TotallyHuman
The witch of speculation
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In many stories we have certain ideas of a divine bureaucracy: gods in charge of things so that the world(s) don't fall into chaos, reincarnation gods that ferry souls all over the place dutifully, even systems that make sure to send agents to scenarios and prevent some sorts of injustices.
All of those are somewhat similar to government workers who handle problems.
But... Our world's bureaucracies are fueled by taxes (in some way or another. Even when it comes to countries whose revenues are mostly from natural resources, technically those natural resources belong to the people of the nation hence it's also a kind of tax). We are never told about the taxpayers of the divine bureaucracies (and no, our souls or anything like that wouldn't count as taxes from us, since that would be considered natural resources), so who does pay the taxes?
I think this idea has much potential world-building-wise.
All of those are somewhat similar to government workers who handle problems.
But... Our world's bureaucracies are fueled by taxes (in some way or another. Even when it comes to countries whose revenues are mostly from natural resources, technically those natural resources belong to the people of the nation hence it's also a kind of tax). We are never told about the taxpayers of the divine bureaucracies (and no, our souls or anything like that wouldn't count as taxes from us, since that would be considered natural resources), so who does pay the taxes?
I think this idea has much potential world-building-wise.