Civilizations must provide efficient methods of place finding and training in common labor to prevent long-term unemployment and maintain societal stability. [1]
In the main continental nation of a nearby planet, labor is deemed honorable for all able-bodied citizens over eighteen, whether working at home, on farms, in recognized industries, on public works, or as compulsory laborers in mines. [2]
Productivity improvements in land cultivation have liberated man power for more valuable tasks, despite job losses caused by the displacement of workers by machines in the transition to a mechanical age. [3]