Gurgilipop
The Kingdom of Gurglipop covers a scattered set of settlements in the waters south of the Island Continent of Bellflower . It consists of a variety of militant fishmen who want to rule all the seas from New Minam to the Henderent Plains. This is in reality far beyond what they are actually capable of, but unrealistic expectations are a hallmark of their society.
Periodically they raid villages in the Towers of Stone, the Matron Mysterium, Tua Janin and the Argon Empire. They also work to raid passing ships, but quickly abandon that attack if there is sufficient force presented to them. As a result mercenaries companies often sell travel protection services between ports of Miuzu and Roya and travel back and forth along that sea course. These experts are known as Fish Flayers or the Wave Lashers. Still the risk of ship assault and plundering is a present danger along the coast because the raiding Gurglipop.
Structure
Groups called pods are the basic social center. From there a pod leader is selected as being the strongest and most militarily capable. Each pod is grouped into a larger group known as a Match Run, then they Match Runs are grouped into a "School" which is run by a
Military
The Military is the primary force other than taking care of the necessities. Every adult member of society is trained in the net, trident, and spear. Military drills and forays are regular expectations in society, and follow a regular cadence based on water temperature, moon phase and divinations from their shell priests.
Consume, Breed, Conquer
Founding Date
Unknown as they don't do well recording their history
Demonym
Gurgills or Gilled Demons
Government System
Dictatorship
Power Structure
Feudal state
Economic System
Barter system
Official Languages
Neighboring Nations
At slow simmering War
While the Mysterium doesn't believe it is at war, it believe they are just being raided by a disorganized force of raiders. The Gurgilipop however believe they are in pitched war for dominance. This difference of perspective leads to great confusion when the Mysterium doesn't take the fish folk threats seriously. Translation also tends to be an issue as the fish folk emissaries rarely speak clearly enough for others to understand them.
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