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The aldar civilization is focused on profits and has thus formed not into countries, but instead cartels.  There is no central authority amongst these cartels, but there is a group considered to be the neutral arbiters who can resolve differences between the various cartels.  This is the Etiquette Committee.

As their name may imply, the Etiquette Committee is seen as the group that maintains the rules of civilization that bind all aldar and their culture.  But no one actually believes this.  The Etiquette Committee is thoroughly corrupt and nearly always sides with the more powerful faction in any dispute between the cartels.  This is primarily due to the “proper” bribes being paid, but also because the Etiquette Committee has no army of their own, and therefore would be wiped out should any of the top cartels decide to eliminate them.  They survive only by the grace of these most powerful organizations.

Though the Etiquette Committee operates similarly to many judicial organizations in human cultures, they are expected to be arbitrators.  By reading the contracts, they should be able to decide which party is in the right and decide in their favor.  As arbiters, they will use magic to determine the truth, as torture is not appropriate when being called in by both sides.  As corrupt as they are, they are not a unified organization.  Various members and factions within the Etiquette Committee are working towards their own agendas, or those of the cartels that placed them within the group.

The Etiquette Committee is the sworn enemies of Binanix.  The Binanix organization sees them as the most dangerous threat to aldar society and will oppose them whenever possible, even when opposing them seems counter-productive, so strong is their hatred.  The other cartels see them as a nuisance, but an essential one.

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