Formality

What is your awareness of the history of social formalities?

Perhaps you are aware that their primarily purpose has long been to prevent people from killing each other.

Law is a social formality.

Expected attire is a social formality.

Table manners are social formalities.

What do you know about political formalities?

What is your knowledge of official formalities and unofficial ones?

What is your acquaintance of the similarities and differences between formality and politeness in various societies?

How do you compare the table of precedence for the Commonwealth of Australia with similar formalities elsewhere?