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NATION SHEET:

Name: Try to match it to your government, I guess
Government Type: One of the four available, see 'Nation Traits'.
Starting Tech(s): One 'basic' tech.
Traits (Points left): These are stored within 'Nation Traits' spoiler. Remember, you must have 0 or more points left. Please list your traits in this order: [government][size][deity][miscellaneous (if any)]
Capital Province #: CANNOT be adjacent to another Capital!
Other Provinces: List them here.
National Color: Preferably bright colors, #RRGGBB values much appreciated. Please avoid colors already on the map!
History: Purely for fluff purposes, skip if world-building isn't your forte.

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GAME PROGRESSION:

Game starts at Turn 0. During this turn, players are allowed to:
A) Deploy armies in their provinces.
B) Set up the location of their Rally Camp.

After all Players finish army deployment, game starts proper with Turn 1.

The game ends when one of these conditions is fulfilled:

A) One Nation controls 2/3 of all Provinces (36 in EoG).
B) Turn 50 ends; the Player with most Provinces wins.

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MAP:

The map is divided into 54 Provinces. >>>Here is the link to the initial map<<<

8 Provinces are 'Populous' provinces, which give bonus +1 to Max Army limit. These provinces are choosen at random, after Players submit their sheets.

Each Nation has Capital Province, choosen by their owners (Players) or GM (NPC Nation).

There are 3 types of Provinces, each with its own Tile:
-Plains (green field with blue sky). Your bog-standard, grass-and-valley filled, province. At least 50% of all Provinces (27) must be Plains.
-Forest (dark green treeline with greyish sky). A heavily wooded land full of wild game. Similar to Plains, but much more rare. ~9 of them on the Map.
-Desert (yellow field with blue sky). A wasteland with little water. Armies suffer -1 to Defense rolls in here. Never adjacent to Water area. ~9 of them on the Map.
-Mountains (mountain peak with greyish sky). Hilly and rugged terrain. Armies gain +1 to Defense rolls in here. Adjacent to Mountain Passes (brown areas). ~9 of them on the Map.

Water and Mountains are impassable, except at Water Crossings (red lines on blue) and Mountain Passes (red lines on brown). Attacking through these incurs -1 penalty.

'Unclaimed' Provinces after start of the Game require to be conquered, behaving as if there's 1 Army stationed inside (without modifiers). For all religious purposes, these are considered 'pagans' or 'heathens'.

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CAPITAL PROVINCE:

The center of every Nation, housing the seat of the government. It counts as Rally Camp for purposes of Army deployment.

Capital Province provides some important bonuses: +2 RP/Turn, +1 Max Army limit, and +1 to Defense rolls of your Armies stationed within.

Losing the Capital does not mean the end of the game for you, but it can severely damage your ability to 'bounce back'. Protect it well!

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ARMY MANAGEMENT:

The max number of Armies you depends on several factors. At the very least, you get +1 Max Army Limit from your Capital.

Your Government, Settlements and their upgrades, some of patron Deities, Populous provinces you own and certain Technologies can increase your Max Army limit.

At start of your Turn, you can place Armies at your Capital and Rally Camp, if you have one. You can place 1 Army at Capital/Rally Camp per Turn. Once you research Fortifications, Forts can also be used to place Army Tokens.

Rally Camps can be moved to another Province as if you were building a Provincial Improvement; but you cannot place an Army Token at the new location of Rally Camp until next Turn.

When you have more Armies than Max Army size, you lose 1 Army per Turn till the number of your Armies goes down to appropriate limit.

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ARMY MOVEMENT:

You can move as many Armies as you wish; they move 1 Province per turn. You cannot move newly placed Armies.

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COMBAT:

When you move your Armies to enemy Province where enemy Armies are stationed, combat follows.
Attacking Armies get Attack bonuses, while Defending Armies get Defense bonuses.

If you attack through Mountain Pass or Water Crossing, your Armies receive -1 penalty to their rolls.

Combat roll itself is a 1d6+bonuses and penalties. Whichever army loses the roll, is destroyed. The rolls are repeated until all Attackers or Defenders are destroyed.
In case of a Draw, the Attacking Army returns to the Province they've attacked from.

When a Province is captured AFTER combat, one random Improvement is razed to the ground (Cities and Metropolises are degraded instead). If Province was captured without fight, nothing is razed.

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RESEARCH:

Each Turn, your Nation produces a certain amount of Research Points (RP).

Your Capital Province gives +2 RP/Turn.

These values can be modified by your Government, Deity, Provincial Improvements and Technologies.

Research topics and required RP values are in 'Research and Technologies' spoiler.

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PROVINCIAL IMPROVEMENTS:

You can build 1 per Turn. Each Province can have maximum of 3 Provincial Improvements (Settlement upgrades do not count to this limit), and the same Improvement cannot be build in the Province twice.
Certain Technologies increase the amount of PI's per turn you can build. You also get +1 PI/Turn bonus per each 10 Provinces you own.
You can also dismantle Provincial Improvements, albeit this counts into 'PI/Turn' limit.

Rally Camp (no requirements):
Allows placement of 1 Army per Turn. Can have 1 per Nation.

Settlement (no requirements):
+1 Max Army Limit. Can be upgraded to:

*City (requires ARCHITECTURE from Stoneworking):
+2 Max Army Limit and +1 to Defense rolls of Armies in Province. Can be upgraded to:

**Metropolis (requires SANITATION from Health):
+3 Max Army Limit and +1 to Defense rolls of Armies in Province while local scribes and wise men provide +2 RP/Turn.

Temple (no requirements):
Provides +1 to Defense rolls of Armies in Province. Further bonuses can be added with RELIGION Technologies.

Fort (requires FORTIFICATIONS from Stoneworking):
+2 to Defense rolls of Armies in Province. Allows placement of 1 Army per Turn.

Academy (requires ACADEMICS from Learning):
Provides +2 RP/Turn.

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CRUSADE:

Once you research HOLY WAR in Religion category, you can start a Crusade against a particular Nation.

You and all other Nations worshipping the same God as you gain +2 Max Army Limit, as well as +1 to all Combat rolls against target Nation.

A Nation that worships the same Deity as yours cannot be the target of your Crusade.

Crusades last until destruction of either the target Nation, or the Nation that called it.

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PLAGUE:

Plague outbreaks occur via Random Events.

A Province with Plague cannot be used to place Armies, unless it is the Capital Province. Settlements and Cities cannot be upgraded in a Plague-stricken Province.
If the Province is Populous, it also reverts to 'normal' if hit by Plague.

At start of a Turn, if there's still Plague in a Province, a local Metropolis will degrade to City, and a City will degrade to Settlement.

At start of each Turn, Plague-affected provinces will roll a 1d6 dice. The outcomes are as follows:
1-3: Plague spreads to adjacent Province that has a Settlement or better.
4-5: Nothing happens.
6: Plague outbreak ends.

Researching 'Pharmacy' and 'Sanitation' gives +1 to above roll, greatly increasing chances to stop Plague from laying waste to your Nation.

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RANDOM EVENTS:

1.Plague Outbreak:
Province is hit with Plague!

2.Earthquake:
2 random Improvements in the Province are destroyed (Cities and Metropolises degrade instead); 1 if you worship ELKATON.

3.Emmigration Wave:
Only Populous Provinces; Province reverts to normal.

4.Wise Man:
Current Research Project gains 10% of required RP.

5.Immigration Boom:
Only normal Provinces; Province becomes Populous.

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You start with 5 Trait Points. Your Nation is not valid if you end with less than 0 Trait Points on the sheet.

Your Nation requires that a GOVERNMENT, DEITY and SIZE are specified; you do not need to pick any MISCELLANEOUS traits.

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CHIEFDOM (Cost: 0 Nation Points):

The strongest leader from a gathering of tribes directs them towards a common goal; the simplest form of 'government' there can be.

Effects:
Tribalism: Can decide to change into another Government (gaining their bonuses) when certain Technology is researched (one-time).

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MONARCHY (Cost: 2 Nation Points):

A hereditary ruler and their family lead the country while those lower in social rank provide for the state.

Effects:
Feudalism: Gains an additional Army token, placed at Capital Province. +2 Max Army limit.

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OLIGARCHY (Cost: 3 Nation Points):

An pluralistic form of government where the nation is ruled by a group of individuals, often heads of powerful/wealthy families.

Effects:
All Roads Lead To: Doubled bonuses from Capital Province (+4 RP/Turn, +2 Max Army limit, and gives +2 bonus to Defense rolls of Armies within it).

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THEOCRACY (Cost: 3 Nation Points):

A person or group of people, who were decreed to be the holiest of all, reign over the land in the name of their chosen deity.

Effects:
Zealotry: +1 to Attack rolls against Nations worshipping a Deity different than the Deity of this Theocracy.

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Deities are divided into two Tiers.

1. Deities of Man: Deities that came to existence after World was created. Cost: 0 Trait Points.
2. Cosmic Deities: Deities that were, are, and will be. Cost: 1 Trait Point.

DEITIES OF MAN are:

DEGEL MARKUK, Goddess of Destruction: A bronze-skinned woman that travels the World, burning down those who oppose her glory.
Domain of Fire: +1 to all Combat rolls in Desert Provinces. +1 to all Attack rolls. Conquering Provinces via Combat destroys 2 Improvements instead of 1.

ELKATON, God of the Sea: Lord of the seas, a giant fish with human legs instead of tail fin. It is said that his wrath causes storms and earthquakes to occur.
Elkaton's Patronage: +1 Max Army limit from each Coastal Plains Province. Halves effect of Earthquakes and gives +4 RP if they occur in any owned Province.

LIEZHKA, Queen of Forests: A beautiful woman, who is said to have given birth to the first snake, horse and eagle.
Bounty of the Forests: Forest Provinces provide +1 to Defense Rolls and +1 Max Army limit.

KOLRAR, God of Iron: The bearded, naked giant that has cast the first Metal from his Anvil and who forged the first Sword.
Forge of the Titans: +1 to all Defense rolls. +2 RP/Turn when researching any METALLURGY and STONEWORKING Technologies.

MIKURI, the Trickster: A colorful, pudgy feline that offers its worshippers 'deals' and 'pacts' in return for 'favors'. In the end, it is Mikuri that profits the most.
Gambler's Dealer: 1 in 6 chance for Event to occur in Nation's provinces (independent from global Event roll). At start of Game and after every 5 Turns, a random bonus is given: +4 RP/Turn, +1 to Defense rolls, +2 Max Army Limit.

TOKAL HASH, Serpent of Blood: A fierce serpent that demands regular human sacrifices so that its scales can shine in wetness of gore and blood.
Blood for the Blood God: +1 to Attack rolls per 5 points of Max Army Limit.

COSMIC DEITIES are:

HE THUL, The Sleeper: A sleeping octopus whose arcane knowledge projects itself unto the dreams and visions of its worshippers, only occasionally causing dementia and madness.
Arcane Knowledge: Costs of all Technologies lowered by 10% (25 -> 22, 50 -> 45, 80 -> 72, 120 -> 108). 1/3 chance to prevent an Event in your Provinces.

MENEK RA BEIH, the Skeletal King: Bones and shrouds fill the coffers of this God's temples, while ancestor spirits guide their descendants through the Path of Now and Forever.
Corpse Communion: +1 to Plague Rolls. +2 RP each time an Army Token is lost in Combat, a Settlement is degraded/destroyed, or a Populous Province reverts to Normal (no matter the cause).

SHEMELEZEK, the Great One: Bestows peace and prosperity upon his worshippers, so that they may purge all non-believers in preparation for the Ascension.
The Chosen Ones: +1 to all Combat rolls against non-SHEMELEZEK worshipping Nations.

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Capital always starts with a Settlement.

Tiny: (Cost: 0 Nation Points)
Capital only, 1 Army.

Small: (Cost: 1 Nation Point)
3 Provinces, all must be adjacent to Capital, cannot choose provinces across Mountain Passes or Sea Passes; 1 Settlement in random Province; 2 Armies to deploy at Start.

Normal: (Cost: 2 Nation Points)
5 Provinces, each having at least one connection with another, cannot choose provinces across Mountain Passes; 2 Settlements in random Provinces; 3 Armies to deploy at Start.

Large: (Cost: 3 Nation Points)
7 Provinces, each having at least one connection with another; 3 Settlements in random Provinces; 4 Armies to deploy at Start.

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Desert Dwellers (Cost: 1 Nation Point):
+1 Max Army Limit from Desert Provinces. Mutually exclusive with Hill Dwellers and Horse Lords.

Hill Dwellers (Cost: 1 Nation Point):
+1 Max Army Limit from Mountainous Provinces. Mutually exclusive with Desert Dwellers and Horse Lords.

Horse Lords (Cost: 2 Nation Point):
+1 to all Combat Rolls on Plains Provinces. Mutually exclusive with Desert Dwellers and Hill Dwellers.

Mercantile (Cost: 2 Nation Points):
Can build 1 Province Improvement/Turn extra.

Oral Traditions (Cost: 1 Nation Points):
+2 RP/Turn.

Precursors (Cost: 2 Nation Points):
Start with randomly chosen 'basic' Technology nearly completed (2 RP below required amount).

Warrior Clans (Cost: 2 Nation Points):
Rally Camps can deploy +1 Army extra per Turn.

At start of Player's Turn, the Research Project they've chosen gets RP equal to their RP/Turn output.

Switching a Project before it is completed lowers the accumulated RP by half (rounded down).

* denotes that the descibred Tech requires some other from a different BRANCH.

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METALLURGY:
Alloying -> Iron-casting -> *Steel-making
         \> Amalgamation

Alloying: 25 RP
Smelting together ores to create much sturdier metals that can be used for crafts, weapons, and armor.
Effect: +1 to all Combat rolls and +1 Max Army limit.

Iron-casting: 50 RP
Forging items from iron with help of bloomeries and hardening processes.
Effect: +1 to all Combat rolls.

Amalgamation: 25 RP
Extraction of certain precious metals from ores with application of quicksilver.
Effect: Populous Provinces now provide +2 RP/Turn.

Steel-making: 120 RP (requires ALCHEMY from Health)
Alloying iron with certain minerals, creating an alloy much stronger than just cast iron.
Effect: +1 to all Combat rolls.

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STONEWORKING:
Masonry -> Fortifications -> *Architecture
                          \> Engineering   -> Siege Machines
                          \> Siegecraft    /
*Siege Machines require both Engineering and Siegecraft.

Masonry: 25 RP
Art of constructing buildings out of individual items, like shaped rocks or bricks.
Effect: +1 Province Improvement/Turn.

Fortifications: 50 RP
Creating walled buildings that serve a specific, strategic, purpose.
Effect: Can build 'Forts'. Chiefdoms can decide to evolve into Monarchies.

Architecture: 80 RP (requires GEOMETRY from Learning)
Using geometry to create sturdier and more stable buildings.
Effect: Forts provide +1 extra to Defense rolls of your Armies. Settlements can be upgraded into Cities.

Siegecraft: 50 RP
Finding ways to overcome the enemy fortifications.
Effect: Enemy Forts provide 1 point less to Defense rolls against your Armies.

Engineering: 80 RP
The art of construction!
Effect: +1 Province Improvement/Turn.

Siege Machines: 120 RP
Ballistae, catapults, onagers, trebuchets...
Effect: +1 to Attack rolls. Enemy Forts provide 1 point less to Defense rolls against your Armies.

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AGRICULTURE:
Animal Husbandry -> *Plow -> Water Wheel -> *Crop Rotation
                                         \> *Windmills

Animal Husbandry: 25 RP
Sustained breeding of cattle, sheep and goat for use as work animals and as food.
Effect: +2 Max Army limit.

Plow: 50 RP (requires ALLOYING from Metallurgy)
A simple device that can be pulled by men and animals alike to help cultivate the fields.
Effect: +2 Max Army limit.

Water Wheel: 80 RP
Using water to mill cereals for flour is truly a genius idea!
Effect: +2 Max Army limit.

Crop Rotation: 120 RP (requires ASTRONOMY from Learning)
Rotating crops on the fields according to astronomic calendar to ensure the soil has time to rejunevate.
Effect: Plain Provinces now provide +1 to Max Army limit.

Windmills: 120 RP (requires ENGINEERING from Stoneworking)
Neither water no human hands are needed to work these technological marvels.
Effect: +2 to Max Army limit. Mountain and Desert Provinces now provide +1 to Max Army limit.

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HEALTH:
Medicine -> Alchemy -> *Pharmacy -> *Sanitation

Medicine: 25 RP
Blood-letting, bone-setting and other practices done by skilled healers to extend lives of wounded soldiers and sick people alike.
Effect: +2 Max Army limit.

Alchemy: 50 RP
Purification and production of certain esoteric substances from common ones.
Effect: +2 RP/Turn.

Pharmacy: 80 RP (requires LITERATURE from Learning)
Combining and distribution of various medical mixtures.
Effect: +1 to Plague rolls, +2 RP/Turn.

Sanitation: 120 RP (requires ARCHITECTURE from Stoneworking)
Usage of aqueducts to get clean water to, and sewers to wash the filth away from, city-dwellers.
Effect: +1 to Plague rolls. Cities can be now upgraded into Metropolises.
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LEARNING:
Literature  -> Academics -> Philosophy -> *Education
            \> Geometry  -> Astronomy  /
*Education requires both Philosophy and Astronomy
 

Literature: 25 RP
Putting old wisdoms into written form for education of the youth.
Effect: +2 RP/Turn.

Academics: 50 RP
Scholars, orators and writers who distribute education to the young, usually in places dedicated for that purpose.
Effect: Can build 'Academies'. Chiefdoms can decide to evolve into Oligarchies.

Geometry: 25 RP
The squares, the triangles, the circles and rectangles.
Effect: +4 RP/Turn.

Philosophy: 80 RP
What is a man?
Effect: +2 RP/Turn. Upon completing this research, gain 1 random Technology which costs 50 RP or less, and which you have all Pre-requisities for.

Astronomy: 80 RP
Observation of the sky for time-keeping purposes.
Effect: +4 RP/Turn.   

Education: 120 RP  (requires PHARMACY from Health)
Formalized education of the young men and women under the skilled eye of honored masters of the nature and learning.
Effect: Academies now provide +1 RP/Turn extra. All Technologies cost 10% RP less (25 -> 22, 50 -> 45, 80 -> 72, 120 -> 108).
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RELIGION: 355RP
Mythology -> *Divination -> Sainthood -> *Theology
                                      \> *Holy War

Mythology: 25 RP
Describing the past of our ancestors and their divine lord in broader, creative ways.
Effect: Temples now provide 1 RP/Turn.

Divination: 50 RP (requires LITERATURE from Learning)
Attempting to predict the coming of disasters and drastic events from patterns found in bones, water, fire, animal innards, and others.
Effect: Temples now have 1/3 chance to prevent an Event in the Province. Chiefdoms can evolve into Theocracies.

Sainthood: 80 RP
Realization that some of pious mortal men and women might, in fact, be divinely blessed in both life and death.
Effect: Temples now provide +1 to Defense rolls extra.

Theology: 120 RP (requires PHILOSOPHY from Learning)
Studying the nature of the divine and the religious beliefs of the people.
Effect: Temples now provide +1 RP/Turn extra.

Holy War: 80 RP (requires IRON-CASTING from Metallurgy)
A war of the zealous against the heresies, heathens and pagans. All must burn![/u]
Effect: Enables 'Crusade'.
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Name: Espya
Government Type: OLIGARCHY
Starting Tech(s): alloying
Traits (Points left): OLIGARCHY, Normal, MIKURI, the Trickster
Capital Province #:25
Other Provinces: 24, 23, 28, 27
National Color: pink
History:...

Name: Confederacy of Thule
Government Type: Chiefdom
Starting Tech(s): Literature
Traits (Points left): Chiefdom, Large, He Thul, Oral Traditions
Capital Province #: 10
Other Provinces: 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16
National Color: #00FFFF
History: According to legend, the mighty citadel of Thule grew up out of the rock by itself when He Thul descended from the sky to take its rest underneath the high mountain. The people of the Confederacy, they believe, were created at this moment when burrowing creatures within the stone suddenly awakened and became human, the better to serve He Thul.

Name: Shemel'Kelak
Government Type: Theocracy (3)
Starting Tech(s): Mythology
Traits (Points left): Theocracy (3), Tiny (0), Shemelezek (1), Hill-Dwellers (1).
Capital Province #: 37
Other Provinces: NaN
National Color: #ffe89e
History: The people of the mud continued their long, long march across the untended landscape, never stopping in their unknown quest. Those that tired of the journey under the blistering heat of the stars broke from their unspoken tribe and spread a swath across the land. Deseminating into the great world at large.
The men trudged through mud and bleached rock until at last they were before the marble palace of Shemelezek. There, they ascend the Steps of Six Thousand Precepts for each the children of the Cosmic Gods, and arrive there at the center, 'tween the Three Colums of Divinty. They were arranged in a triumvirate pattern, and said to bear the entire weight of all the firmament.
At last, the nude people of the mud came before a great Bronze Collossus, who resembled much of their shape, or they perhaps it. Across its humanoid body, it bore hardened muscles and metal skin, for it's commandments were solid so.
And upon its hairless head there rest three parallel mouths arrayed around from which to speak unerring truths, while it bore no eyes. The Bronze Numen sat with both legs crossed over one another, either arm outstretched with palms to the heavens. This was an avatar of Shemelezek, the Steward of Law, for whom the people of the mud took shape after. Or so they say. . .
Now, from on high, the Great Judges cast their assuring gaze down upon the people of Shemel'Kelak. And just the same their searing justice upon those whom deny their place as the First Peoples.

Name: The Splendorous Merchant Republic of Venopia
Government Type: Oligarchy
Starting Tech(s): Literature
Traits (Points left): Oligarchy (3),KOLRAR, God of Iron(0), Small(1), Oral Traditions(1)
Capital Province: 41
Other Provinces: 40,42
National Color: Teal
History:A bunch of small localized city states decided to band together to form a "Merchant Republic" whatever that is, regardless of technicalities the people of Venopia care for personal profit and development above all else and have little interest in war unless they see potential for major profits from it. Long live the Republic! Long live Venopia!

Name:Eula
Government Type: Chiefdom
Starting Tech: Literature
Trait: Chiefdom, Small, Kolrar - God of Iron, Oral Traditions, Mercantile, Hill Dwellers
Capital Province : 20
Other Provinces: 19, 34
National Colour: Purple
History: ...

Name:  Clans of Zek
Government Type: Chiefdom
Starting Tech(s): Mythology
Traits (Points left): [Chiefdom] [Normal] [TOKAL HASH, Serpent of Blood] [Precursor, Oral Traditions]  (0 2 0 2 1)
Capital Province #: 8
Other Provinces: 2, 6, 7, 9
National Color: Unionist Green  (#00FF00)
History: TOKAL HASH has always whispered in the dark.  Blood, TOKAL HASH would ask for.  Blood, the clans of Zek would provide.  The voice is calling louder now; there would need to be more followers, more enemies, and more blood.

Government Type: Kingdom
Starting Tech(s): Alloying
Traits (0): [Kingdom|2][Medium|2][HE THUL, the Sleeper|1]
Capital Province #: 51
Other Provinces: 49, 50, 52, 54
National Color: #FEF243