first 200 years after the Red Storm, a series of leftist revolutions that swept not just Wolfstaat (which was smaller compared to today during that time) but across the Lyconian Isles in general. The reason why it took 200 years because the Wolfstaater Civil War (which lasted for over 100 years) slowed the progress.

The central dot now represents discipline; the outer dots representing peace, progress, and compassion; and the "Fifth" circle representing justice. The 3 outer dots gained a much stronger meaning when Socialism - a post-Lyconian philosophy based on collective good and protection of the weak - was formally adopted in the Charter of Union which established the Federation.

This flag was adopted shortly after the Tetsujima War.

Here's the symbolism.

Red represents the blood of the workers and peasants (symbolized by the cog and wheat) sacrificed during an even in Medieval Wolfstaat known simply as The Uprisings. The Red Star represents Socialism. The Circle of Five in the Red Star is deliberate choice by the in-universe designer.

To quote a message I posted here. The Wolfstaater version [of the Circle of Five] has a radically different meaning.

The central dot now represents discipline; the outer dots representing peace, progress, and compassion; and the "Fifth" circle representing justice. The 3 outer dots gained a much stronger meaning when Socialism - a post-Lyconian philosophy based on collective good and protection of the weak - was formally adopted in the Charter of Union which established the Federation.

This means the Circle of Five in the Red Star symbolizes the need for discipline to build a socialist society.

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