 The Jak-Hakka civilization follows an ideology of "Dictatorship of the Chosen," it has been used as an example of political structures the Home Timeline wishes to avoid.The Khiftan sector is one whose cultures are brutal and violent.Their cities are low domes, for protection against nuclear blasts; the priesthood of Fasif punishes blasphemy with torture; and an example of Khiftan craftsmanship seen in "Time Crime" is a whip, the tip of which can be heated by a nuclear battery to 200 degrees Celsius.