Nation Name:Tartessos (or, that slightlly alternative nation that was discussed, that i woulg be even more pleased in being)
Start Location: Southern Iberia
Core Area: Western Europe, North West Africa, and many a port on the Atlantis coast
Traits:
Isolationist (1)-Expansionist (5): 5
Pacifist (1)-Militaristic (5): 4
Army (1)-Navy (5): 2
Agricultural (1)-Merchantile (5): 4
Decentralized (1)-Centralized (5): 4
Secular (1)-Religious (5): 4
Populist (1)-Aristocratic (5): 3
Description:
Tartessos is an ancietn land, rankign with China, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete as beign one of the great pillars of the beginning sof Human society; originateing from a small city state focused on the (ironic) Large city of Tartessos proper, the city soon rose to promiance -and then dominance- over Iberia, and North Africa, with significant amoutns of the rest of western europe and Western and North Africa added to it; however, while many nations ruled over lands as empires or kings, that concept of statehood never took off in tartessos, and it soon estbalished itself as a Federated Republic, all men equal, all under common authority of equal law; while a cerimonial monarchy was kept for a tiem, it was soon thrown off, populist fervor more becommin gof a true federated republic ( the exception is that formal titles such as "Knight" (Contarius)- Defender of the Realm, and other such honours are given out as rewards for service for the nation, and are usually accompanied by a land grant as well; such traidtions die hard in Tartessos.
While the Tartessian nation is not particuraley clamourus for war, it woudl br wrong to say that it dose wage war; most fo the nations existence have been a direct result fo conflict, and the result is that tartessos feilded the first professional force of soldires, men not forced by native culture to be warriors in part of thir time, but men who voluntarilly joined up, took arms, and went through the hell of vigours of trianing- both mental and physical- to become the soldires od Tartessos; and whiel Tartessos pivits itsefl on its land capabilties, it puts a good deal fo stock on its navy, and strives for the peak of excellence in both catogries, a tradition that has uphelp the Tartessian republic for mellenia.
The cream of the Tartessian military has traditionally, been its cavalry, but with the comign fo the great eras of religious strife, military orders that focused on heavy armed infantry came to dominat the battlefeild. though they kept up masterful horse rideing abilties; now that gun powder weapons have appeared, and thier slow comign into use assured to grow, tartessos has begun to chance its military stragy, and rely on a gorwing corps of elite infanty,the known as "blue", or "teal" coats, after thier distinctive unfirm sir-coat color; armed not only with a gun, but with some older forms of armour,helmets, and hand weapons, inlcuding the long sword, and pike- makign for a distinctive battle feild apperence of heavilly armed men, with both swords and gun,marching in well oprdered formations bearing down upon the enemy with sole intent to kill each and every one of them. Tartessos has known peace for the last several decades.
Though it is also well to not ethat the fmous Berbers, famed for thier horsemen ship, have always gotten alogn well with Tartessos; thier horsemanship abilties have been gradually, passed along to the Tartessian republic, due to many inhabiting tyhe empire, and generations of Berbers participateing in the Tartessian military as light cavalry, and Tartessians participateing in the armies of the berber tribes as heavy infantry
culturally, Tartesso has become relitivlly securlarized; religion is still important to many, but its thought that the gods of other peoples are merelly local names of otherwise universal dieties; monothiesitc religions are merelly extravegent cults dedeicated ot the one deity to ferventlly, that they exclude all other Gods, and Goddesses.
Well santized cities,a strong urban planning, and just the fertility of many of the areas Tartessos calls its own, and well kept farming procedures has resulted in huge, yet well mantied cities, giving tartessos a population curve equaled only in the orient nations; the result is that while agriculter is kept up to ensure that cities can be supplied by what Tartessos alone produces, fi the need ever coem to it, that the cities are very metropolitan, and are often hubs of trade; noen more so then the city of city of Greater-Tartessos itself, sitting aside the gate of gibralter, perhaps a divine gift of the economic gods
Start Location: Southern Iberia
Core Area: Western Europe, North West Africa, and many a port on the Atlantis coast
Traits:
Isolationist (1)-Expansionist (5): 5
Pacifist (1)-Militaristic (5): 4
Army (1)-Navy (5): 2
Agricultural (1)-Merchantile (5): 4
Decentralized (1)-Centralized (5): 4
Secular (1)-Religious (5): 4
Populist (1)-Aristocratic (5): 3
Description:
Tartessos is an ancietn land, rankign with China, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete as beign one of the great pillars of the beginning sof Human society; originateing from a small city state focused on the (ironic) Large city of Tartessos proper, the city soon rose to promiance -and then dominance- over Iberia, and North Africa, with significant amoutns of the rest of western europe and Western and North Africa added to it; however, while many nations ruled over lands as empires or kings, that concept of statehood never took off in tartessos, and it soon estbalished itself as a Federated Republic, all men equal, all under common authority of equal law; while a cerimonial monarchy was kept for a tiem, it was soon thrown off, populist fervor more becommin gof a true federated republic ( the exception is that formal titles such as "Knight" (Contarius)- Defender of the Realm, and other such honours are given out as rewards for service for the nation, and are usually accompanied by a land grant as well; such traidtions die hard in Tartessos.
While the Tartessian nation is not particuraley clamourus for war, it woudl br wrong to say that it dose wage war; most fo the nations existence have been a direct result fo conflict, and the result is that tartessos feilded the first professional force of soldires, men not forced by native culture to be warriors in part of thir time, but men who voluntarilly joined up, took arms, and went through the hell of vigours of trianing- both mental and physical- to become the soldires od Tartessos; and whiel Tartessos pivits itsefl on its land capabilties, it puts a good deal fo stock on its navy, and strives for the peak of excellence in both catogries, a tradition that has uphelp the Tartessian republic for mellenia.
The cream of the Tartessian military has traditionally, been its cavalry, but with the comign fo the great eras of religious strife, military orders that focused on heavy armed infantry came to dominat the battlefeild. though they kept up masterful horse rideing abilties; now that gun powder weapons have appeared, and thier slow comign into use assured to grow, tartessos has begun to chance its military stragy, and rely on a gorwing corps of elite infanty,the known as "blue", or "teal" coats, after thier distinctive unfirm sir-coat color; armed not only with a gun, but with some older forms of armour,helmets, and hand weapons, inlcuding the long sword, and pike- makign for a distinctive battle feild apperence of heavilly armed men, with both swords and gun,marching in well oprdered formations bearing down upon the enemy with sole intent to kill each and every one of them. Tartessos has known peace for the last several decades.
Though it is also well to not ethat the fmous Berbers, famed for thier horsemen ship, have always gotten alogn well with Tartessos; thier horsemanship abilties have been gradually, passed along to the Tartessian republic, due to many inhabiting tyhe empire, and generations of Berbers participateing in the Tartessian military as light cavalry, and Tartessians participateing in the armies of the berber tribes as heavy infantry
culturally, Tartesso has become relitivlly securlarized; religion is still important to many, but its thought that the gods of other peoples are merelly local names of otherwise universal dieties; monothiesitc religions are merelly extravegent cults dedeicated ot the one deity to ferventlly, that they exclude all other Gods, and Goddesses.
Well santized cities,a strong urban planning, and just the fertility of many of the areas Tartessos calls its own, and well kept farming procedures has resulted in huge, yet well mantied cities, giving tartessos a population curve equaled only in the orient nations; the result is that while agriculter is kept up to ensure that cities can be supplied by what Tartessos alone produces, fi the need ever coem to it, that the cities are very metropolitan, and are often hubs of trade; noen more so then the city of city of Greater-Tartessos itself, sitting aside the gate of gibralter, perhaps a divine gift of the economic gods