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Background: an antique parchment map, aged and worn, with subtle creases, stains, and burnt edges. The color of old paper — sepia, warm beige, faded amber, with darker brown shadows in the corners. The texture is that of a centuries-old nautical or alchemical chart. COMPOSITION: instead of continents and oceans, the map depicts the LAYERS OF SOCIETY as geographical zones — like depths of an ocean or heights of a mountain range. Seven distinct horizontal levels, each drawn as a separate territory on the map. EACH LEVEL contains its own symbols and illustrations, drawn in the style of old cartography: - Level 0 (bottom): dark trenches, tiny figures with shovels, broken tools, scattered coins, deep shadow. - Level 1: factories, smokestacks, gears, rows of identical small houses, workers' silhouettes. - Level 2: desks, laptops, books, microscopes, certificates, small comfortable offices. - Level 3: merchant ships, scales, handshakes, small enterprises, banners. - Level 4: bank vaults, gold coins, land plots, mansions, keys. - Level 5: crowns, thrones, scepters, ornate palaces, eyes watching from above. - Level 6 (top): a massive fortress or government building with a giant gear and a pyramid on top, radiating lines of control downward. BETWEEN THE LEVELS: thin winding paths, ladders, ropes, and staircases connect the territories — some lead up, some lead down, some are broken. Arrows and flow lines show energy moving — money, time, attention — from lower levels to upper ones. AT THE VERY BOTTOM of the cover: a tiny human figure holding a glowing lantern, standing at the edge of the map, just beginning the ascent. The lantern casts a small warm circle of light on the parchment. DECORATIVE ELEMENTS: ornate compass rose in one corner, sea monsters or ominous creatures lurking in the darkest lower zones, scrollwork borders, tiny illegible Latin-like annotations, latitude and longitude lines. The style is a mix of medieval mappa mundi and modern infographic. Color palette: aged parchment (sepia, amber, warm beige), dark brown ink, faded gold leaf accents, deep green and ocean blue in the lower zones, muted crimson for warning symbols. Nothing bright or modern — everything looks ancient, secret, discovered. Typography layout: - TOP: "Аркадий Тятькин" in elegant thin Cyrillic serif font, dark brown ink, small size, centered, as if written on the map itself. - CENTER: "Как устроен этот мир" — large bold Cyrillic serif font (like old book title), dark brown or faded gold, centered, dominating the middle. Slightly distressed, as if stamped on parchment. - Just below: "Анатомия социальной иерархии" in thin italic Cyrillic font, smaller size, muted brown, centered. - BOTTOM: "Книга 2" in small clean Cyrillic serif font, dark brown, centered near the bottom edge, inside a small decorative cartouche. Mood: exploratory, intellectual, adventurous, secret knowledge revealed. The feeling of unrolling an ancient map that shows the true structure of the world. Cinematic lighting from the lantern below. High detail. Minimalist in composition but rich in texture. No extra text, no watermarks, no author photo, no modern elements, no bright colors, no digital aesthetic. --ar 2:3 --style raw --v 6