User blog:Ausir-fduser/TERA political system detailed

Massively talked to En Masse's Stefan Ramirez about the unique political system featured in TERA.

The TERA politics is going to be driven entirely by players on each server. The main political goal of the players will be to become Vanarchs, who have "a shit-ton of power, a shit-ton of money, and a shit-ton of fame." You can become one either by popular vote or through brute force. Vanarchs are able to raise or lower taxes, open shops in their provinces, enable or disable open PvP there, and do many other things that are usually out of the players' reach in most MMOs.

Vanarchs will need to collect Policy Points in order to remain in power. They can be gained in two ways - either through popular vote or the extremely challenging Vanarch quests, often involving gigantic monsters and other epic-level fights, involving not just the Vanarchs themselves, but also armies of their subjects.

Read more about the politics of Arborea at Massively.