Count

Count (カウント Kaunto) is a life system that keep people alive in Althea, it could define any number related to their life. Count could also lead them to the Abyss when it has dropped to zero.

Count can also define as a battle powers for anyone who owns a Ballot, although this does not include original Ballots which was uses for voting.

Define
Count can define anything related to their life, for example like someone walked distance, or amount of compliments given to them by others, or amount of times someone said foods is delicious.

Authority
Anyone who have a higher counts has a authority to order anyone with lower counts to do other stuffs. People with lower counts can't betrays people with higher count's order. For example, Nana Bassler (77) has a right to orders Licht Bach (-999) to handstand until he dies.

Battle
Known as Startheft Bout ( 星奪戦せいだつせん Seidatsu Sen, lit "Star Stealing Battle"), also known as Star Stake in Funimation's official English translation, if anyone with lower counts doesn't want to follow a order, they can challenge other people in a battle. The winner of Startheft Bout battle will have their count increased via taken loser's counts, while loser's count will reduced to only one. When the Startheft Bout was started, the hands of Althing will appears from the land.

Trivia

 * There's a prototype version of Count and Startheft Bout exists at 13th Special Military Forces School in 300 years ago, instead of numbers it was a stars and anyone who lost all the stars will result of expelled from school.