Harry Potter A More Plausible Potterverse

[Prince Charon]

HP magic-users are canonically shown to be pretty stupid, and frequently incompetent, with few exceptions. Fortunately for them, the very few Muggles we see in the books aren't to bright, either.

Suppose that the Muggles weren't such idiots, though. How would the Wizarding World be different, in order to remain hidden in a world where non-magical humans are as intelligent and perceptive (relatively speaking) as they are in RL?

Assume that the Magical population is about 1 for every 10,000 Muggles, which means a UK population of around 6,000 Wizards & Witches (including a few werewolves), plus smaller numbers of other magical sentients.

Assume that only magic can reverse a successful Obliviate.

Try to leave as much of Wizarding culture intact as possible.

The Harry Potter Lexicon may be somewhat helpful.

So, thoughts?

 

[drakensis]

The number thirteen is taboo for numbering houses and more recently no building has a thirteenth floor or a 'room thirteen'. That's because sometimes there is a number thirteen, concealed by a fidelius or similar, in some streets and some buildings, have a magically concealed number thirteen or a floor or room 13 that houses part of the wizarding world. So the Black Family's townhouse is 13 Grimmauld Place, the Ministry of Magic is accessible through Room 13 at the British Museum and the Hogwarts Express departs from Platform 13, King's Cross.

The Wizarding World goes to great lengths to keep it's children away from muggles until they are old enough to keep magic a secret, and they conceal themselves by providing a cover as another subculture that homeschools its children and sends them to exclusive boarding schools - most of them are wealthy and titled. Each family is responsible for various functions within the Wizarding World, with a network of alliances to maintain a balance of power, and muggleborn (or muggleraised) wizards and witches are brought in only under sponsorship from a wizarding family, usually sponsorship that includes an arranged marriage to bring in new blood and ensures that the muggleborn is indoctrinated into wizarding culture.

Quite a lot of pseudo-magical activities are quietly sponsored by wizards to divert attention from them. For example, Wizards of the Coast...