Thoughts on the Category
At first I had difficulties with this category because I saw the Societies category encompassing 2 very distinct types of submissions: Social Club and Race. I’ve worked this out since and it’s entirely possible that no one besides myself ever saw it this way but I will still talk about it because I think it does offer some insights about posting in this category.

For clarity reasons, I will first provide a brief definition of the 2 terms as I thought of them though they seem pretty self explanatory:
- A Social Club sub is often about an organisation situated within a particular culture (culture as in Chinese versus Western versus Japanese type of divides). This organisation is often formed from individuals of common beliefs or linked in other ways based on similarities in life history, personality etc.
- A Race sub is about a group of ethically/culturally/racially linked creatures and often is about a culture itself. 

As I think of the 2 concepts now, I dont see a need to actually draw a line between the two but I find the distinction useful when trying to come up with a structure for a Society submission (see below).

In addition, I want to raise another point that this issue gets me to think about. That is, what about split offs? For a Social Club, one can picture that as time goes by, split off societies might form as a result of disagreements over principles (like Schools of Thought in scholarly circles or magic) or power struggles within the original. For a Race, theres the persistent theme that individuals are accountable for his/her/its own actions not to mention that the idea of political factions and such apply as well.

Tips
- There should be a history/ backstory that reveals the motivation and goals of a society.  No matter how in detail you describe the core activity of the society, the post really isn’t complete without an accompanying historical section on why the society is formed in the first place. If your post is about a race instead of a society, something similar applies. You cant get away from providing a history that explains their social customs and lifestyle as it is currently.

- Suggested structure/Sequence of Section Headings:
The structure outlined below is for on what I term a Social Club sub. For a Race sub, Selection/Initiation is obviously not applicable, Origin too might possibly be subsumed into the History section though it can still be a separate section if the author wants to isolate the "starting point" of the race, Quirks will become Social Customs. But overall, still roughly the same structure.

Description - covering daily activities, what the society is about;
Origin - how, who and why on the society formation;
Selection/Initiation - how members are selected, initiation rites etc.;
History - how the society evolves, major events that it instigates or that happened and that shaped the society, a paragraph on how it is now;
Optional: Quirks If not covered in previous sections or the author really wants to go into details on the quirks and finds it inappropriate to do so in previous sections
Optional: Roleplaying Notes/Plot hooks - Suggestions on how the society can be used in play

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