Carvasia
Carvasia is named for Yahn Carver, the man purported to have revolutionized agriculture in the region. Some say he is a myth.
Carvasia is run by a cooperative style government. IT is run by a rotating council that is sent to Cove Port by responsible counties. Compulsory government lasts for four years (those serving are cared for by their counties back home). This is considered an honorable service.
Defense is provided by well established militias and a strong volunteer navy (to provide protection for exports).
Carvasia owns the world’s food supply. They claim to be interested in world peace, free trade and basic human rights.
The people are “salt of the earth” and value traditions.
Carvasia has a well maintained utilitarian infrastructure.
Carvasia imports education, gems and some precious metals from East Bijou, mining assets from Striceland and lumber from Alyeska.
Carvasians worship the agricultural goddess, Silve.
Carvasia is run by a cooperative style government. IT is run by a rotating council that is sent to Cove Port by responsible counties. Compulsory government lasts for four years (those serving are cared for by their counties back home). This is considered an honorable service.
Defense is provided by well established militias and a strong volunteer navy (to provide protection for exports).
Carvasia owns the world’s food supply. They claim to be interested in world peace, free trade and basic human rights.
The people are “salt of the earth” and value traditions.
Carvasia has a well maintained utilitarian infrastructure.
Carvasia imports education, gems and some precious metals from East Bijou, mining assets from Striceland and lumber from Alyeska.
Carvasians worship the agricultural goddess, Silve.
- Carvasians have eyes that resemble the colors of plants, typically green
- Carvasians take on the many colors of the earth
- Most Carvasians can start a seedling in the palms of their hands
Structure
Culture
Carvasians believe in living close to the earth. They are primarily farmers and value hard work and caring for neighbors, both near and far.
Public Agenda
The Carvasian government understands that the country's greatest resource is its people. Without farmers to work them, the country's fertile fields will go fallow. The government serves to provide for the people.
Assets
Carvasia is rich in agriculture. It is home to Empyria's most skilled farmers and most fertile fields. It is the breadbasket of Empyria.
Carvasia produces some gemstones, lumber, and ores but the real asset is agriculture.
Carvasia produces some gemstones, lumber, and ores but the real asset is agriculture.
History
The lands that became Carvasia began as individual farms that pooled their resources and became small communities. These communities then worked with neighboring communities and developed small cooperatives. The cooperatives eventually became the country and government of Carvasia.
Demography and Population
The population of Carvasia is centered on the fields. The majority of Carvasians, and the most respected, are farmers. Other professions are seen as supporting roles for agriculture.
There are small populations of miners and their families in the northern reaches of Carvasia. These men and women live and work in the Arbiter Mountains.
There are small populations of miners and their families in the northern reaches of Carvasia. These men and women live and work in the Arbiter Mountains.
Territories
To the north, Carvasia has a soft border with Alyeska.
To the east the Topaz River provides a hard border with East Bijou. Both countries claim their own riverbank and the river proper is considered communal use.
The Green and Muddy Rivers as well as Fish Lake make a hard border with Striceland to the west. As with East Bijou, each country claims its own riverbank, with the center of the rivers and lake considered mutual use.
To the south, there is ocean.
To the east the Topaz River provides a hard border with East Bijou. Both countries claim their own riverbank and the river proper is considered communal use.
The Green and Muddy Rivers as well as Fish Lake make a hard border with Striceland to the west. As with East Bijou, each country claims its own riverbank, with the center of the rivers and lake considered mutual use.
To the south, there is ocean.
Military
Carvasia has a full-time military command structure with the working troops coming from the citizenry. The country has a long standing law of two years of compulsory government service for every citizen. This makes for a robust, though not highly trained or motivated, military.
Carvasia's largest military branch is the Navy. The Navy is tasked with protection and escort of export ships from piracy, as well as protection of Cove Port from invasion.
The majority of Carvasia's military is not actively involved in combat, or even training. Carvasia is at peace with other countries and has to worry mostly with pirates and smugglers.
Carvasia's largest military branch is the Navy. The Navy is tasked with protection and escort of export ships from piracy, as well as protection of Cove Port from invasion.
The majority of Carvasia's military is not actively involved in combat, or even training. Carvasia is at peace with other countries and has to worry mostly with pirates and smugglers.
Foreign Relations
Filling the stomachs of Empyria makes Carvasia a very powerful nation. No other countries are capable of its agricultural success. Carvasians are naturally caring people and are willing to make mutually beneficial trade deals with struggling nations. They are smart and capable negotiators, however, and are not taken advantage of. This makes Carvasia, not only wealthy, but highly respected.
Agriculture & Industry
Carvasian farmers produce red (summer) wheat, Carver's (winter) wheat, hen beans, corn, purple beans, rice, arbiter beans, Topaz onions, southern garlic, several potato varieties, Yahn's apples, peaches, cherries, tomatoes, cotton, hemp, and tobacco.
Trade & Transport
All Carvasian goods are required to enter and exit through Cove Port. This requires any gems stones mined to be delivered cross country or shipped down the Topaz River and into the ocean, southwest along the shoreline. Any ores mined, typically copper, are delivered south from the Arbiter Mountains. The delivery is conducted overland or down the Green River over Fish Lake and down the Muddy River.
Produce is delivered the same way. Produce considered stable enough, wheat, beans, corn, rice, onions, garlic, and potatoes are sent overland. Produce too sensitive for overland travel, apples, peaches, cherries, and tomatoes, are sent directly to the closest waterway and sent to Cove Port via ship. It is the most sensitive items, the items only the wealthy could afford, that are most susceptible to piracy and smuggling.
Produce is delivered the same way. Produce considered stable enough, wheat, beans, corn, rice, onions, garlic, and potatoes are sent overland. Produce too sensitive for overland travel, apples, peaches, cherries, and tomatoes, are sent directly to the closest waterway and sent to Cove Port via ship. It is the most sensitive items, the items only the wealthy could afford, that are most susceptible to piracy and smuggling.
Education
As with Striceland and Alyeska , Carvasia sends its people to East Bijou for education. Only those from wealthy families (hard to do in a truly communist country) and those looking to enter government service typically make the journey.
Infrastructure
Carvasia's communal style of government and direct accountability of the levels of government to the people, contribute to a robust and advanced society with high standards of living, health, and wellbeing. Carvasian cities are well tended with a well maintained network of roadways. There are military outposts on land and water to offer protection and assistance.
For Self and Others
Type
Geopolitical, Country
Capital
Training Level
Trained
Veterancy Level
Trained
Demonym
Carvasian or Carver
Currency
The weights and purities of coins is standard across Empyria. However, the local terminology differs as well as the true purity. Striceland coins are the purest and therefore the most valuable. In Carvasia the terminology is as follows: 10 Copper Pips to a Silver Kern; 10 Silver Kerns to a Silver Ear; 10 Silver Ears to a Gold Bud.
Major Imports
Carvasia imports ores from Striceland, gemstones and education from East Bijou, and lumber, marble and granite from Alyeska.
Legislative Body
The Carvasian government is a series of identical bodies that report upwards from small farming communities to the national government. Farmers own their own lands and pool their resources for shared equipment, communal disaster funds, etc. The small cooperative pays into larger regional cooperatives which pay into still larger cooperatives, finally ending with the national government.
Judicial Body
Laws are mostly regional and enforced locally. This can become problematic if esoteric laws are passed in small communities, allowing individuals to become too powerful, or when corruption is allowed to run amok.
Rulings and sentences can be appealed to the next higher governing body and subsequently to the national government.
Cases of corruption, abuse of power, or other issues with local government can also be appealed.
Rulings and sentences can be appealed to the next higher governing body and subsequently to the national government.
Cases of corruption, abuse of power, or other issues with local government can also be appealed.
Controlled Territories
Neighboring Nations
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