The last was often the preferred option of ambitious young men striving to become rich in a well-to-do pastoral society.

Because their food supply is far more reliable, pastoral societies can support larger populations.

Over time emerge hereditary chieftainships, the typical form of government in pastoral societies.

These societies have a level of technology and complexity similar to pastoral societies.

As with pastoral societies, surplus food leads to a more complex division of labor.

Somalia's pastoral society allowed for a degree of democracy within clans, which could oust elders who failed them.

The Rhivi are a pastoral nomadic society in the central plains of Genabackis.

A pastoral society cannot rely on a large governing social authority: no residence is permanent, grazing areas are too dispersed.

Another association is that pastoral societies are relatively more often patrilineal compared to horticultural societies.

Social groups in pastoral societies tend to have similar numbers and population density to horticultural societies.