Socio-cultural buffer zone
Able to create temporary enclave-communities within alien socio-cultural formations during periods of excessive emigration, but with time these enclave-communities always become themselves assimilated into their foster socio-cultural formations
Mixed socio-cultural region
Able to create temporary enclave-communities within alien socio-cultural formations during periods of excessive emigration, but with time these enclave-communities always become themselves assimilated into their foster socio-cultural formations
3.4. Ability to establish colonies, military-political and economic vassals outside own homeland
Socio-cultural system (SCS)
If necessary, may generate such vassals and colonies alike, usually established to solve certain internal problems produced in the process of own socio-cultural evolution and other territories' transformation
Socio-cultural domain (SCD)
In case of necessity and as a result of a certain, advantageous external situation, SCD-s with stable homelands may generate colonies and vassals, but only for a very brief time. However, this never leads to socio-cultural transformation of neither stable SCD-s themselves nor peoples and territories temporarily subordinate to them. Sporadic SCD-s never establish neither vassals nor colonies
Socio-cultural buffer zone
May generate colonies and vassals of a second grade, with this permanently being itself a vassal of a certain neighbouring SCS. Space temporarily controlled by the buffer zone states never exceeds the limits of internal and external buffer zones themselves. Changes of the controlled areas are absolutely unstable and always external matters for a buffer zone itself
Mixed socio-cultural region
Mixed socio-cultural region is usually itself a colony and / or vassal of a certain SCS and subject to the various SCS-s struggle and socio-cultural competition
3.5. Ability to create naturally dependent vassals in a course of a socio-cultural transformation of other territories
Socio-cultural system (SCS)
Has the ability to create naturally dependent vassals in a course of socio-cultural transformation of other territories. This is the unique quality and indication of SCS
Socio-cultural domain (SCD)
Has no such ability. Military-political and economic vassals of a second grade never become naturally dependent ones. SCD-s themselves may, for some historical time, become vassals of a neighbouring SCS and then use such subordinate status to achieve own goals and gain some socio-cultural benefits
Socio-cultural buffer zone
Has no such ability. Buffer zones never form naturally dependent vassals and themselves are always vassals of a neighbouring SCS. Change of a dominating SCS is a routine and always external matter
Mixed socio-cultural region
Has no such ability. Mixed socio-cultural regions never form naturally dependent vassals and themselves are always vassals of various SCS-s that pretend to assimilate some territories within the region. Change of a dominating SCS is a routine and always external matter
4. POPULATION
4.1. Existence of a relatively large quantities of own population
Socio-cultural system (SCS)
Quantities of the SCS's population, compare to general numbers of currently inhabiting the Earth people, are always significant. Most of the World's population lives within SCS-s
Socio-cultural domain (SCD)
Quantities of the SCD-s' population, as a rule, are not comparable to those of SCS-s', but may be quite significant, especially in the case of SCD-s with stable homelands
Socio-cultural buffer zone
Quantity of the buffer zone's population may be quite large, but, as a rule, it's never comparable to that of any taken separately SCS. It maintains definite tendency to periodically reduce the numbers of own population, at the expense of various mechanical migrations of its considerable parts
Mixed socio-cultural region
Quantity of the mixed region's population may be quite large, but, as a rule, it's not comparable to that of SCS
4.2. Ability to conduct a successive socio-cultural assimilation of alien population, by including it into own structure together with the new territories
Socio-cultural system (SCS)
Able to socio-culturally assimilate alien population successively. This ability manifests itself during periods of creating the own homeland and internal buffer zones. This is the unique quality and indication of SCS
Socio-cultural domain (SCD)
Has no such ability. SCD's population is rigidly reserved and unable to assimilate alien population in principle. Isolation from the rest of the world is a strict standard of SCD as a specific socio-cultural formation
Socio-cultural buffer zone
Has no such ability. There is no isolation as in case of SCD, but there is no assimilation of alien population either
Mixed socio-cultural region
Within mixed socio-cultural regions, assimilation of alien population and territories by various SCS-s takes place. At the developed stages of a mixed region assimilation, it ceases to exist
4.3. Ability of population to retain its qualitative specific characteristics within alien socio-cultural formations
Socio-cultural system (SCS)
SCS's population is able to preserve its specific qualities within alien socio-cultural formations
Socio-cultural domain (SCD)
SCD's population possesses strikingly expressed ability to retain own specific qualities within alien socio-cultural formations. It guarantees SCD's survival in a sporadic condition during historically considerable intervals of time
Socio-cultural buffer zone
Such ability isn't quite obvious. Usually, assimilation of the significant parts of a buffer zone's population into other socio-cultural formations takes place
Mixed socio-cultural region
Population is too diverse and heterogeneous. As a rule, it retains own qualitative characteristics, but also may be assimilated itself: everything depends on a combination of specific (historical) conditions
4.4. Extent of a socio-cultural homogeneity of the population
Socio-cultural system (SCS)
Population has homogeneous socio-cultural character. There are certain stages of its socio-cultural assimilation. There is also definite distinction between population of such types of the socio-cultural spaces as homeland, internal buffer zones and enclaves. Exceptions may appear among population inhabiting recently included into SCS territories. Existence of such non-converted (non-transformed) socio-culturally population and its territories within SCS is usually temporary and ends in a complete socio-cultural assimilation. Growth of the SCS population is attributed to natural increase as well as assimilation of new territories with all their population, with the latter's successive conversion and transformation that may last for centuries
Socio-cultural domain (SCD)
Population has homogeneous socio-cultural character and differs drastically from the rest of the world. SCD's basic distinction from SCS is that growth of the SCD's population is attributed to its natural increase only, and never - to socio-cultural conversion and assimilation of other territories with their population
Socio-cultural buffer zone
As a rule, population isn't socio-culturally homogeneous. Depending on a specific historical situation, very different versions and combinations of the population socio-cultural structure may take place
Mixed socio-cultural region
As a rule, population isn't homogeneous. Depending on a specific historical situation, very different versions and combinations of the population socio-cultural structure may occur
4.5. Ability to generate migrations of population for socio-cultural transformation of other territories
Socio-cultural system (SCS)
Possesses such ability. SCS-s generate migrations of population to socio-culturally transform alien territories into homelands, naturally dependent vassals and enclaves within buffer zones. In all the SCS-s, such migrations most often happen as a result of creating "end of the World" (mass starvation, civil wars, unstable state authorities) within traditional homelands. This is the unique quality and indication of SCS
Socio-cultural domain (SCD)
Has no such ability
Socio-cultural buffer zone
Has no such ability
Mixed socio-cultural region
Has no such ability
4.6. Ability to generate migrations of population to diffuse it into other socio-cultural formations, with no purpose of the latter's transformation
Socio-cultural system (SCS)
Has no such ability. SCS-s do never possess too big numbers of population so that to force it out into new territories without historically clear and definite purposes of the latter's socio-cultural transformation
Socio-cultural domain (SCD)
Such ability can be traced down. SCD-s representatives may be diffused into various SCS-s and be present there to solve own problems, but never - to transform and assimilate other territories socio-culturally
Socio-cultural buffer zone
Such ability can be traced down. Mass migrations of the buffer zone's population into alien socio-cultural formations, and especially - into SCS-s, are possible from time to time, and are even quite regular. Such migrations become a norm during aggravation of a neighbouring SCS-s' competition to control some particular buffer zone, and may be well provoked by these SCS-s. However, migrations from buffer zones never aim to transform and assimilate other territories socio-culturally
Mixed socio-cultural region
Such ability exists. Mass migrations of the mixed region's population into alien socio-cultural formations, and especially - into SCS-s, are quite possible from time to time. Such migrations become a norm during aggravation of relations of the SCS-s that participate in a competition to control some particular mixed region, and may be well provoked by these SCS-s. Migrations from mixed regions never aim to transform and assimilate other territories socio-culturally
4.7. Ability to maintain multinational structure of population, with various languages, within own socio-cultural formation
Socio-cultural system (SCS)
Possesses such ability. Can maintain whatever multinational structure of population and large numbers of languages, even representing different lingual groups. Unity and integrity of the SCS's spaces is determined by their respective assimilation. National and lingual diversity do not have an influence on SCS in principle. In this respect SCS-s may demonstrate staggering tolerance that grows substantially after completing the socio-cultural transformation of the respective territories
Socio-cultural domain (SCD)
Has no such ability. Within own homeland, consistent intolerance to different nationalities and their suppression develop. In case of SCD with own stable homeland, mono-national structure of population and singular language usually take place
Socio-cultural buffer zone
Has a multinational structure of population and big numbers of languages that are foreign relatively one another. They are united only by the neighbouring SCS-s' pressure that affects all the nations of a buffer zone. This pressure may be reflected differently on a different nations, and it naturally gives rise to inner problems within the buffer zone's population
Mixed socio-cultural region
Has a multinational structure of population and big numbers of languages that are foreign relatively one another. They are united only by the fact that pressure of the competing for the region SCS-s affects all its nations / population. This pressure may be reflected differently on a different nations, and it naturally gives rise to inner problems within the mixed region's population
5. RELIGION, LANGUAGE AND SPIRITUAL CULTURE
5.1. Own specific world religion, or its own unique version
Socio-cultural system (SCS)
Always possesses own world religion or its own unique version. This is the unique quality and indication of SCS
Socio-cultural domain (SCD)
Has no own world religion. SCD's religions may be of a national character only and are bound to this particular SCD at most
Socio-cultural buffer zone
Has no own world religion. Some version of the neighbouring SCS's religion always dominates. Choice of the religion is determined by specific historical and often circumstantial factors; in general, it's completely regulated by correlation of the neighbouring SCS-s' positions in the area
Mixed socio-cultural region
Various world religions may peacefully co-exist there, with no obvious dominance of any one. Structure of religions represented in the region is determined in many respects by external factors
5.2. Ability to propagate and diffuse own version of religion outside own socio-cultural formation for the purpose of other territories transformation
Socio-cultural system (SCS)
Possesses such ability. This is the unique quality and indication of SCS: it promotes own version of religion in a process of assimilation of alien territories and population
Socio-cultural domain (SCD)
Has no such ability
Socio-cultural buffer zone
Has no such ability
Mixed socio-cultural region
Has no such ability
5.3. One or several dominant languages
Socio-cultural system (SCS)
Within lingual diversity, one or few languages obviously dominate. There may also exist substantial number of stable languages with limited circulation. Language isn't an absolute indicative distinction of the particular SCS from the rest of the socio-cultural formations. SCS's dominant language may widen its circulation quite independently from the SCS itself
Socio-cultural domain (SCD)
There is always one clearly dominating language that serves as a basis for singling out this particular socio-cultural formation from the rest of the world. This is an absolute indicative distinction of SCD-s from the rest of the socio-cultural formations
Socio-cultural buffer zone
Essence of this socio-cultural formation is such that considerable number of languages always co-exist there, in a proportion that is characteristic for population of some particular buffer zone. There are no and cannot be whatever dominant languages
Mixed socio-cultural region
Essence of this socio-cultural formation is such that considerable number of languages always co-exist there, in a proportion that is characteristic for population of some particular mixed region. There are no and cannot be whatever dominant languages
5.4. Ability to widen circulation of the own dominant language(-s) as a daily used one(-s) outside own socio-cultural formation
Socio-cultural system (SCS)
Able to widen a circulation of own language outside own homeland, and first of all - in the internal buffer zone and among the naturally dependent vassals. Such language begins being used there as a daily mean of communication that is an important element of the process of socio-cultural assimilation of territories and population. This is the unique quality and indication of SCS
Socio-cultural domain (SCD)
Has no such ability. Language is a unique attribute of the particular SCD's population and may only be diffused together with its bearers. Population of other socio-cultural formations never use this language as a mean of daily communication
Socio-cultural buffer zone
Has no such ability. Diffusion of a language(-s) may only accompany migrations of a buffer zone's population which, however, easily adopts language(-s) of either a more attractive or dominant SCS
Mixed socio-cultural region
Has no such ability. Diffusion of a language(-s) may only accompany migrations of a mixed region's population which, however, easily adopts language(-s) of either a more attractive or dominant SCS
6. ECONOMICS AND PRODUCTIVE FORCES
6.1. Extent of reliability and self-sufficiency of the socio-cultural formation's economy
Socio-cultural system (SCS)
Economy is reliable and self-sufficient. It possesses considerable internal reserves, and contacts with other socio-cultural formations do not play determining role in its development, though these contacts are important for solving internal socio-cultural problems such as the neighbouring territories' transformation and competition with alien SCS-s. This is the unique quality and indication of SCS
Socio-cultural domain (SCD)
Economy is extremely vulnerable and never self-sufficient; in case of isolation becomes obviously poor and mediocre. Contacts with other socio-cultural formations are of most importance for economic prosperity and desired stability those, however, are never really lasting
Socio-cultural buffer zone
Economy is extremely vulnerable and never self-sufficient. It depends mainly on neighbouring SCS-s, and these may both arrange for a periodic destruction in a buffer zone and assist its short-term prosperity if it conforms to their interests