Post by Faust on May 1, 2022 18:48:24 GMT -5
People and Society
Languages Spoken
(-)Nevarran - Official and Common Language
(-)Amalian - Common Language
(-)Dirian - Common Language
(-)Koian - Common Language
Government
Government Type
(-)The Kingdom of Nevarra is an absolute monarchy in both foundation and structure. The monarchy itself has existed in various types since the founding of the Kingdom and has waxed and waned in power over the generations of kings, queens, and princeps that had sat enthroned. While the nation is practically autocratic in genuine authority it has gradually introduced symbolic institutions of a more liberalized nature with the adoption of a Parliament and a Supreme Court, with the chiefs of these bodies being appointed by the reigning sovereign as well as said sovereign having the ability to dissolve both for whatever purpose. A constitution also serves as the legal backbone and rule of law for the Kingdom, though it exists mostly to reassert the presence and power of the monarchy within the government along with providing many strictures that cater to the crown.
Nobility and Privilege
(-)Crown authority in Nevarra is at its absolute where the the nation-state operates at the consent of the monarch. Overtime coming out of the renaissance period the power and influence of nobles waned in favor of a stronger crown and state. Because of this, many nobles have opted to seek power and influences through alternative means such as using their wealth to invest in private enterprise, arts, humanities, sciences, and other industries. Simultaneously, the bourgeois and other middle-class groups often compete with the noble and privileged over similar fields and stations.
Capitol City
(-)Savelas
Major Cities
(-)Lleijon
(-)Andavila
(-)Cárdora
(-)Mozandra
(-)Sevires
(-)Orroyo
(-)Gallacelio
(-)Salavena
Economy
Developing Natural Resources
(-)Food: Gathered/harvested naturally through agricultural sectors located near the river-valley and the north, north-eastern parts of the country.
(-)Coal: Mined naturally through sections in the eastern hills and the mountains to the north and west of the country.
(-)Staol: Mined naturally through sections of the northern, north-eastern, north-western, and western mountains within the country.
(-)Oil: Collected naturally through spread deposits located all over the country.
(-)Luxury Goods: Noted for being a trade capital historically and having facilitated the shipment of demanded items from foreign nations as well as domestic products such as various spices, silk, textiles, alcohol, etc.
(-)Gold: Mined naturally through sections in the eastern hills and the mountains to the north and west of the country.
(-)Gemstones: Mined naturally through sections in the eastern hills and the mountains to the north and west of the country.
Trade, Guilds and Market
(-)The market in Nevarra is mostly free with with industries coming and going as supply is gained and demands are met. Though most is left to private industries there are some positions where the larger government steps in such as in the cases of healthcare and education as well as emergency services, the military, and other fundamental industries and infrastructure that the empire uses their wealth and excess to support and maintain. The nation itself is also quick to crack down on potential monopolies and illicit practices attempting to inflate the power of factions and organizations within the country.
Technology and Medicine
(-)Healthcare is a service provided in Nevarra that comes in either state-funded or privately operated versions. State hospitals are a lot larger and cater towards many varieties of afflicted, injured, and ill. Private institutions are known for being smaller in comparison but providing specialized healthcare and oftentimes catering to specific categories of patients.
Transportation and Communication
(-)Nevarra has systems for both public and private transport. Roads for any matters of registered vehicles for urban, suburban, and rural environments though towards densely urban centers the government encourages the use of public transport to reduce traffic and congestion in municipal areas. Services provided include trains and trolleys operated by the city while businesses make use of buses, taxis/carpooling services, and other convenient modes of of travel often in competition with other services. A favored use of travel among rural and suburban settings include also a wide-variety of domesticated fauna for travel such as horses, camels, beetles, cats, and certain reptile species.
Agriculture
(-)Exists in various rural sections outside the more urbanized locale managed on the city-level. The majority of agricultural sectors are found in the river valley part of the empire which also serve to be the more developed regions in Nevarra as a whole where access to sources of water are much more prominent whether it is the great river or springs and sources coming down the surrounding mountains. Being largely desert, Navarra depends on a mix of horticulture and advanced irrigation techniques as well as subsisting greatly off of a diverse range of animal products.
Export/Import
(-)No current noticeable imports.
Culture
Art and Entertainment
(-)Nevarra culture largely appreciates arts that come in formats similar to theatre and performance with the emerging cinematic genre of performance gaining more and more followers as movie theaters gradually become more and more populated and open to the public. Orchestra, opera, plays, musicals, and other stage performances are also held in an incredibly high regard with actors catching the trending celebrity spotlights in the modern media. Though Nevarra has a history of appreciating artwork in the form of paintings, drawings, colorings, and sculpture and other visual arts with Nevarran galleries holding a mass collection of pieces produced from many periods throughout their personal history, also receiving generous donations of foreign pieces over the years to help expand their inventories. While both musical and visual arts are highly appreciated in Nevarra the country has a rich history involved in textiles, particularly the making of tapestries through a variety of mediums but are known for their beautiful silk tapestries which have been used in art, decoration, and trade for millennia.
Architecture
(-)Earlier architecture built before modernization were largely made up of the components of wood/lumber, sandstone, adobe, and brick. More recently with modernizing movements, newer constructs are being made of cheaper and easier to mass-produce and/or transport. Brick structures are still being built but in urban centers a lot of modern architecture is taking after being made of either brick or concrete and glass with skyscrapers having emerged much earlier in the century and taller more dense facilities taking up the heart of cityscapes while buildings usually averaging around ten levels or lower exist in suburban and rural environments. Early Nevarran architecture on the other hand ranged anywhere from tents of varying sizes to sloped or dome-roofed structures. The latter are known for their rigidity, flexibility, heat transference and often ornate beauty. They also tend to come with the added bonus of being much easier to repair than more traditional or advanced masonry. Many structures normally require demolition in order to be rebuilt but sections of Nevarran architecture are designed to crumble after an attack or an intense earthquake which allows the particular sections to be replaced rather easily.
These structures, however, still stand solidly built and can weather the elements of Nevarra's climate and have withstood numerous trials throughout the ages. Most early structures are designed with thick walls in mind as well as making an intricate and efficient ventilation system to keep most interiors cool even on the hottest days. Perhaps the most emblematic architecture of Nevarran culture would be their grand mausoleums which often stretch far and wide deep into the earth and include relics and designs that have rarely ever changed from their initial construction. A lot of the material used for Nevarran structures came from limestone, marble, and later brick either painted and decorated or left bare. Notable elements of Nevarran architecture include the use of domed or tiled roofing as well as having the prevalence of column and pillar supports that are either decorated or plain, and either smooth or laid-brick patterns for structures.
Gender Equality/Roles
(-)Gender roles in Nevarra are fairly traditional but are not zealously enforced where men and women in society are both deemed masters of their respective roles. Men in Nevarra are typically seen and often expected to be masters of the field, the men of any household no matter how small being very communal, fraternal, and willing to take on tasks and labors with stoic determinism. Women on the other hand are the masters of the house and the grandmother's, mother's, aunt's, or even sister's word is law and responsibility often falls to them to ensure a close togetherness and strong familial bond as well as overseeing the affairs of the household such as finances and banking, food, clothing, etc. Nevarran families are typically large and as such with these roles in mind they tend to function as micro-communities within larger ones where both men and women provide different but equal responsibilities to their family.
According to this ideal, each member of a family has their place and often finds a role in it that is largely influenced by their gender. However, of course, not all Nevarran households are ideals and in an era of globalization and a mass transit of goods and ideas predisposed conceptions of gender are being challenged. More women are now than ever labor hard and work to provide for their families especially if they are single mothers, a notion which has became romanticized in Nevarran culture like with the "La Señora Mecánica" or The Lady Mechanic poster which depicts a stronger woman factory worker as encouragement for more women to enter blue-collar industries. Likewise, there have developed some eccentricities for the men of Nevarra especially among the wealthier and literate who take a keener interest in managing and overseeing familial affairs, owing some inspiration to the literary work; "En la Colina" or "On the Hill" which is a coming of age story centered on the turbulent relationship between a single father and his son and their reconciliation at the end of the story.
Greeting & Meeting
(-)Nevarrans greet each other with depending largely on the situation and context. For formal occasions it is polite to meet with a vocal greeting followed by both parties presenting their hands to perform a handshake. For casual occasions the handshake can often be foregone or replaced with other expression, either more or less intimate.
Fashion and Dress
(-)Nevarrans dress for the seasonal weather. In both winter and summer at the apex of their temperature the weather is often dry and rarely humid allowing them to wear any arrangement of attire rarely provoking discomfort or sweat but still capable of overheating. Winds from the mountains trapped moving through the valley keep the associated regions cool despite direct heat from the sun with these winds getting stronger and more prominent during the winter. Any attire worn by them is acceptable for the weather so long as it isn't too bulky. Coming into the modern era, cultural clothing is often more reserved for special events, festivities, and holidays depending on the custom being celebrated or observed. Instead, affordable and comfortable attire is favored during casual activities while during formal or work-based occasions business attire and/or uniforms are traditionally favored. All of which usually come out dark in hue with Nevarran culture generally favoring dark clothes as a base with a vibrant contrasting color accompanying it but less/otherwise not apparent. This is often popular in more urban and rural settings but within tribal and remote communities and even in previously mentioned rural and urban settings you have Nevarrans still bearing more ornate and traditional attire which is often eye-catching and features traditionally an ensemble of warmer colors such as orange, yellow, red, and colors along those scales. Women in Nevarra are known for ornate markings along their body known as "Alheña" which is also the name of the dye that is applied which allows the creation of temporary, albeit, long-lasting tattoos of which take on flora, geometric, or even religious iconography. This was believed to have been a hold over from Nevarra's earlier history where it was common for men, women, and those of less codefined description would mark themselves particularly with symbiology associated with their background. Though having lost its popularity with men overtime it is being experimented frequently with masculine youth, particular along the head, face, torso, and upper body excluding the arms to stand in contrast of more popular feminine designs. A similar but much older tradition carried by the nomadic tribal cultures of Nevarra is customary facial tattoos after a child comes of age, signifying the tribe they hail from and unique characteristics about themselves.
Languages Spoken
(-)Nevarran - Official and Common Language
(-)Amalian - Common Language
(-)Dirian - Common Language
(-)Koian - Common Language
Government
Government Type
(-)The Kingdom of Nevarra is an absolute monarchy in both foundation and structure. The monarchy itself has existed in various types since the founding of the Kingdom and has waxed and waned in power over the generations of kings, queens, and princeps that had sat enthroned. While the nation is practically autocratic in genuine authority it has gradually introduced symbolic institutions of a more liberalized nature with the adoption of a Parliament and a Supreme Court, with the chiefs of these bodies being appointed by the reigning sovereign as well as said sovereign having the ability to dissolve both for whatever purpose. A constitution also serves as the legal backbone and rule of law for the Kingdom, though it exists mostly to reassert the presence and power of the monarchy within the government along with providing many strictures that cater to the crown.
Nobility and Privilege
(-)Crown authority in Nevarra is at its absolute where the the nation-state operates at the consent of the monarch. Overtime coming out of the renaissance period the power and influence of nobles waned in favor of a stronger crown and state. Because of this, many nobles have opted to seek power and influences through alternative means such as using their wealth to invest in private enterprise, arts, humanities, sciences, and other industries. Simultaneously, the bourgeois and other middle-class groups often compete with the noble and privileged over similar fields and stations.
Capitol City
(-)Savelas
Major Cities
(-)Lleijon
(-)Andavila
(-)Cárdora
(-)Mozandra
(-)Sevires
(-)Orroyo
(-)Gallacelio
(-)Salavena
Economy
Developing Natural Resources
(-)Food: Gathered/harvested naturally through agricultural sectors located near the river-valley and the north, north-eastern parts of the country.
(-)Coal: Mined naturally through sections in the eastern hills and the mountains to the north and west of the country.
(-)Staol: Mined naturally through sections of the northern, north-eastern, north-western, and western mountains within the country.
(-)Oil: Collected naturally through spread deposits located all over the country.
(-)Luxury Goods: Noted for being a trade capital historically and having facilitated the shipment of demanded items from foreign nations as well as domestic products such as various spices, silk, textiles, alcohol, etc.
(-)Gold: Mined naturally through sections in the eastern hills and the mountains to the north and west of the country.
(-)Gemstones: Mined naturally through sections in the eastern hills and the mountains to the north and west of the country.
Trade, Guilds and Market
(-)The market in Nevarra is mostly free with with industries coming and going as supply is gained and demands are met. Though most is left to private industries there are some positions where the larger government steps in such as in the cases of healthcare and education as well as emergency services, the military, and other fundamental industries and infrastructure that the empire uses their wealth and excess to support and maintain. The nation itself is also quick to crack down on potential monopolies and illicit practices attempting to inflate the power of factions and organizations within the country.
Technology and Medicine
(-)Healthcare is a service provided in Nevarra that comes in either state-funded or privately operated versions. State hospitals are a lot larger and cater towards many varieties of afflicted, injured, and ill. Private institutions are known for being smaller in comparison but providing specialized healthcare and oftentimes catering to specific categories of patients.
Transportation and Communication
(-)Nevarra has systems for both public and private transport. Roads for any matters of registered vehicles for urban, suburban, and rural environments though towards densely urban centers the government encourages the use of public transport to reduce traffic and congestion in municipal areas. Services provided include trains and trolleys operated by the city while businesses make use of buses, taxis/carpooling services, and other convenient modes of of travel often in competition with other services. A favored use of travel among rural and suburban settings include also a wide-variety of domesticated fauna for travel such as horses, camels, beetles, cats, and certain reptile species.
Agriculture
(-)Exists in various rural sections outside the more urbanized locale managed on the city-level. The majority of agricultural sectors are found in the river valley part of the empire which also serve to be the more developed regions in Nevarra as a whole where access to sources of water are much more prominent whether it is the great river or springs and sources coming down the surrounding mountains. Being largely desert, Navarra depends on a mix of horticulture and advanced irrigation techniques as well as subsisting greatly off of a diverse range of animal products.
Export/Import
(-)No current noticeable imports.
Culture
Art and Entertainment
(-)Nevarra culture largely appreciates arts that come in formats similar to theatre and performance with the emerging cinematic genre of performance gaining more and more followers as movie theaters gradually become more and more populated and open to the public. Orchestra, opera, plays, musicals, and other stage performances are also held in an incredibly high regard with actors catching the trending celebrity spotlights in the modern media. Though Nevarra has a history of appreciating artwork in the form of paintings, drawings, colorings, and sculpture and other visual arts with Nevarran galleries holding a mass collection of pieces produced from many periods throughout their personal history, also receiving generous donations of foreign pieces over the years to help expand their inventories. While both musical and visual arts are highly appreciated in Nevarra the country has a rich history involved in textiles, particularly the making of tapestries through a variety of mediums but are known for their beautiful silk tapestries which have been used in art, decoration, and trade for millennia.
Architecture
(-)Earlier architecture built before modernization were largely made up of the components of wood/lumber, sandstone, adobe, and brick. More recently with modernizing movements, newer constructs are being made of cheaper and easier to mass-produce and/or transport. Brick structures are still being built but in urban centers a lot of modern architecture is taking after being made of either brick or concrete and glass with skyscrapers having emerged much earlier in the century and taller more dense facilities taking up the heart of cityscapes while buildings usually averaging around ten levels or lower exist in suburban and rural environments. Early Nevarran architecture on the other hand ranged anywhere from tents of varying sizes to sloped or dome-roofed structures. The latter are known for their rigidity, flexibility, heat transference and often ornate beauty. They also tend to come with the added bonus of being much easier to repair than more traditional or advanced masonry. Many structures normally require demolition in order to be rebuilt but sections of Nevarran architecture are designed to crumble after an attack or an intense earthquake which allows the particular sections to be replaced rather easily.
These structures, however, still stand solidly built and can weather the elements of Nevarra's climate and have withstood numerous trials throughout the ages. Most early structures are designed with thick walls in mind as well as making an intricate and efficient ventilation system to keep most interiors cool even on the hottest days. Perhaps the most emblematic architecture of Nevarran culture would be their grand mausoleums which often stretch far and wide deep into the earth and include relics and designs that have rarely ever changed from their initial construction. A lot of the material used for Nevarran structures came from limestone, marble, and later brick either painted and decorated or left bare. Notable elements of Nevarran architecture include the use of domed or tiled roofing as well as having the prevalence of column and pillar supports that are either decorated or plain, and either smooth or laid-brick patterns for structures.
Gender Equality/Roles
(-)Gender roles in Nevarra are fairly traditional but are not zealously enforced where men and women in society are both deemed masters of their respective roles. Men in Nevarra are typically seen and often expected to be masters of the field, the men of any household no matter how small being very communal, fraternal, and willing to take on tasks and labors with stoic determinism. Women on the other hand are the masters of the house and the grandmother's, mother's, aunt's, or even sister's word is law and responsibility often falls to them to ensure a close togetherness and strong familial bond as well as overseeing the affairs of the household such as finances and banking, food, clothing, etc. Nevarran families are typically large and as such with these roles in mind they tend to function as micro-communities within larger ones where both men and women provide different but equal responsibilities to their family.
According to this ideal, each member of a family has their place and often finds a role in it that is largely influenced by their gender. However, of course, not all Nevarran households are ideals and in an era of globalization and a mass transit of goods and ideas predisposed conceptions of gender are being challenged. More women are now than ever labor hard and work to provide for their families especially if they are single mothers, a notion which has became romanticized in Nevarran culture like with the "La Señora Mecánica" or The Lady Mechanic poster which depicts a stronger woman factory worker as encouragement for more women to enter blue-collar industries. Likewise, there have developed some eccentricities for the men of Nevarra especially among the wealthier and literate who take a keener interest in managing and overseeing familial affairs, owing some inspiration to the literary work; "En la Colina" or "On the Hill" which is a coming of age story centered on the turbulent relationship between a single father and his son and their reconciliation at the end of the story.
Greeting & Meeting
(-)Nevarrans greet each other with depending largely on the situation and context. For formal occasions it is polite to meet with a vocal greeting followed by both parties presenting their hands to perform a handshake. For casual occasions the handshake can often be foregone or replaced with other expression, either more or less intimate.
Fashion and Dress
(-)Nevarrans dress for the seasonal weather. In both winter and summer at the apex of their temperature the weather is often dry and rarely humid allowing them to wear any arrangement of attire rarely provoking discomfort or sweat but still capable of overheating. Winds from the mountains trapped moving through the valley keep the associated regions cool despite direct heat from the sun with these winds getting stronger and more prominent during the winter. Any attire worn by them is acceptable for the weather so long as it isn't too bulky. Coming into the modern era, cultural clothing is often more reserved for special events, festivities, and holidays depending on the custom being celebrated or observed. Instead, affordable and comfortable attire is favored during casual activities while during formal or work-based occasions business attire and/or uniforms are traditionally favored. All of which usually come out dark in hue with Nevarran culture generally favoring dark clothes as a base with a vibrant contrasting color accompanying it but less/otherwise not apparent. This is often popular in more urban and rural settings but within tribal and remote communities and even in previously mentioned rural and urban settings you have Nevarrans still bearing more ornate and traditional attire which is often eye-catching and features traditionally an ensemble of warmer colors such as orange, yellow, red, and colors along those scales. Women in Nevarra are known for ornate markings along their body known as "Alheña" which is also the name of the dye that is applied which allows the creation of temporary, albeit, long-lasting tattoos of which take on flora, geometric, or even religious iconography. This was believed to have been a hold over from Nevarra's earlier history where it was common for men, women, and those of less codefined description would mark themselves particularly with symbiology associated with their background. Though having lost its popularity with men overtime it is being experimented frequently with masculine youth, particular along the head, face, torso, and upper body excluding the arms to stand in contrast of more popular feminine designs. A similar but much older tradition carried by the nomadic tribal cultures of Nevarra is customary facial tattoos after a child comes of age, signifying the tribe they hail from and unique characteristics about themselves.