If thalassocracies are defined as democratic, commercial and pragmatic, tellurocracies are ideocratic, with a hierarchical organization and guided by a religious ideal.

There came […] my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach.

In preparation for this momentous occasion yed has been browsing past issues of this sterling journal, and it has come to our attention that previous articles by yhos have been devoted largely to bemoaning the multitude of technical problems encountered in production -- the difficulties of duplication, the miseries of mimeography.

His trophies included his second wife, his successful children, the third and fourth homes in Palm Beach and Malibu, and his three yachts.