Serf City, Here We ComenBefore the ideasnof free tradenand democracynbecame popular,nmost societiesnwere based or^nfeudalism. Kingsnwere all-powerful,nUnder them werennobles, craftsmennandpeasantfarmers,nknown as serfs.nSerfs usually hadnno rights. Whatevernfood they ate,nclothes they worenand dwellings theynlived in, they receivednfrom thengenerosity of kings and nobles. Just as thenupper class . . .