Daendt Yamal, widely known as Daendar, has existed in one form or another for the past 425 years, though the current political system has only been in place for 75 years. Daendar is somewhat democratic, but fragmented: political power is often bought, but only through the trade of goods and food. Displays of wealth are very uncommon, with some of the most powerful citizens of Daendar living in abject poverty despite their wealth. Every three years, three Dakuko are elected by the people to collectively rule -- one in charge of the military, one in charge of natural resources, and the other in charge of governance.
The People of Daendar
Dwarves are the colloquial name for people from Daendt, the name itself is a garbled mixture of Daendt and wharf, given the coastal nature of part of the nation. The people of Daendar are a humble and gracious people on the whole, but their money-tied political system shows the cracks of corruption in their democratic ideals. Stocky, with fair skin and usually black or grey hair, the people of Daendar are common throughout Laerdt'nah as they seek to acquire enough capital to buy political power back home, or else escape it entirely. There is a thriving tourist economy in Daendar, leading to their jovial nature, but it is built on a desire to gain wealth. Daendar folks are not as money or power hungry as those from Endref, and so they are very wary of Endref on the whole.
Indigenous Peoples
The Zagash are a storied people, and many Zagash still remain in Daendar, Anwer, and Tsrach. They were a people of two minds: life on the coast, and life in the mountains. The first Zagash lived by the sea in the winter and lived in the mountains in the summer. Some Zagash, tired of that life, moved into the plains and rocky crags of Anwer and Tsrach, forming small villages that traded ores and other goods with the Kukul and the rest of the Zagash. As trade increased, the Kukul and the Zagash began to intermarry, and the descendants of those couples eventually founded trading and mining empires that fell away from their cultural heritage.
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