1000 Questions: Index

1. Part I: The Fundamentals of the World

   • World Identity: Name, type, physical characteristics, celestial objects, and historical origins.

   • Geology and Climate: Continental layout, geological activity, climate zones, natural disasters, and habitability.

   • Natural Resources and Ecology: Resource distribution, flora, fauna, and ecological dynamics.

   • Sophonts and Races: Population diversity, race origins, regional distribution, and cultural relationships.

2. Part II: The Oecumene

   • Geography and Environment: Sacred landscapes, human-nature interaction, settlements, and areas to avoid.

   • Civilization and Expansion: Spread of civilizations, influence of magic, and expansion of powers.

   • Population and Demographics: Country population, demographic changes, and effects of migration.

   • Boundaries and Neighbors: Natural borders, historical motivations, strategic and economic boundaries.

   • Timekeeping and Calendars: Time reckoning systems, calendars, units of time, and cultural traditions.

3. Part III: The Community

   • Family Structures: Marriage customs, family size, inheritance, and household composition.

   • Social Customs and Life: Social classes, ranks, societal expectations, and customs regarding inheritance.

   • Religious Practices and Faith: Religions, sacred places, clergy structure, and their political relationships.

   • Food and Drink: Diet, eating customs, social interactions and rituals

   • Clothing and Fashion: Body Adornment, Clothing, and Fashion

   • Arts & Aesthetics: Art Forms, censorship, beauty, dancing, painting and theater 

   • Rites of Passage and Coming of Age: Rites of passage, education customs, discrimination, and cultural identity.

   • Death and Funerary Customs: Unnatural death, murder, abortion, suicide

4. Part IV: Technology & Thaumology: Craft and Magic in Partnership

   • Technological Level and Distribution: Devices, social distribution, historical comparison.

   • Impact of Magic on Technology: Integration, advances, and areas of overlap.

   • Thaumological Influence on Daily Life: Enchanted objects, daily use, and transportation.

   • Thaumology and Warfare: Thaumological weaponry and military tactics.

   • Economic and Social Effects: Guild influence, thaumic practices in trade, and manufacturing.

5. Part V: Economics

   • Currency and Wealth Distribution: Types of currency, coinage, wealth distribution, and banking systems.

   • Trade and Commerce: Trade routes, imports, taxation, and trade languages.

   • Labour and Occupation: Division of labor, working hours, and job prestige.

6. Part VI: Government, Weapons & Warfare

   • Government Regulations: Trade practices, anti-monopoly laws, and weights/measures.

   • Laws and Justice: Society Benefits, Courts, and Crimes

   • Weapons: Availability, legality, magic-infused weaponry, and major war tools.

   • Warfare: Military structure, elite warriors, tactics, ethics, and logistics.

   • External Relations: Foreign policy, enemies, treaties and customs.

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Reference: This list came from The Bethisad.com questionnaire and was significant for creators of fictional worlds, providing a structured set of questions that help develop detailed cultures, societies, and environments.