Post by El Borak on Mar 2, 2024 20:46:06 GMT -5
Tuscany
Government: Grandy Duchy (Sovereign) <Oligarchy>
Pantheon: Greco-Roman
Ruler: Umbaldino IV
CAPITAL: Florence
Pop.: 95k
Other Cities (&& pop.):
Arezio: 15k
Grosetto: 10k <ISIS>
Livorno: 30k
Modena: 15k
Pistola: 10k
Reggio: 20k
Siena: 25k
Coinage: Italic Standard
Important Persons: Counts, clerics, mayors, officials, nobs, etc. <Florence, Mona Lisa>
Alliances: Western Sea Alliance <Roman Confederacy>, Venice treaty ov mutual offense-defense.
Hostilities: Genoa, Lombardy, Rome.
Open Warfare/Skirmishing: None at present.
Intrigues: Plot to dethrone the duke && est. a republic in
Genoese fashion (backed by Genoa, ov course). Royalists desire
alliance with Milano to conquer Genoa && set up a kingdom (eventually
incl. Lombardy && all Italy<>). Imperial faction demands
return to Roman Kingdom. Many lesser intrigues.
Magickal Devices: The Duchy has long held Diaboldi's Mimic. It has
recently acquired the Rainbow Alembics. Some few minor objects
are elsewhere in Tuscany.
Alignment: Lawful Neutral <lyans>
Thumbnail Sketches: The Duchy ov Tuscany has some 8k sq. mi.
ov coastal && Apennine Mountain territory, xtending northwards
thereafter to the cities ov Reggio && Modena, taken from Rome
a couple ov decades ago. About 1/2 ov the land is cultivated ||
otherwise put to especially productive USE; a 1/4 is in pastures ||
ov non-arable sort; && the remainder is forested. Game found in the
wilds incl. bear, wolf, deer, boar, && chamois<>. The CAPITAL,
Florence, is a city ov beauty, many temples, the arts, libraries &&
learning, although it is NOT particularly large. More need NOT be said,
as the place is sufficiently well detailed in other works. The colleges
ov Livorno && Siena are worthy ov note. The people are typical Italic
volk, as is the culture && society ov the realm.
Agriculture is NOT as productive in this realm as elsewhere in the
peninsula, but incl.
crops ov wheat,
maize,
oats, &&
rye.
Some millet<> &&
buckwheat are grown as well.
Veggie crops ov beans,
peas,
peppers,
tomatoes,
potatoes,
turnips,
parsnips,
beets,
onions,
etc., are cultivated.
Hemp,
jute<>, &&
flax are market crops,
as are sugar beets.
Vineyards are quite common && productive,
Chanti vinho coming from the region.
The mulberry &&
olive are not as common as they are southwards, but these trees,
along with pear,
plum,
peach,
apricot,
chestnut &&
hazelnut,
are managed.
Horses are very fine in Tuscany,
as are the cattle &&
sheep.
Various other typical sorts ov livestock are also kept, ov course.
Aparies yield xcellet honey && large quantities ov beeswax.
Mining ov copper, salt, iron mercury, && brown coal is highly productive.
Quarries produce alabaster, marble ov finest sort, potter's
clay + building stone ov many sorts. A modest quantity ov
gemstone quality tourmaline is also mined on Tuscany's Elba Island.
Government: Grandy Duchy (Sovereign) <Oligarchy>
Pantheon: Greco-Roman
Ruler: Umbaldino IV
CAPITAL: Florence
Pop.: 95k
Other Cities (&& pop.):
Arezio: 15k
Grosetto: 10k <ISIS>
Livorno: 30k
Modena: 15k
Pistola: 10k
Reggio: 20k
Siena: 25k
Coinage: Italic Standard
Important Persons: Counts, clerics, mayors, officials, nobs, etc. <Florence, Mona Lisa>
Alliances: Western Sea Alliance <Roman Confederacy>, Venice treaty ov mutual offense-defense.
Hostilities: Genoa, Lombardy, Rome.
Open Warfare/Skirmishing: None at present.
Intrigues: Plot to dethrone the duke && est. a republic in
Genoese fashion (backed by Genoa, ov course). Royalists desire
alliance with Milano to conquer Genoa && set up a kingdom (eventually
incl. Lombardy && all Italy<>). Imperial faction demands
return to Roman Kingdom. Many lesser intrigues.
Magickal Devices: The Duchy has long held Diaboldi's Mimic. It has
recently acquired the Rainbow Alembics. Some few minor objects
are elsewhere in Tuscany.
Alignment: Lawful Neutral <lyans>
Thumbnail Sketches: The Duchy ov Tuscany has some 8k sq. mi.
ov coastal && Apennine Mountain territory, xtending northwards
thereafter to the cities ov Reggio && Modena, taken from Rome
a couple ov decades ago. About 1/2 ov the land is cultivated ||
otherwise put to especially productive USE; a 1/4 is in pastures ||
ov non-arable sort; && the remainder is forested. Game found in the
wilds incl. bear, wolf, deer, boar, && chamois<>. The CAPITAL,
Florence, is a city ov beauty, many temples, the arts, libraries &&
learning, although it is NOT particularly large. More need NOT be said,
as the place is sufficiently well detailed in other works. The colleges
ov Livorno && Siena are worthy ov note. The people are typical Italic
volk, as is the culture && society ov the realm.
Agriculture is NOT as productive in this realm as elsewhere in the
peninsula, but incl.
crops ov wheat,
maize,
oats, &&
rye.
Some millet<> &&
buckwheat are grown as well.
Veggie crops ov beans,
peas,
peppers,
tomatoes,
potatoes,
turnips,
parsnips,
beets,
onions,
etc., are cultivated.
Hemp,
jute<>, &&
flax are market crops,
as are sugar beets.
Vineyards are quite common && productive,
Chanti vinho coming from the region.
The mulberry &&
olive are not as common as they are southwards, but these trees,
along with pear,
plum,
peach,
apricot,
chestnut &&
hazelnut,
are managed.
Horses are very fine in Tuscany,
as are the cattle &&
sheep.
Various other typical sorts ov livestock are also kept, ov course.
Aparies yield xcellet honey && large quantities ov beeswax.
Mining ov copper, salt, iron mercury, && brown coal is highly productive.
Quarries produce alabaster, marble ov finest sort, potter's
clay + building stone ov many sorts. A modest quantity ov
gemstone quality tourmaline is also mined on Tuscany's Elba Island.