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Revision as of 01:23, 14 December 2012
| JERNOAH | |
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| INFORMATION | |
| Status: | Foreign Lands |
| Capital: | Bridlespear |
| Government: | Religious Oligarchy |
| Head of State: | Master Regent (informal title) Stalsi (formal title) |
| Demonym: | Jernoan |
| Population: | Approx. 15,000 |
| Currency: | Arkhat |
| Religion: | Pursuit of the Nameless |
Jernoah is a foreign land far beyond the west coast of the Amasynian Peninsula, separated from it by a great ocean. Jernoah is bordered by other countries to the north, south, and west, though the details of them are considerably sparse. Its capital of Bridlespear is Jernoah's only prosperous city, from which most of its governmental authority and religious creeds are dispensed. Otherwise, Jernoah is a desert country comprised of small outlying villages, and while most trade is conducted domestically, a countless number of coastal townships allow for occasional overseas expeditions.
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History
Jernoah's history is scarred by mediocrity, at least according to its advancements in technology and culture. For the past several hundred years, it has been a cultural hub rich with artistic and literary contributions, but due to its minimal military power, thousands of square miles of barren desert land, and its irregular contact with bordering countries, few marked advancements have contributed to anything but a general stagnation. In his book A Brief and Likely Misleading History of the Jerno and His Jernoah, Myrken scholar and historiographer Crisken de Lanz writes, "It is assumed that what we now know as Jernoah was once a Country comprised entirely of Wandering Tribes and Misfits. Over the past Several Hundred Years, however, they banded together to form Villages, and Cities, and they founded a rather Suitably Savage Religion, and they have saturated the World with such good Poetry and Art that One might think they were not so primitive a race."
Government
Politics
A religious oligarchy rules over all of Jernoah, binding various towns and villages under the edicts presented from the capitol. In Bridlespear, a stalsi (or, translated, Master Regent) presides over a small senate comprised of seven stahls, all representatives appointed on merit of wealth, influence, or religious sanctity, one from each of Jernoah's more notable settlements.
