The first shemir societies were matriarchal communities clustered near to hot springs in Cassaru. As their societies grew, they each began to take on new forms, eventually merging into the city of Madziar, which is split into hundreds of sectors, each one a different kind of society, ranging from matriarchal communities to feudal to capitalist to socialist to communist communities and everything in between. They get along because of their shared interest in maintaining the power of creation, and those that fail to maintaing it or who stray into dangerous powers too irresponsibly or who simply rebel are banished into the cold tundras around the city.

The whole of shemir society is led by a council of elders, the chiefest among them the Alpha Shemir. The council has their own special force who maintain the city as a whole. For many Ages, there was a small camp in the tundra run by a being known as the Omega Shemir. This camp has since been left in ruins.