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Why a Tribe?

No matter how advanced we are we are all still in one way or another a member of some tribe or other - no matter by what other name it may be known.

If you are a family member you a member of the "Johnson" tribe or whatever your family name may be.

If you live in a suburb you are a member of the tribe of that suburb. If you live in a city you are a member of that city tribe. You are also a member of the tribes of your region and your country and you are a member of the tribe of humanity.

There are tribes within tribes within tribes. There are many things which unite us - so many more than the things which divide us!

Any group of people with a common goal, belief, interest, etc. is in fact a tribe. Just because you belong to one particular tribe, be it based on ethnicity, race, nationality, country, or whatever does not preclude you from being a member of many other tribes!

For example - a member of the tribe of eLimpopo is also a member of the tribe of eSA. A member of the tribe of South African Gold Party and a member of the tribe of Suid Afrikaanse Legioen are also both members of the tribe of eSA.

There can therefore be even smaller tribes made up of a group of eRepublik Citizens working together to help, support, and strengthen each other. Why struggle all alone, especially as a new citizen, if you can belong to a tribe that will help and support you while you help and support the tribe. One for All and All for One!

Some tribes, like country tribes for example, are simply too large and have too many members to efficiently help and support all its members. Smaller tribes can more effectively accomplish this while still being part of the larger tribe.

The Structure of Tribal Groups

Tribes have an egalitarian (as opposed to authoritarian) structure, have a sense of their own identity while being a part of a greater identity, and respect the identity of other tribes.

Leadership in a tribe is an advisory role, not an authoritarian one. Tribal leadership is usually held by a committee or council, and power is shared among the members of the tribe, as are resources.

The kibbutz movement in Israel has shown that this variation on communalism works in small "tribal" groups but the former Communist world has demonstrated that it fails in the larger city/state systems.

People assume that there must be high-status persons in tribes (like e.g. chiefs, shamans, medicine men, etc.) when in fact people with these kind of titles are actually considered equal to everybody else, and view their role as an obligation of service, not an opportunity for domination.

Tribes are locally based and dependent on renewable local resources which they develop and nurture for the long term.

Tribes have a unique sense of identity and the tribe defines the members identity. Tribes do not try to get others to convert to their ways. Their way of life is defined by what is best for them, and this guarantees the long-term survival of the tribal unit. The diversity of many different tribes makes for a stronger overall human presence - diverse yet cooperative ecosystems are strong, whereas single-culture systems are fragile and prone to collapse in upon themselves when stressed.

Tribes may occasionally compete or come into conflict but they most often cooperate. One tribe may view another with disdain for their social or other practices but they would never engage in genocide. Other tribes are useful e.g. they produce different goods which can be traded for, and they are also part of larger tribal groupings to which many tribes belong.

Small tribes would therefore have a Tribal Council comprised of "elders", or those with the knowledge and experience to perform the service they provide to the tribe. All members of the tribe work for the good of the tribe and not just for individual gain. This builds the tribe and keeps it strong which benefits all members of the tribe.

Larger tribal groups are comprised of smaller tribal groups. Each of the smaller tribes has a representative on the larger Tribal Council to look after their interests within the larger group. The larger tribal group also provides assistance or protection to any one of the smaller tribes that require it, with the assistance of the other tribes in the group.

This results in a bottom-up structure as compared to the usual top-down structure, which provides a better system for individual tribal members.

For example (applying this to a city/state structure which most of us understand):

A block in a suburb would be a small tribe with it's own Tribal Council (something like the body corporate of a townhouse complex).

Each of these "body corporate like" tribes would have their own representative (Tribal Councillor) in the tribe of the suburb and every member of the "body corporate" tribe would also be members of the "suburban" tribe.

In turn each "suburban" tribe would have a representative on the Tribal Council of the "city" tribe and each member of the "body corporate" tribe would therefore also be members of the "city" tribe.

The same would apply to the regional "state" or "provincial" tribe, the "country" tribe, the "continental" tribe, and finally the "world wide" human tribe.

Applying such a tribal structure to eRepublik would result in there being a number of smaller tribes which would each have a representative looking after their interests on the Tribal Council of the "regional" tribe with all the members of all the smaller tribes being members of this larger tribe.

Each "regional" tribe would have a representative looking after their interests on the Tribal Council of the "country" tribe with all the members of all "regional" tribes being members of this larger tribe..

And each "country" tribe would have a representative looking after their interests on the "new world" or "eRepublic" tribe with all the members of all "country" tribes being members of this larger tribe.

Everybody would therefore be a member of their own individual tribe, a member of their "regional" tribe, a member of their "country" tribe, and a member of the "new world wide" or eRepublic Tribe - with their interests being looked after in each tribal level.

United Tribes of South Africa and Tigra Tribe Established

The United Tribes of South Africa tribal organization has been established and the first member tribe has also been established.

The Tigra Tribe was founded by Al Kazar who is at present the only official member of the tribe and as such is currently the only member of the Tribal Council and, by default, the first Chief of the tribe.

Anyone interested in joining the Tigra Tribe can get more information HERE and can apply for membership by completing the Tigra Tribe Membership Application.