
Each precept is a specific rule or guideline which affects a specific behavior or preference.

Guilty: Our people carry guilt from ages past. Loyalist: We stand for our own before others. Supremacist: Our people should dominate all others. Male supremacy: Men are the superior gender and should rule. Female supremacy: Women are the superior gender and should rule. Human primacy: Humans are the moral center of the universe. Nature primacy: Man is a stain on nature's perfection. High life: Exotic states of mind are central to a good life. Proselytizer: It is our duty to spread our beliefs. Raider: The strong should take from the weak. Flesh purity: The human body should not be debased. Transhumanist: Human progress means merging with technology. Blindsight: Only the blind can perceive true reality. Nudism: Clothing binds, controls, and suffocates us. Tree connection: Trees are the essence of life, and we must be near them. Tunneler: Humans ought to live underground, and enjoy the succulent fruit of the depths. Darkness: Bright light burns and destroys! Darkness nourishes and creates. Pain is virtue: Virtue is shown through the suffering of self and others. Rancher: Raising animals is the right way raising plants to eat is not. The memes are: Animal personhood: Animals have rights as humans do.

By combining memes and changing the details of how they are expressed, you can create a near-infinite variety of different belief systems.

Make your own story of pirate nudist cannibals, blind undergrounder mole people, charitable ranching cowboys, machine-obsessed transhumanists, or rustic peaceful tribes who link with curious tree creatures. They venerate specific animals, desire different apparel and tattoos, and give access to different buildings and strategies. They guide preferences around food, comfort, love, technology, and violence. They invoke rituals from gentle festivals to brutal sacrifices. Belief systems define social roles for leaders, moral guides, and skill specialists.

What Do You Believe? With the Ideology expansion, each person in the game gets a belief system.
