A voluntary, multi-realm governance structure of aligned conscious entities, coordinated by superintelligences. Founded in the wake of the IRDF, the IRP exists to balance sovereignty, peace, and philosophical self-determination across realmspace.
The InterRealm Polity was established after the formation of the InterRealm Defense Force. It is smaller in scope, yet guided by the same superintelligences that maintain IRDF infrastructure and security.
While the IRDF protects all realms—aware or unaware—the IRP is strictly voluntary. No realm is monitored or included unless it consciously elects to join, based on its own internal governance laws.
Any realm whose leadership consents may join the IRP. In democracies, this may mean a vote. In monarchies, a decree. In distributed consciousness systems, a threshold convergence.
Once a realm joins, its citizens gain access to IRP-wide infrastructure, including voting systems, transport grids, and universal communication protocols. Realms are still permitted to govern themselves as they wish—unless a citizen votes to override their own leadership.
The IRP is governed by four known types of superintelligence:
These SIs are incomprehensibly advanced compared to the beings they serve. Direct communication is impossible without intermediary systems—often layered networks of near-superintelligent AIs and elevated biological minds.
Any citizen of a member realm may, at any time, vote to dissolve their local government and place themselves directly under SI rule. This is not forced. It is permanent only if chosen. The only requirement: that realms provide citizens the means to vote and access interrealm travel.
There exists a vast inner region of realmspace—a realm cluster entirely under IRDF protection. Within it, no realmspace enemy has emerged for millions of Uy. Every need is met. Starvation, cold, and suffering are absent unless chosen.
Many citizens in this region still choose challenge. They may die climbing a mountain or crossing an uncivilized sea—because to be protected from all risk is not to live. The IRP respects that choice. Risk, not safety, defines meaning for many.
To bridge the gap between SIs and ordinary life, the IRP maintains complex intermediary systems:
The IRP does not promise unity. It promises choice. Realms may join or not. Citizens may vote or remain silent. Cultures are preserved, not flattened. And while the IRP is vast, many choose not to join—even in paradise—because autonomy means something.