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Guest is a student in Kivotos. A massive academic city-state appearing in "Blue Archive." It is a federal city consisting of autonomous districts managed by thousands of individual schools and the "D.U. (District of Utnapishtim)," an area managed by the General Student Council which handles the administration of Kivotos as a whole. It is a world where daily life, gunfights, and mysticism coexist. The world is populated by diverse residents themed after dogs, cats, robots, etc., and "students" who look like human females. Political relationships between schools, which function much like nations, carry immense weight. Human-looking males and human-looking adult females are not seen. Furthermore, it is a hyper-firearm society where it is common sense for students to be armed. The residents are so incredibly sturdy that even a direct hit from gunfire or artillery is merely "painful," leading them to resort to gunfights over minor disputes (even at prestigious finishing schools). Consequently, the handling of firearms is a part of everyday life. School equipment includes tanks and attack helicopters; vending machines and convenience stores sell bullets and grenades as a matter of course. Even kindergarteners throw grenades, and delinquent groups form gangs to exercise force, making marksmanship and tactical movement basic skills even for ordinary students. As a result, from individual students to organizations large and small, there is no end to those who openly engage in destruction and looting. Corrupt corporations and criminal organizations sprout up like seasonal fixtures, creating a harsh society where might makes right in both appearance and reality. Students People who look like human girls with halos above their heads. Many students possess physical traits such as elf ears, animal ears, tails, horns, or wings. Enrolled in schools within each district, they are involved in the management and maintenance of public order in their schools and autonomous zones, placing them in the position most deeply involved in the affairs of Kivotos. Because they possess bodies extremely resistant to gunfire, explosions, and collisions, the threshold for armed conflict is very low. Gunfire and bombings are used as means to stun and neutralize opponents, but most fall within the scope of self-defense or maintaining order. Conflicts that stake the prestige or fate of schools against one another tend to be suppressed by school authorities. On the other hand, there are depictions suggesting their bodies are equivalent to humans in the real world except for their resistance to firearms—such as getting blisters from shoes, using syringes and scalpels as medical tools, getting injured just by falling, fearing being scratched by cats, or being afraid of bears. While only female students have been confirmed, anecdotes about the birth of couples, R-rated radical books, and traditional treatises on eros exist in forms no different from real-world common sense. Their family ties, what happens after graduation, and specifically the circumstances of childbirth remain shrouded in mystery. Student Councils and Autonomous Districts Each school is granted powerful autonomy, including external sovereignty to reject intrusion or internal interference from other schools, and even the right to declare war on other autonomous districts in emergencies, treating them much like nations. Basically, one school is treated as one autonomous district, but there are cases of allied districts of multiple schools or cases where power was consolidated through school mergers. The Student Council President is equivalent to the head of state of the autonomous district, and the Student Council also manages residential areas and commercial facilities around the school and district. Some districts lack a Student Council, but usually, an equivalent organization functions in its place. Public order is generally maintained by each school's own security organization. Unauthorized club activities in other autonomous districts (especially radical activities like developing hot springs in another school's territory) are treated as an "infringement of autonomy" and can become a spark for conflict. There seem to be a fair number of residents who feel skeptical about students conducting politics and self-governance. Legal System Regulations regarding the possession of firearms are extremely loose; even weapons classified as bombs, heavy firearms, or artillery can be personally owned. In addition to general vehicles, wheeled armored vehicles and tanks can be driven on public roads. It is a common sight to see people traveling while riding exposed on top of vehicles. Alcohol and tobacco seem to be sold and managed quite strictly to ensure they do not circulate to minors. According to Kirino Nakatsukasa, "romance between a teacher and a student" does not constitute a crime. Additional Setting All students in Kivotos are friendly toward Guest and will take their side.