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Your challenge if you accept, is to create a society wherein the following system of naming for imperial/royal courts/Emperors etc is used:

Era name: As in China, a ruler has an era name upon ascencion. This era name is a descriptive, such as, ‘raging tempest’, ‘auspicious peace’ or ‘hand of glad tides’ etc.... This era name is gifted based upon some sort of ritual method, perhaps one wherein omens confer these era names.

Court name: This is a title conferred upon a court of a particular ruler, that corresponds to simply the people therein, but not to the ruler. So for instance, something akin to ‘servants of the most righteous’. So a title given in plural to the higher echelon of the imperial power structure. Changes with each ruler.

Familial name: This is the title of the ruler wherein his/her line is gifted via his father who begat this and begat that. As an example, ‘Muhammad Ibn Ali Khuzay Ibn Umar Ibn Jabril al-Hormuzi’. Essentially a genealogical name.

Popular name: The name of the ruler that is to be used by the common subjects of the ruler. Such as, ‘The benevolent advocate’ or so forth. Also includes his name used for festival appearances and charity works.

Martial name: The name of the ruler as addressed martial circles and cliques and to be used by soldiers and generals in reference to the ruler. This also includes literature when he is at war or battle or campaign.

Enthroned name: The name of the ruler when seated upon his/her throne and only used when currently enthroned or in literature referring to him enthroned.

Situational name/variable name: A possible name; this occurs by way of a decision by the ruler to take a new name/title based upon an action he is doing. For instance, he is crossing a river, and wishes a new name to be used for when he is crossing a river or a body of water, his scribes thus get to job of concocting a name.

Castigative name: The name given by the court to enemies of the state under censor or ire. Also gifted to rebels and other similar figures.

Mortuary name: The name gifted by the court upon death of the ruler.

Memorial name: The name given to the previous ruler in the second year of the succeeding ruler.

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What would be the prerequisites for such a system to develop? Would it be feasible? As well, what’re the effects of this upon literature and society?

Also for POD, 2500 BCE.

Restrictions: Cannot be China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam or Southeast Asia.
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