Economic: production of the means to live. What are the lines of disagreement between groups? I like to think of society as being divided up into groups whose primary (but not exclusive) concerns are: You have to think about how the society you are creating actually functions. So an injustice can persist for a long time, then be washed away in moments These vary between individuals and groups within society. 
There are tipping points to human tolerance of what they are prepared to put up with before acting.
A society that fails to deliver on these to all people will become unstable until the will to restore delivery of these needs across the society (though seldom equally) is regained Human needs MUST be met and will find a way.People are always completing for advancement
Advancement is related to drive, skill, connections, wealth, and philosophy. So they must constantly seek to influence the military, the politicians, the economy, and the intellectual debate Even absolute rulers require some form of consent from those who control the tools by which they hold power. Complex solutions are hard to sell, but simple solutions rarely work. Good people can do bad things and (vice versa). Ideals are constantly being compromised. How minorities are treated is a measure of the collective tolerance of the society. Superstition is powerful and pervasively influential. Majorities are silent, minorities aren’t: much conflict revolves around the treatment of minorities by elites (with the majority either complicit or unaware). Power corrupts, so the people in charge are more likely to be unscrupulous. Wealth is never distributed equally: there are always a few rich and lots of poor. Yours might be completely different, but the principles I apply to this are: How is the society organized, what do they emphasize, what is their relationship with the environment and each other. This is where you have the opportunity to impart your own worldview: the things you hold to be true in the nature of the society you are creating. if there are a few very wealthy and many poor, how do the wealthy preserve that wealth and prevent insurrection)? How do the leaders gain, preserve and relinquish power? How do other potential leaders view the current leaders? What social classes are present, and how do they interact? What creates and sustains their division (e.g. What races are present? How much migration is there from other places? How integrated are the migrants? How do the locals regard the migrants and vice versa? What languages are spoken, and by whom?. What is their history and how might this have shaped them as a people, their beliefs, attitudes, and identity?. How do people live here? Where does the food come from? What about cloth, timber, metal? What flora and fauna are present and integrated into society? How technologically advanced are the people here?. Societies are not amorphous blobs: they are made up of people who are all trying to do their best to survive and perpetuate themselves and those they care about. If you think about what you've just done as setting up the game board, the next step is to lay out the pieces. (Would your story make a great movie? Here are 7 tips on writing a film script.) 2. Drawing a picture showing these groups, and even a proto-map, is often useful now, as we populate our story (I love maps!). Once you've done this, you're ready to think about the protagonists in the conflict, and how the landscape might impact on them.
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