Count

Count (カウント) 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 used for voting.

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

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

Battle
Known as Startheft Bout (星奪戦せいだつせん), if anyone with a lower count doesn't want to follow an order, they can challenge other people to battle. The winner of Startheft Bout battle will have their count increased via taking the loser's counts reducing it. When the Startheft Bout has 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 300 years ago, instead of numbers it was stars and anyone who lost all their stars was expelled from the school.