Post by El Borak on Mar 3, 2024 20:39:04 GMT -5
Corsica
Gummint: Kingdom
Mythos: Greco-Roman (R)
ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘT: Paolo V
CAPITAL: Bastia (Pop.: 25k)
Other Cities (and pop.):
Ajaceio: 20k
Loc.: AEropa (Mare Librum Islands)
Language: Latin
Pop.: 750k
Flag/Emblem:
Flag: Golden seahorse
w/ spiked silver snail
on a green field.
<Get the flags out! - St. Ozzy>
Coinage: Italic Standard.
Companions: Clerics, nobs, officials, family heads, etc.
Friends: Western Sea Alliance<Roman Confederacy>, Arles.
Foes: Aragon, Francia.
Open Warfare/Skirmishing: Avoids war && skirmishing.
Intrigues: Union w/ Sardinia faction. Royal consideration ov a
marriage alliance w/ Arles forming a joint kingdom. Others ov minor
importance.
Artifacts/Relics: The little kingdom has quite potent items incl.
the Inexorable Hand, the Eye ov Lostro, && the Sooty Cantos<>.
Minor items are possessed in numbers by the families ov Corsica.
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Thumbnail Sketches: Italic tribesmen were the original inhabitants
of this island of some 3,500 sq. mi. in extent. Altantlan colonists
held the land for some time, were then displaced by Phoenicians,
who were replaced by Greeks, and finally the returning Italics. Today
Corsicans are distinguished by their ruddy or darker complexions and
height, evidence of Red and Yellow racial admixture. Corsica is a
very beautiful island, with a mountain spine covered with thick
forests, and a western shore indented with jagged bays and gulfs
which provide excellent harbors. The land is well-watered by rain and
rivers, and its wilds have stags, boars, wolves, and small game. Its
waterways have many game fish.
Somehow a tradition of independence and freedom grew in this
state, and today the peasant class is comprised of small land
owners, fishermen, hunters, and petty tradesmen. Its middle
class is of officials, large landlords, merchants, and craftsmen.
The aristocracy is proud and wealthy though not overbearing, but
it is factionalized into very hostile elements due to long-standing
blood feuds.
Wheat, vegetables, vines, and olives are the chief crops of this
nation. Numbers of fruit orchards exist, and chestnuts are harvested
in quantity. Sheep, goats, and asses are the principal livestock, with
some poultry also being raised. Fishing provides much of the food for
the people, and some of the catch is exported.
The government allows a certain amount of timber (oak and pine
primarily) to be harvested annually, with replanting of forests being
required so as to renew this resource.
Modest amounts of copper, coal, and antimony are mined, and
marble and building stone is quarried.
Gummint: Kingdom
Mythos: Greco-Roman (R)
ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘT: Paolo V
CAPITAL: Bastia (Pop.: 25k)
Other Cities (and pop.):
Ajaceio: 20k
Loc.: AEropa (Mare Librum Islands)
Language: Latin
Pop.: 750k
Flag/Emblem:
Flag: Golden seahorse
w/ spiked silver snail
on a green field.
<Get the flags out! - St. Ozzy>
Coinage: Italic Standard.
Companions: Clerics, nobs, officials, family heads, etc.
Friends: Western Sea Alliance<Roman Confederacy>, Arles.
Foes: Aragon, Francia.
Open Warfare/Skirmishing: Avoids war && skirmishing.
Intrigues: Union w/ Sardinia faction. Royal consideration ov a
marriage alliance w/ Arles forming a joint kingdom. Others ov minor
importance.
Artifacts/Relics: The little kingdom has quite potent items incl.
the Inexorable Hand, the Eye ov Lostro, && the Sooty Cantos<>.
Minor items are possessed in numbers by the families ov Corsica.
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Thumbnail Sketches: Italic tribesmen were the original inhabitants
of this island of some 3,500 sq. mi. in extent. Altantlan colonists
held the land for some time, were then displaced by Phoenicians,
who were replaced by Greeks, and finally the returning Italics. Today
Corsicans are distinguished by their ruddy or darker complexions and
height, evidence of Red and Yellow racial admixture. Corsica is a
very beautiful island, with a mountain spine covered with thick
forests, and a western shore indented with jagged bays and gulfs
which provide excellent harbors. The land is well-watered by rain and
rivers, and its wilds have stags, boars, wolves, and small game. Its
waterways have many game fish.
Somehow a tradition of independence and freedom grew in this
state, and today the peasant class is comprised of small land
owners, fishermen, hunters, and petty tradesmen. Its middle
class is of officials, large landlords, merchants, and craftsmen.
The aristocracy is proud and wealthy though not overbearing, but
it is factionalized into very hostile elements due to long-standing
blood feuds.
Wheat, vegetables, vines, and olives are the chief crops of this
nation. Numbers of fruit orchards exist, and chestnuts are harvested
in quantity. Sheep, goats, and asses are the principal livestock, with
some poultry also being raised. Fishing provides much of the food for
the people, and some of the catch is exported.
The government allows a certain amount of timber (oak and pine
primarily) to be harvested annually, with replanting of forests being
required so as to renew this resource.
Modest amounts of copper, coal, and antimony are mined, and
marble and building stone is quarried.
