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| + | Raissan society is a bizarre mix of head-in-the-sand conservatism and ill-considered libertarian sentiment. Drug-related, sexual and indecency laws are non-existent in the average polis, but freedom of speech is always subject to attack, the national religion (a complex polytheism) must be paid at least lip service, and women's rights are virtually nonexistent. | ||
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| + | Since most manual labour is carried out by slaves, Raissan citizens have a great deal of leisure time. Since a lot of artistic professions are, in most poleis, among the host of roles forbidden to slaves and foreigners, most of them are filled by members of citizen families without land; these fields are hence not held in very high regard. | ||
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Of the Raissan poleis only Nicopolis has really reached the Industrial Revolution, and it still holds industrialisation at arm's length. The real wealth is in land, worked largely by slaves; however, with strong property rights and a tendency to divide estates up among one's offspring, the land is split up between a lot of people. Most economic activity is local; Raissa is generally comfortably above the subsistence level, but tertiary industry rarely goes beyond the individual level. The tendency of Nicopolis to exact high taxes from the other states without reinvesting it anywhere except Nicopolis is a strong contributor to this. | Of the Raissan poleis only Nicopolis has really reached the Industrial Revolution, and it still holds industrialisation at arm's length. The real wealth is in land, worked largely by slaves; however, with strong property rights and a tendency to divide estates up among one's offspring, the land is split up between a lot of people. Most economic activity is local; Raissa is generally comfortably above the subsistence level, but tertiary industry rarely goes beyond the individual level. The tendency of Nicopolis to exact high taxes from the other states without reinvesting it anywhere except Nicopolis is a strong contributor to this. | ||
Revision as of 04:35, 20 October 2004
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| Flag of Raissa | |
| Motto: Unity Our Torch | |
| Alçaera map | |
| Region | Ex Aperin Colonies |
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| Capital | Nicopolis |
| Official Language(s) | Raissan |
| Leader | various |
| Population | approx. 40 million |
| Currency | obol |
| NS Sunset XML | |
Contents
The Allied Poleis of Raissa
Raissa is not a nation in the conventional sense, but rather an alliance of relatively small city-states in competition with each other, with a broad range of government and social styles. They are linked by ethnicity, culture, an archaic worldview and strong xenophobic tendencies.
Nicopolis
The head of the Raissan Alliance is the prosperous port of Nicopolis, which runs the Alliance as a way of funnelling trade and taxes through its own microeconomy. Its sheltered bay was historically both a vital trade link to the coastal communities of the Morgan Gulf and Tanking Sound, and also played a key role in the state's military domination of the Raissan coast.
Government is in theory democratic, if you're a wealthy male over thirty; however, in practise popular military leaders tend to dominate proceedings, and most actual politics involves their thinly-disguised squabbling and tenuous alliances.
Society
Raissan society is a bizarre mix of head-in-the-sand conservatism and ill-considered libertarian sentiment. Drug-related, sexual and indecency laws are non-existent in the average polis, but freedom of speech is always subject to attack, the national religion (a complex polytheism) must be paid at least lip service, and women's rights are virtually nonexistent.
Since most manual labour is carried out by slaves, Raissan citizens have a great deal of leisure time. Since a lot of artistic professions are, in most poleis, among the host of roles forbidden to slaves and foreigners, most of them are filled by members of citizen families without land; these fields are hence not held in very high regard.
Economy
Of the Raissan poleis only Nicopolis has really reached the Industrial Revolution, and it still holds industrialisation at arm's length. The real wealth is in land, worked largely by slaves; however, with strong property rights and a tendency to divide estates up among one's offspring, the land is split up between a lot of people. Most economic activity is local; Raissa is generally comfortably above the subsistence level, but tertiary industry rarely goes beyond the individual level. The tendency of Nicopolis to exact high taxes from the other states without reinvesting it anywhere except Nicopolis is a strong contributor to this.
