Relevant to: Stargate: Return of the Old Ones
StarGate Command
Report: Intelligence, Government
Civilisation: Lingbao, Tok'ra Protectorate
Lingbao Tianzun is the father of the Tok'ra as a species, while his Queen Egeria is the mother. Lingbao disappeared two-thousand years ago after suffering a terrible defeat at the hands of Ra and his System Lord minions.
Lingbao rules the Tok'ra Protectorate as if it was an empire. The Tok'ra see him as their father and as the rightful ruler of the Tok'ra people. Lingbao issues orders and the Tok'ra obey.
Lingbao appears to be a war monger but will not place his children in harms way if it can be helped. He seems to be more of a military dictator rather than a politician. This is understandable because all Goa'uld ruled this way. Lingbao, after all, was a Goa'uld before he founded the Tok'ra Ideal and it is very likely that he sat on the System Lord council where intimidation was used to flaunt power.
Lingbao uses his entrusted Furling and Ancient technologies to build great cities to house his militaristic people. Besides the Tok'ra, Lingbao also has a few million humans on hidden on his forge worlds. These humans are the descendants of his clone armies that were left on these worlds as guardians. Even after generations of peace, these descendants continue to practise the art of war and prepare for battle.
Upon discovering these native inhabitants, Lingbao decided to form a council with representatives from every planet. This council is led by a Tok'ra who acts as an information buffer between the councillors and Lingbao. The Tok'ra councillor would pick important matters and bring them to Lingbao's attention.
This Protectorate in peacetime and Empire in wartime, is truly a force to be reckoned with. When a declaration of war is made, the public peacetime council that share concerns about every day life, converts into a War council. This Wartime council focuses on the short term and long term effects of militarisation on the Empires planets. They also share statistics about certain aspects of the fuelling of the war.
The Wartime council look at statistics about population growth, public supplies, military assets production, conscription rates and other needed points. This military power quickly expands with the introduction of Clone armies, prefabricated ground vehicles, conscripted platoons, rapidly constructed ships and Tok'ra commanders. It is a nation that was built for war and is extremely efficient.