The longevity of "the Project" of the neo-Victorian tribe is, at least in Stephenson's vision, assured by:
Common Eco(nom|log)ical Protocol
internal unwritten codex consensually shared by majority of Lords of Equity
Congratz, You made it !
You are the new aristocracy.
You are the Lords (&Ladies) of Equity.
Dune Reference :: Governance & Aristocracy
“Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class - whether that class be hereditary royalty, oligarchs of financial empires, or entrenched bureaucracy."
- Politics as Repeat Phenomenon: Bene Gesserit Training Manual
