Society Name | Mekystan | World Placement | Central Basin |
Society Concept | --- |
Monotheistic, fanatically religious society | Society Age | Scope | 6 |
in constant conflict with worshippers of |
opposing deities. | Society Age Value | 6 | Location | Mekystan |
Age in Years | 217 | Geographic Size | Medium Country / Region |
Founding Date AP | 517 | Population Size | 938426 |
Philosophical Orientation | Isolation |
Orientation | War | Passive | Isolation Value | 9 |
Orientation Aspects | Isolation Description |
Mytra is the only true god | Mekystan is accessible from Malyk, Telrak, Faethun, and Yezruk. |
Karatas is accessible by sea. |
Zaril worship |
Technology | Interaction |
Technology Value | 0 | Interaction Value | 8 |
Areas of Technological Emphasis | Interaction Description |
Materials, Fortifications, and Military. | Mekystan tolerats a small amount of trade and contact, but |
discourages it. |
Rate of Advancement | 7 | --- |
Rate of Assimilation | 7 | Subsistance |
Innovation Scales | Major Classification | Incipient Agriculture |
Dominant Material | 16 | Minor Classification | Primary Agriculturalist |
Power/Manufacturing | 16 | Societal Mobility |
Agriculture/Environment | 14 | Mobility | Semi-Nomadic |
Building/Architecture | 16 | Subclassification | Semi-Nomadic |
Transport/Communication | 14 | Kinship |
Military | 15 | Kinship Ascendant | Patriarchal |
Miscellaneous | 14 | Lineage Determinant | Patrilineal |
Cultural Innovation | 14 | Inheritance Pattern | Primogeniture |
Political Infrastructure | Relations |
Infrastructure Class | Advanced: Absolute | Relations Description | 4 |
Infrastructure Type | Despotism | Mekystan is openly hostile to Yezruk and Karatas, and is tense |
with Malyk and Telrak. |
Power | 9 |
Authority | 7 |
Consent | 7 | --- |
Constitutional Support | 4 | Legal Complexity | 4 |
Economic Exchange System | Economic Foundation |
Exchange System | Buying & Selling | Resource Value: | 9 |
Economy Type | Currency | Resource Description: |
Economic Description: | Merochas lacks some natural resources, for which it is forced to |
trade. Other areas are sufficient to maintain a general |
Mekystani economics are somewhat artificial based on its lack of | standard of living. |
interaction with other cultures. |
Exploitation Value: | 14 | 70 | % |
Exploitation Description: |
Military Infrastructure | Mekystan exploits a majority of its resources, either for its own |
use or in exchange for needed items. |
Primary Force | Volunteer | 6 |
Primary Force Description |
Light Cavalry and Horse Archers, Medium Infantry. | Trade Value | 7 |
Trade Description |
Supplementary Forces | Merochas trades only for what it cannot produce itself. |
Militia Infantry. |
Religion | Scholastics |
Religious Tolerance: | 15 | Scholastic Tolerance: | 10 |
Religious Prevalence: | 17 | Scholastic Prevalence: | 7 |
Religious Diversity: | 3 | Scholastic Diversity: | 6 |
The worship of Mytra is the only legal form of religion | Scholars must support Church doctrine. |
Arts | Magic |
Art Tolerance: | 10 | Magic Tolerance: | 9 |
Art Prevalence: | 8 | Magic Prevalence: | 7 |
Art Diversity: | 6 | Magic Diversity: | 3 |
Arts which promote Mytra's worship are supported. | Mages must be part of the Holy Church of Mytra. |
Status | Personal Freedom |
Primary Status Foundation: | Philosophy: Doctrine | Freedom Aspects (Vertical): |
Material: Land |
Secondary Status Foundation: | Only adult males may own land or herds. |
Capability: Ecclesiastic |
Political: Ability to Affect Policy |
Only ordained Priests may influence governmental decisions. |
Other Status Foundations | Tradition: Cultural |
Freedom Aspects (Horizontal): |
Spiritual: Expression of Worship |
Other Status Foundations | Power: Military | Only Mytra may be worshipped openly or legally |
Social: Lifestyle |
Custom of Status Value: | 6 | Lifestyles must be in accordance with Mytra doctrine. |
Rigidity of Status Value: | 7 |