Re: rules
When I was at the army (in Germany) there were a couple of guys who simply didn't show up after a few days of vacation. If found, they'd have to serve more days at the army anyway (all the days they had deserted from it). The army has rules that are quite different, even in a democracy and even in peace time. It's just a matter of waiting it's all over.
But it's obvious that living in a closed ecological system with a lethal environment outside does require a kind of extremely disciplined society; not much room for creativity.
Raoul