Coriani Republic
Structure
The Coriani Republic is an aristocratic republic with a senate of representatives, primarily comprised of wealthy landowners. Representatives come from all cities within the Republic, and typically are made up of different cultural groups endemic to Anacori. Alliances between powerful families are extremely common, and vested interest in one's heritage has served senators well in their goals of legislation.
Culture
In a Coriani wedding, it is traditional for the couple to both wear white clothing during the ceremony, symbolizing starting a new life together. After the ceremony is done, all the guests will gather around in a wide circle, surrounding the couple as they dance together.
The guests will then throw wine from their glasses onto them as they dance, splashing their white clothing. The tradition has changed from wine to brightly colored paints or dyes to create a more colorful pattern. This symbolizes the experiences of life with its unpredictability, hardships, and pleasures all creating a pattern that is unique to them. The dance symbolizes how they live through it all together, during which they never let go of each other.
After the dance, the newlyweds will then have members of each of their families pour a basin of water over their heads to wash off all but the stains on the clothing. This symbolizes that their families commit to help them when they need it, and that even when the good and bad experiences of life pass by they will still leave their mark on you.
After all of this, the guests usher the couple to a huge feast and they dance and eat and drink the night away. They are sure to keep this going until after the midnight hour, so that the couple begin their first married day with a party. There is a toast made to the couple to mark the hour, and flowers are pinned to their clothing and hair to bring them good luck and symbolize beauty covering even the ugliest of stains.
Assets
Although Coriani is well known for its strong navy and seafaring prowess, its elite pegasus cavalry makes them a formidable foe in the skies as well. Although pegasi are native to all of the Anacori region (including the now barren Withered Waste), the secret to taming them is known almost only to the Coriani people. Originally conceptualized as a way for the Coriani people to combat dragons in the skies, they have continued to be an important aspect of Coriani's military might against an ever-increasingly aggressive Taldeurtotun.
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