The party whip enforces party discipline in parliament. This means requiring party members to vote in line with the official party platform, rather than based on how they personally wish to vote.

Pop psychology refers to theories and ideas about human psychology that are marketed to the general public. Examples include, but are not limited to, personality tests and self-help literature that claims to have scientific psychological backing.

In recent years, homeschooling has become more common among ethnic and racial minorities, such as (but not limited to) African Americans and Latinos in countries such as the US.

Climate engineering technology is technology designed to artificially alter the climate on a large scale in order to control the effects of climate change (e.g. Cloud Seeding and Carbon Capture). Currently, research on climate engineering is at an early stage.

In an alternate world, a dragon once attacked a community and only stopped on the condition of periodic human sacrifices. The community agreed as they had no other way to stop the dragon.

Over centuries, society adapted to this and has developed an entire culture around the dragon, including religious beliefs that justify the sacrifices and government bureaucracy that facilitates them and compensates those left behind. The sacrifices are frequent and large enough that almost everyone in the community has lost a loved one during their lifetime.

Science has now advanced to the point where a material has been developed that can pierce the dragon's scales, making it possible to launch an attack on the dragon. However, the attack may fail, and the dragon may retaliate against the whole community.

Climate engineering technology is technology designed to artificially alter the climate on a large scale in order to control the effects of climate change (e.g. Cloud Seeding and Carbon Capture). Currently, research on climate engineering is at an early stage.