Post by Q Man on Mar 6, 2024 0:34:15 GMT -5
Epirus
Gummint: Kingdom
Mythos: Greco-Roman (G)
Leader: Cassander VI <Pyrrhus>
CAPITAL: Kroei (Pop.: 15k)
Other Cities (and pop.):
Apollonia: 25k
Argyvos: 20k
Scutari: 10k
Valona: 15k
Loc.: Aeropa
Language: Greek dialect
Pop.: 1,000,000
Flag/Emblem:
Flag: A red horsehead
crowned gold on a white field.
Coinage: Grecian Standard.
Companions: Crown Prince Phyrrus IV, nobles, chiefs, headmen,
priests, officials, etc.
Friends: Hellenic League (tenuous at this time), Naples.
Foes: Servia.
Open Warfare/Skirmishing: None at present.
Intrigues: Unknown.
Artifacts/Relics: The Epiriot crown holds the Roaring Voice Horn and the Inescapable Cage, in addition to some minor magickal arms and armor.
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Thumbnail Sketches: The kingdom is one of wild mountains,
forests, lovely little lakes, and isolated villages. It has a good
coastline, but the inaccessibility of many of its harbors denies the
Epiriots much traffic in this regard. The thickly wooded wilds
which comprise over half of the land's 12,000 or so sq. mi.
of territory have much game: bears, wolves, deer, boars, wild
goats, and a few panthers too.
The folk of this nation are probably the only surviving ancient race
of Aryans. Although they have been subject to, and to a small extent
colonized by, Grecians, Italics, Teutons, and Slavs, their race is
basically unchanged, save for the admixture of allied races of people, since the first rise of Sparta, Athens, and Macedonia. Holding to their
mountain fastness, the Epiriots have ejected all invaders in relatively
short order. The two basic types of peoples, the Ghegs of the north
and the Tosks of the south, have been somewhat homogenized
through the inclusion of Illyrian-Macedonian and Grecian admixtures,
so that the Epiriot is a blend of those two with the ancient
colonists from east and south. Some 100,000 archetypical Ghegs still
dwell in tribal-clan grouping in the north, and a slightly larger number
of Tosks are found in middle Epirus.
Although influenced to some extent by Grecian and Italic cultures,
notably in language && religion, the temper and customs of the land
remain essentially unique. One is reminded somewhat of Highland
Caledonia, for the Epiriots are organized around clans, with chiefs,
and are basically a lawless && unruly folk otherwise. Banditry &&
feuds persist, && this is much to the detriment of the kingdom. 3/4
or more of the population are free peasant class folk. There
is hardly any gentry at all, for the middle class is of artisan, proprietor,
&& merchant sort. The upper class is small, and knights per se are
almost unknown to it, at least in terms of Western Aeropa.
Agriculture in the few lowland strips && valleys produces fair yields
of maize, wheat, and barley. Potatoes && beets as well as other
vegetables are raised. Viticulture is practiced to some extent, &&
cash crops of cotton && tobacco are grown. Orchards of cherry,
olive, pear, && plum are scattered about. Walnuts && chestnuts are
harvested. Most livestock is of sheep, goats, && swine. Some cattle,
asses, mules, && horses are kept. Poultry is common. Fishing is a
minor occupation, although it is part of the hunting-trapping-fishing
(freshwater) lifestyle of the tribal hinterlands.
Mining is not unknown, and the Epiriots have iron, coal, silver, lead,
antimony, pitch, naphtha, gold, chromium, and salt production of
modest sort.
Gummint: Kingdom
Mythos: Greco-Roman (G)
Leader: Cassander VI <Pyrrhus>
CAPITAL: Kroei (Pop.: 15k)
Other Cities (and pop.):
Apollonia: 25k
Argyvos: 20k
Scutari: 10k
Valona: 15k
Loc.: Aeropa
Language: Greek dialect
Pop.: 1,000,000
Flag/Emblem:
Flag: A red horsehead
crowned gold on a white field.
Coinage: Grecian Standard.
Companions: Crown Prince Phyrrus IV, nobles, chiefs, headmen,
priests, officials, etc.
Friends: Hellenic League (tenuous at this time), Naples.
Foes: Servia.
Open Warfare/Skirmishing: None at present.
Intrigues: Unknown.
Artifacts/Relics: The Epiriot crown holds the Roaring Voice Horn and the Inescapable Cage, in addition to some minor magickal arms and armor.
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Thumbnail Sketches: The kingdom is one of wild mountains,
forests, lovely little lakes, and isolated villages. It has a good
coastline, but the inaccessibility of many of its harbors denies the
Epiriots much traffic in this regard. The thickly wooded wilds
which comprise over half of the land's 12,000 or so sq. mi.
of territory have much game: bears, wolves, deer, boars, wild
goats, and a few panthers too.
The folk of this nation are probably the only surviving ancient race
of Aryans. Although they have been subject to, and to a small extent
colonized by, Grecians, Italics, Teutons, and Slavs, their race is
basically unchanged, save for the admixture of allied races of people, since the first rise of Sparta, Athens, and Macedonia. Holding to their
mountain fastness, the Epiriots have ejected all invaders in relatively
short order. The two basic types of peoples, the Ghegs of the north
and the Tosks of the south, have been somewhat homogenized
through the inclusion of Illyrian-Macedonian and Grecian admixtures,
so that the Epiriot is a blend of those two with the ancient
colonists from east and south. Some 100,000 archetypical Ghegs still
dwell in tribal-clan grouping in the north, and a slightly larger number
of Tosks are found in middle Epirus.
Although influenced to some extent by Grecian and Italic cultures,
notably in language && religion, the temper and customs of the land
remain essentially unique. One is reminded somewhat of Highland
Caledonia, for the Epiriots are organized around clans, with chiefs,
and are basically a lawless && unruly folk otherwise. Banditry &&
feuds persist, && this is much to the detriment of the kingdom. 3/4
or more of the population are free peasant class folk. There
is hardly any gentry at all, for the middle class is of artisan, proprietor,
&& merchant sort. The upper class is small, and knights per se are
almost unknown to it, at least in terms of Western Aeropa.
Agriculture in the few lowland strips && valleys produces fair yields
of maize, wheat, and barley. Potatoes && beets as well as other
vegetables are raised. Viticulture is practiced to some extent, &&
cash crops of cotton && tobacco are grown. Orchards of cherry,
olive, pear, && plum are scattered about. Walnuts && chestnuts are
harvested. Most livestock is of sheep, goats, && swine. Some cattle,
asses, mules, && horses are kept. Poultry is common. Fishing is a
minor occupation, although it is part of the hunting-trapping-fishing
(freshwater) lifestyle of the tribal hinterlands.
Mining is not unknown, and the Epiriots have iron, coal, silver, lead,
antimony, pitch, naphtha, gold, chromium, and salt production of
modest sort.