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PostPosted: August 14th, 2010, 11:45 pm 
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Here is an updated version for each of my countries:

Tushola - A communist empire
 
Government
 
Tushola's government is communist. The leader of the country seeks only to build empire. He had successfully swallowed up all the territory on Niousa east of the Fehassa , until Sarpmuh rebelled. The people are happy with the government as taxes are low due to tributes from other nations such as Sarpmuh, Conshite and Leonsa.

Religion
 
People in Tushola worship the sun and the moon, believing that the sun controls physical aspects, such as weather and health. They believe that the moon controls the inner emotions and feelings such as hatred or joy.
 
City
 
Human
 
General
 
Generally in eastern culture houses are small consisting of a kitchen, living room, and bedroom. Out-houses are normally connected to the house beside or behind it, and are cleaned monthly. In the streets is a network of foot-deep ditches to carry used water to a stream or river nearby outside the town. If there is no stream, than the water simply dumped outside the city limits, normally creating a small lake. Water is collected through public wells located throughout the city. Also in the city are public baths.
 
Dress
 
Men normally wear a tunic. A man will normally own multiple tunics for several occasions, and different weighted coats depending on temperature. Coats also vary in length. Some go down past the knees and others end at the waist. In cooler seasons, they wear an overcoat made of animal furs. For men, coats are made of bear furs or other hunted animals. Women wear a skirt-like cloth that button on one side. They normally own a couple for different seasons. In the summer, the skirts go about knee-length. Younger women will wear shorter skirts that end just above the knees much to the criticism of older citizens. In winter they fall down to the ankles. Women also wear similar overcoats as men, except of lower quality, and most always lighter as they don’t wear a tunic underneath. Babies are wrapped in a single cloth, and when taken out, women carry them strapped in front of them.
 
House
 
For middle-class or lower-class citizens, there is only one bedroom in a house. The room’s floor is completely covered in mats, with no blankets or covers. People wear different night gowns depending on the temperature, and all lay out in the same room. The bathroom is an outhouse tacked on to the side or behind the house, often with a door leading inside. Because of it’s proximity to the house, it has a metal drum underneath that is cleaned monthly. A kitchen is normally a small room, with a small table used to store spices, pots and pans or whatever else is used in a kitchen. Meat is bought at the market as needed, where it is slaughtered at the time of purchase. Another room common of most houses in towns is a medium-sized room with a low table and mats laid around it. The table is used for meals and fellowship.
 
Honor
 
There are several codes a man follows to keep his honor clean. For example, men stay in the house with curtains drawn past 9 o’clock while women are bathing. Men strive to keep their honor as clean as they know how, but most often fall short due to sinful nature.
 
Detail according to classes
 
Lower-Class
 
Work
 
Lower-class citizens have a small three room house with a small kitchen. Men make only enough for rent and food, with only a small amount left over generally used to improve the home. Their jobs are normally dirty such as a stable worker or a blacksmith.
 
Dress
 
Men generally own two tunics, one for nicer events, and one for everyday use. They own only one or two coats, one for the winter, and another lighter one for fall and spring. Women own only two skirts, normally one knee-length and the other almost to the ankles. They probably own only two coats, one for summer, and one for fall and spring. Both are worn together for winter. At night, the family may own one or two gowns for each family member. (They aren’t specifically owned; anybody uses any gown.)

Order of a day
 
Early in the morning as the sun comes up, the men wake up. If needed, they wear their lightest sleeping gown and go to the nearest public bath and wash themselves. While the man is gone, his wife will prepare a fresh cake of bread on a stove. When the man returns, he eats half of it and either takes the other half to eat at work or leaves it for his wife. (This depends on if the man’s job provides lunch or not.) The man will remain at work until 4 in the evening. During that time, the woman will clean up the house and go to shops to buy necessary food and groceries. If she has old enough girls, they may buy food/supplies for her. Older boys are apprenticed to their fathers or other men. When the man arrives home from work, the woman begins to prepare supper and the man may sit in the living room and relax, get some work done in the house if required. When the food is done, they sit on mats and recline at a low table and eat together as a family. After that, the woman cleans up the kitchen, and the rest of the family goes to bed. Sometimes the man will stay up and converse with his wife, and at 9 o’clock the woman will go out to bathe. While she’s gone, the man will go to bed, and as soon as she returns, the woman will follow suit. (Sometimes a woman is unable to get married and is employed as maids or nannies by richer folk.)
 
Middle class
 
Work
 
The house of a middle class person resembles the house of a lower class person, maybe with some extra luxuries such as chairs for a table. A man may own a small store or work for a richer man at a hotel. They make a small amount more than needed, spent on luxuries such as extra food such as jam and sugar.
 
Dress
 
Men own several tunics, one for everyday use, one for wearing around the house, one for special occasion, and maybe an extra one. He will also own a variety of coats, maybe three or four used in different seasons. Women own several dresses for different seasons, normally up to five. They also own more coats. For sleeping, the family will own 3 or maybe 4 sleeping gowns per member of the family. As well as poorer folk, these aren’t specifically owned, but are all shared.
 
Order of a day
 
Early in the morning as the sun comes up, the men wake up. If needed, they wear their lightest sleeping gown and go to the nearest public bath and wash themselves. While the man is gone, his wife will prepare several small pieces of bread for their breakfast. When the man returns, he eats it with jam or butter. Then the man will pack another loaf and take it to work leaving the remaining loaves for his family. The man will remain at work until 4 in the evening. During that time, the woman will clean up the house and go to shops to buy necessary food and groceries. If she has old enough girls, they may buy food/supplies for her. Older boys are apprenticed to their fathers or other men. When the man arrives home from work, the woman begins to prepare supper and the man may sit in the living room and relax, get some work done in the house if required. When the food is done, they sit in chairs around a table and eat together. After that, the woman cleans up the kitchen, and the rest of the family goes to bed. Sometimes the man will stay up and converse with his wife, and at 9 o’clock the woman will go out to bathe. While she’s gone, the man will go to bed, and as soon as she returns, the woman will follow suit.
 
Upper-class
 
Work
 
The man’s work will generally pay for a nice home, with several rooms, normally a kitchen, several bedrooms, and a room for eating and living in. Men also generally work at home, managing a hotel or bank.
 
Dress
 
Men have numerous decorated tunics, embroidered specially for themselves. Also they have numerous coats, normally also intricately decorated. Women own several skirts of multiple lengths embroidered in beautiful patterns. They also own many coats of multiple lengths. Each person will thus have a whole wardrobe all to themselves in their own bedroom. (yes, men and women mostly sleep separately)
 
Order of a day
 
People sleep in past the time when most everybody else is arousing, waking only as the work day starts. Then, the man may take a bath with water that a house maid fetched early in the morning. The maid will have prepared a nice breakfast of cakes or danish. The man and woman eat together. Afterward he will do whatever business needs to be done. His children will go to a nearby school, maybe as far away as the next town. (if the school is very far, the children may find a boarding house to live in.) The maid will prepare supper for the family, and they will eat together at a table. After that, the maid cleans up the kitchen, and the family goes to bed. The maid may leave and bathe while the others are asleep.
 
 
Dwarf
 
Very few dwarves live in the city, but the few who do live a similar life to a lower-class human. Dwarves generally are blacksmiths, and are looked down upon by humans. They are, however, much stronger, minded and physically. The government also persecutes them in fear that they will rebel. The government has scattered the dwarves among the cities and seldom are more than three dwarf families found in the same city.
 
Country
 
Country life in the east is very similar to city life except most people are farmers and don’t have as orderly of a schedule. But they dress the same way, eat similar food, and have similar houses. They will normally have someone who works with them in the city that will sell there products. Farmers will ride their wagon into the city weekly to sell their crops to someone in the city and to buy whatever they need. They must dig their own well, and they normally bathe in a nearby stream or in water from the well instead of public baths.

Sarpmuh - A democratic nation
 
Government
 
Recently a band of rebels fought for independence against Tushola and surprisingly won. The leader of these rebels established a democratic leadership system—but he isn’t too popular of a leader, because he inflicts unjust taxes and other things to harm the people. He is more of a dictator than a president.
 
Religion
 
The religion is the same as Tushola.
 
City
 
Sarpmuh used to be part of the empire of Tushola and therefore many elements of the culture are similar. When Sarpmuh became independent, the government stopped its persecution of the dwarves and allowed them to regroup. Therefore the city life for humans is almost exactly the same but without dwarves. Dwarfs have made their own cities and own culture. The economy, however, is rapidly declining, because the government is democratic nominally, but actually communist. (thus, things that were before free when they were nominally communist such as medical care are now paid, and taxes are higher)
 
Dwarf
 
There are yet very few dwarf cities, only two. But, these two cities have a very unique culture based off of others. Dwarves care a lot about each-other and are very considerate. The two cities are smaller and have a much friendlier atmosphere than other cities. The whole schedule of the day mostly shifts over 3 or 4 hours as dwarves like to stay up after dark, unlike humans. There have yet to be sightings of Merashath in either of these towns. The towns are also small enough that each dwarf has his own garden in which he raises vegetables and other things. Dwarves are vegetarians, eating only vegetables that they grow.
 
Human
 
City life is almost exactly the same as Tushola, but with a much worse economy.

Country

Country life is very similar to that of Tushola, but farmers are praised much more by the city people because with the poor economy and the low prices of farmed goods, the need is seen much more.

Enst - Indian tribes
 
Government
 
The Government of the country of Enst is headed by the chief of one of the larger tribes-a self-proclaimed monarch. He is basically just a figurehead as tribes make their own rules. Only the country of Akos does not recognize the country of Enst.

Religion
 
People from Enst worship many gods, some of which are the god of wood, the god of water, the goddesses of trees, etc. They have many myths and stories about where there gods came from and how they made the earth etc.
 
Country
 
Human
 
Humans are the only race in this country.
 
General
 
Generally people live in small one-room houses. They cook and eat outside, and sleep under the shelter of their house. They are semi-nomadic, leaving their dwelling whenever they raise a bad crop. There are no cities, only semi-nomadic tribes. With the extra crops, after they have stored enough for winter, they offer the rest up as offerings to their gods so that they will be pleased and give them a good crop next year.

Dress
 
The people wear animal skins. When a baby is newly born, he may wear a rabbit or cat skin. As he grows out of them, he will acquire new clothing such as fox skins. As soon as he is big enough to wear a young dear’s skin, he must go out and kill the deer himself, and make the skin suitable for wearing himself. When he does, he is considered a man.
 
House
 
Houses are very small. Normally only the size of a bedroom, hammocks are hung going in one direction across the house. People sleep in these.
 
Tribes
 
There are variations in the culture according to the different tribes, which are mostly all warring and in conflict with each other.


Conshite and Leonsa - Two sister democracies

Government

These nations posses a long lasting government of the people with relatively low taxes and just human+dwarf rights. They each have a full constitution granting equality to both races. Each leader is allowed to serve as long as he is chosen again by the people yearly.
 
Religion
 
Most people in these countries are atheists; they don't believe in any god. There are some, however who believe in the sun and moon gods of Tushola.
 
City
 
Cities are very rare. The reason is that people don't like to live close together as they may be expected to sacrifice something for a friend. The best way to avoid this is to live separately. Where there are cities, they are very small and there are little or no stores as people concentrate on themselves, raising whatever is needed to live and ignoring everybody else. The capitols are both small collections of farms with a larger capital building, and a few consulates. There are some ports for the rare entrepreneur who owns ships and does business with Tushola and Sarpmuh.
 
Country

Human

General
 
Humans are very self centered. They grow and sustain only what is needed for their survival. Although they are very drawn in outwardly, as a family, they are very close and help each other out.
 
Dress
 
Often women wear a hooded cloak and full dresses. Men wear something similar to overalls, and are made of cotton, but are a much softer material than denim. For working in the fields, men have leather chaps.

I'm not quite done with this last country, but please give me advice.

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