Narwah
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| Motto: People Matter, Knowledge Matters More | |
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| Region | The Honor Guard |
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| Capital | Michrokhan |
| Official Language(s) | English, Narweighan |
| Leader | Ranos tec'Narwah |
| Population | 1.133 billion |
| Currency | lanash |
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Narwah, or more correctly Nar'wah, ("Land of Nar" in Ancient Narweighan) is a medium-sized, democratic socialist nation, located on the southern coast of Rigin continent in The Honor Guard. Historically insular, it is only in recent years that Narwah has made itself known to the other nations of Rigin.
A philosopher’s haven, Narwah boasts some of the continent’s largest protected forested areas. The Arts too, can find a welcoming home within Narwah’s boarders. Peace with nature is a fundamental law within Narwah, with many strict regulations on emitions levels.
The people of Narwah are among the nicest you can meet. Always willing to accept strangers into their midst they are well looked after by their government. However, Narweighans are known for their ability to hold a grudge, but with short tempers a rarity in this peace loving Eden, grudges are hard to come by.
The national motto, “People Matter, Knowledge Matters More”, mirrors the Narweighan philosophy perfectly. Government spending on the welfare and education of its citizens is phenomenal. Narweighans have been shown to be among the smartest in Rigin, and indeed The Honor Guard.
===Official UN Report===
The Republic of Narwah is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate population of 1.133 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Social Welfare and Religion & Spirituality are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.
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Government
Geography
Industry
Narwah is home to many small companies, watched over by the government. The minimum wage is above the regional average, while prices are at a competitive level.
Second only to the uranium mining industry is Narwah’s book publishing industry. Although many of its title have never been published outside Narwah, the industry generated over 1bn lanashes per year from sales. Many great philosophers from around Rigin have had special publications released solely for the Narweighan audience, who have proved accepting of all they are given.
Narwah boasts only one other industry worthy of mention. Based in Rom’kal, the automobile manufacturing industry is far from the best in the region. Receiving relatively low funding from the government, Narweighan cars are more functional than aesthetic. If you want something to get you from A to B comfortably, then there’s no better buy. But if you’re looking for something that looks good, you’ll have to look elsewhere.
Culture
Narweighan culture is unique within region. Its matrilinial society along with a high social welfare and education bugets have combined to make Narwah one of the safest place to live. Philospohy is a key disapline in Narwah creating a cynical population living in relative harmony. Relgion too plays a large role in the daily life of the average Narweighan.
Religion
The predominant religion of Narwah is The Church of Nar (often referred to as The Narist Church or the Kul’nal’Nar). It teaches the worship of the goddess Nar, the beautiful and merciful goddess who saved mankind from the wrath of her brother Ner. Church gatherings are common and are directed by a member of the Silver Sisterhood, the collective name for the priestesses of the church.
Creation
The Narist Church teaches that the world was created, in unity, by the god Ner and the goddess Nar. The two siblings took great pride in their creation and worked in harmony to create the land, the sky, the animals and the plants. However, when Nar created the first woman in her image, and the first man in that of her brother, Ner was enraged. A fierce battle ensued between the siblings over the existence of man. Ner, the harsher of the two, wish to wipe man from the earth so as nothing that resembled the divine should walk its land or sail its seas. Nar, a kind and loving goddess, fought to save mankind from her brother’s wrath. The battle only ended when the two came to an agreement that, although man would be allowed walk upon the land, and sail upon the sea, he would suffer the knowledge that he would pass from the land. Thus, man became mortal.
The Church
The Church of Nar is a predominantly female religion. All celebrations are led by a priestess of the Silver Sisterhood. However, at the very top of the church is the Narweighan leader, taking the title Tar’tec’Nar (True/One Son of Nar). There is no hierarchical system within the Silver Sisterhood, although older members are viewed with reverence by those younger than them.
The Teachings
There are five main teachings within the Church of Nar;
- Nar and Ner created the world.
- Nar is all loving.
- Nature should be respected.
- Peace between men.
- Worship of Ner is forbidden.
Language & Naming
The Narweighans have a unique way of naming their children which comes from the old Narweighan Language. At birth, a child is given a birth name. This single name is all the clid is known as for the first two years of their life. On their seccond birthday however, the child is then given the oppertunity to select the name they will be known as for the rest of their life. This name comes from a choice of four
- birth name + mother's second name
- birth name + place of birth (joined by the prefix nal meaning of/from)
- birth name + father's birth name (joined by the prefix tec or tes meaning son/daughter of)
- birth name + mother's birth name (joined by the prefix tec or tes meaning son/daughter of)
History
Early Narweighan history still remains a mystery, with only one document found from the time of the great unification. The document, known as Lac’do’nat (Doctrine of the Ancestor’s), was only recently discovered by archaeologists in the hills around Michrokhan. From its browning pages, we are able to determine, for the first time, how the native Riginites felt about the infusion of the outsiders into their society.
After these early years covered by the Lac’do’nat, Narweighan history becomes hazy and consists mainly of archaeological speculation. It is only with the emergence of the church of Nar some seven hundred years ago that historical recordings became important.
Ancient History
From what we can tell of the earliest histories of Narwah, the earliest settlements of the land date back well over five thousand years. The day to day life of these early settlements remains mostly intellectual speculation, but archaeologists and scientists have done their utmost to piece together a picture of how things might have been.
Archaeologists believe that around three thousand years ago, three tribal societies inhabited the southern coastline of Narwah. This seems to have been the case for several hundred years, before the first development of boats in Narwah. For a further hundred and fifty to two hundred years, all Narweighan culture was situated on the southern coast.
However, recent archaeological evidence suggests that, just over two thousand years ago, the earliest settlers began to navigate the Feather and the Wing rivers and set up tribal societies in central and northern Narwah. Although we cannot definitively say what caused the settlers to travel upstream, it is widely believed that the overcrowding of the original sites became a serious problem.
Over the next thousand years, settlements began to spring up all across Narwah. Archaeologists have currently uncovered eleven major settlements from this time period, as well as several small dwellings that appear to have been built for the shelter of hunting parties when they were away from the main settlement.
So the people of Narwah lived, long before history was first inked onto paper.
Time of the Ancestors
The recently discovered Lac’do’nat gives us unrivalled insight into life in Narwah around eight hundred and fifty years ago. The document tells of an easy, peaceful land, populated by eleven major tribes – Kal'tec (Peace of the Son), Ques'arvec (Wardens of the West), Quet'arvec (Wardens of the East), Nal'Nar (Nar's Own [lit. From/of Nar]), Rom'kal (Place/Peoples of Peace), Rom'nak (High Place/Peoples), Rom'nath (Place/Peoples of Death), Rom'tak (Low Place/Peoples), Sri'Arvec (Wardens of the South), Sru'arvek (Wardens of the North) and Tor'ech (Sun Guiding). A meeting place in northern Narwah, modern day Michrokhan, supplied the eleven tribes with ample opportunity to trade and interact on a social level.
This simple life was to change however sometime between the years 855 and 848 CE with the first recorded arrival of outsiders on Narweighan soil. The Lac’do’nat reveals that they brought stories of torture and persecution. They had fled a terrible tyranny and come to the shores of Rigin to enjoy a more stable life. The natives of Narwah were more than willing to accept them, and the new advancements in technology that they brought, allowing the newcomers to found the settlements of Tesrath in the north; Greehas and Nashir in the West; Faorl, Karas and Zafex in the south and Neith in the East.
The iron and steel tools brought by the newcomers allowed for the first mining operations in the Uranium rich hills of south-eastern Narwah. However, this was not the only use the relatively primitive Narweighans put the new iron and steel to, using it in the development of sturdier hunting and agricultural tools. This peaceful co-existence lasted for nearly a century before sectarian unrest broke out.
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