II.   Sovereign

Demography is the use of fictional measures, registers, numbering, people characteristics and infrastructure to define political and administrative divisions and their activities according to particular Topography of a place.

The word Demography comes from Ancient Greek δnμογραφία(demographia) from δnμος (dēmos) meaning “people” and γράφω (grapho) meaning “carve,draw, sketch or write”.

Similar to Geography and Topography, Demography involves the act of survey by an agent or representative of the sovereign. However, unlike Geography and Topography, Demographic surveying is usually centered on the collection of information into a ledger which then “encloses” those items from being re - surveyed by original claim of title.

The concept of collecting information into a ledger as a being equivalent to physical survey was first invented by the Romans through the concept of “census” whereby it was the property owners that had to prove their claim of right over property, not the Roman officials who had to visit every farm and village to check facilities and infrastructure.

These survey ledgers are also often called “rolls” and the first such “demographic” surveys often focused on the ownership of slaves and land.