>There's a sci-fi novel I want to write some time... >You know how some countries have mandatory military service? >Well, what if all of the "Essential" jobs,

>There's a sci-fi novel I want to write some time... >You know how some countries have mandatory military service? >Well, what if all of the "Essential" jobs, all had mandatory service? Corvee labor, aka a sci-fi novel about a concept in existence since Ancient Egypt.