History Main / SocietyOfImmortals

* In ''VideoGame/Stellaris'' empires which complete the path to synthetic ascention turn into this, as its citizens upload their mind into robots that never die of old age, though they can still be destroyed. This aplies in a smaller scale to synthetic colonies as well. Since robots can't procreate naturally, an artificial ImmortalProcreationClause is not needed. New citizens are instead build by the state.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'' empires which complete the path to synthetic ascention turn into this, as its citizens upload their mind into robots that never die of old age, though they can still be destroyed. This aplies in a smaller scale to synthetic colonies as well. Since robots can't procreate naturally, an artificial ImmortalProcreationClause is not needed. New citizens are instead build by the state.

* In ''VideoGame/Stellaris'' empires which complete the path to synthetic ascention turn into this, as its citizens upload their mind into robots that never die of old age, though they can still be destroyed. This aplies in a smaller scale to synthetic colonies as well. Since robots can't procreate naturally, an artificial ImmortalProcreationClause is not needed. New citizens are instead build by the state.

* In most of the Terragen sphere of ''OrionsArm'' life extension [[NanoMachines nano]] and BrainUploading are so ubiquitous that most people live for 1,500 years before getting tired of living forever or [[TheSingularity Transcending]]. One alien race known as the Silent Ones have discovered how to completely halt the aging process, and the ruling class of their society is made up of said "immortals". They keep some regularly aging members of their race around for breeding purposes though (the immortality treatment causes severe birth defects in the offspring of immortals).

* The immortal Griffin family from the {{Nightside}} made a practice of throwing parties for other immortals, which attracted everything from demigods to fey to vampires. As the Griffins were snobs and only the upper-crust attendees were likely to be invited more than once, such parties were effectively a ''High'' Society of Immortals.

* ComicBook/TheEternals and most of Earth's mythological gods in MarvelComics. Eternals have historically maintained their own secret cities but sometimes hang around with mortal humans for kicks. The various gods live in pocket dimensions that are homes to their respective pantheons.

[[caption-width-right:350: A magical paradise where everybody is 10 years old! Artist Credit: maimai97]]

* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': Towns such as Dnnac Ledo are populated by elves and much of their culture is about making productive use of eternal life.

Their source of immortality may be a large or mass-produced ImmortalityInducer. If their immortality involves ImmortalityImmorality it may overlap with TownWithADarkSecret. There's also the question of [[{{Immortality}} what type of immortality]] the civilization has; a society whose members can [[ResurrectiveImmortality respawn quickly after death]] will be different from one whose members [[CompleteImmortality never die period.]] Regardless, ImmortalProcreationClause is likely to be in effect and [[ImmortalityBisexuality little attention will be paid to the traditional gender roles]].

** The immortality was an unintended side effect of a drug meant to cure a devastating plague. Unfortunately, it also kicked in the ImmortalProcreationClause. Among the survivors, no one can ever have children. Instead, they build clockwork robots to "play" and entertain them. When the protagonists (a man and a teenage girl) end up in that world, the scientist who created the original drug kidnaps them and plans to set up PeopleFarms to repopulate his world... or at least provide few new faces around.

* In Creator/MikhailAkhmanov and Christopher Nicholas Gilmore's ''Literature/CaptainFrenchOrTheQuestForParadise'', humanity has long ago figure out how to stop the ageing process using a one-time gene therapy called Cell Regeneration (or just CR), which most people do in their mid-20s. While this doesn't grant true immortality (i.e. you can still die a violent death or get sick), enormous advances in medicine also mean that most diseases are treatable (in fact, the titular protagonist had himself sterilized, so that he can have as much sex as he wants without the risk of having children, knowing perfectly well that it can be reversed). Of course, this would be a major problem on a single world. Luckily, humanity has also discovered interstellar travel (but not FTL travel) and has settled hundreds of worlds. Due to the incredible population growth, planets reaching a certain population density institute [[PopulationControl child licenses]].
** It's mentioned that many planets punish capital offenders not with death but with something even worse - ageing, as CR is reversible. On the planet Murphy, however, which is currently controlled by a cult of religious fanatics following a comet strike, everybody gets CR without exception and no one is ever deprived, as CR is seen as God's gift to humanity.

** The immortality was an unintended side effect of a drug meant to cure a devastating plague. Unfortunately, it also kicked in the ImmortalProcreationClause. Among the survivors, no one can ever have children. Instead, they build clockwork robots to "play" and entertain them. When the protagonists (a man and a teenage girl) end up in that world, the scientist who created the drug kidnaps them and plans to mate them to create real-life children to sell as pets.

Compare and contrast a LongLivedRace.

* ''ErrantStory'' has a society of immortal elves. Also an extinct race of immortal (ageless) dwarves, never seen.

* In Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs' ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'', the Martian peoples are either [[TheAgeless ageless]] or least very LongLived, being capable of living hundreds of years, thanks to their advanced technology diseases and injury are easily recovered. Only a violent death can keep their population in check, [[DeathWorld and given the planet they live]], it happens a lot. However, by religious edict, those past 1000 years are required to take a sacred pilgrimage to Valley Dor, where its believed that they will find paradise.
** In the ''Amtor'' series, the [[VestigialEmpire Vepajans]] from planet Venus become immortal thanks to an life-extending drug that slows down aging indefinitely.

* In ''Literature/AlteredCarbon'' everyone is implanted with a cortical stack at birth that records their brain activity so they can be "re-sleeved" in a new body when they die. Though most people only choose to be re-sleeved a couple times, except for some rich eccentrics.

* In most of the Terragen sphere of ''OrionsArm'' life extension [[NanoMachines nano]] and BrainUploading are so ubiquitous that most people live for 1,500 years before getting tired of living forever or [[TheSingularity Transcending]].

* The immortal Griffin family from the {{Nightside}} made a practice of throwing parties for other immortals, which attracted everything from demigods to fey to vampires. As thee Griffins were snobs and only the upper-crust attendees were likely to be invited more than once, such parties were effectively a ''High'' Society of Immortals.

* The immortal Griffin family from the {{Nightside}} made a practice of throwing parties for other immortals, which attracted everything from demigods to fey to vampires. As only the upper-crust attendees were likely to be invited more than once, such parties were effectively a ''High'' Society of Immortals.

* This is the goal of "The Great Plan" in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfic, ''The Great Alicorn Hunt''. The plan is to, basically, cure old age by turning anyone and everyone they can into immortal alicorns, and also find a way to grant immortality to those who can't be "alicornified".

* This is the goal of "The Great Plan" in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfic, ''The Great Alicorn Hunt''. The plan is to, basically, kick death in the pants by turning anyone and everyone they can into immortal alicorns, and even find a way to grant immortality to the other pony races.