User blog comment:GrandMethuselah67/World-1: The Neo-Methuselahverse/@comment-4867780-20190618130922/@comment-4867780-20190625230916

Isn't a country a nation-state by definition ? As in a nation forming a state within the territory they inhabit ? I guess its the empirical housing of the whole nation into a single urban structure that would make it a city-state rather than a country, just like the ones of antiquity. So Sola Longia is a city-state if it is the only city on the planet, or its country-size capital if there are others doting its surface.

So natural energy of the geothermal and kinetic varieties, directly generated by the environment 24/7 in tremendous volumes, then collected and processed via a system / technology comparable to a giant absorbing shield stabilizing and protecting the whole urban superstructure ? Hard to imagine how they managed to build Sol Longia in such an incredibly hostile environment, especially since they started pretty small at the time in the wake of their decimation-induced exodus.

So a one in a thousand ratio overall. That's pretty damn high compared to most superhero settings (even Marvel with its metric ton of heroes and villains probably has less than five thousands in the very meta-dense North America, so not even 2% of the Federation's ratio), and quite the vital necessity considering only the coordinated efforts of many high-level superheroes and even more supporters stand a chance againt the titanic Jotuns besieging mankind. It also explains why their civilization as a whole is so superhuman centric : because they are everywhere on top of their functional contribution to society, great social influence and crucial importance to the war effort.

The Black Spiral and Monarchs only determine who gets powers, right ? And they keep it for life once acquired ? Though given the sheer superhuman death toll from nigh-constant Jotun activity, whoever controls the empowering frequency determines the replacement rate, and thus ultimately how many superhumans there are at any given time.

So the super ratio is predicted to steadily increase over time ? That's definitely great news for a civilization locked in endless war with wrathful titans who just keep coming ^ ^;