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[ggamer]

Exactly what it says on the tin. These countries can be anything, sci-fi, feudal, mideval, modern, colonial, if it is in some form organized, it fits.

I'll archive them all in this post!

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Sci-Fi

Spoiler: Panmagia (click to show/hide)

Race: Humans
Label: Magickers
Location: Panmagia, Gaeus

Bio: This civ is living in the equivalent of medieval Earth, but has by a wide margin the highest percentage of magically talented humans of the three factions on Gaeus. What this means is that they have a lot of wizards and magical items, which has eliminated the need for further technological progress.

Spoiler: Steamer Empire (click to show/hide)

Race: Humans
Label: Steamers
Location: Steamer Empire, Gaeus

Bio: This civ is notably further ahead than the Magickers (another civ on Gaeus), but they took a liking to steampower. Although their technology is inferior to that of modern day Earth, their capabilities with steampowered machinery far exceed our own. They have various vehicles, including trains, cars and massive airships. Despite their aversion to other sources of power, they manage to live some pretty nice lives in their relatively small towns.

Spoiler: United Technological Communion (click to show/hide)

Race: Humans
Label: The UTC
Location: UTC Mainland, Gaeus

Bio: This civ has sped ahead of the other factions on Gaeus in terms of technology, and has reached a point beyond our own today. Although they could take over the two other factions pretty easily (these guys have military capabilities that dwarf USA today), they have chosen not to, and thus live fairly isolated from the others. Or so they try, anyways, since both the Magickers and Steamers are very interested in their almost technomagical gadgets, despite them both not wanting to progress further on their own.

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[Shook]

Do entire worlds count? Because i have one, called Gaeus. :U

http://shook12.deviantart.com/art/World-writeup-Gaeus-272997992

Right there. What's not mentioned there is that the three continents are called Panmagia, Steamer Empire and UTC Mainland, in order of appearance. I have yet to think up any names for the oceanic islands.

[ggamer]

added. Thanks for the contribution bro!

[nighzmarquls]

Hmmm well I don't have much work organized on them yet but here are some broad strokes for critters I've made.

http://www.rprepository.com/c/lovecraftnicely/15587

[Svarte Troner]

Technology-schmechnology 

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The Snaa'irebis are a tribe of 'primitive' nomads who wander the rolling steppes and frozen taigas of Northern Aizuuria. The tribe is made up of many sub-tribes, which pepper most of the upper half of Aizuuria. The Snaa'irebi people themselves could be considered akin physically to Neanderthal, albeit with a much higher capacity for intelligence. They channel this intelligence into their spiritual lives and have a diverse pantheon of deities and spirits. Some tribes are more shamanistic in nature with a heavy emphasis on nature and ancestor worship. The harsh northern regions tend to isolate the shamanic tundra tribes from the more warlike steppe nomads. These tundra tribes rely on the frozen northern oceans for food, traveling miles per hunt to catch the food necessary to feed their kinsmen, while the steppe nomads are usually pastoral hunter-gatherers.

The Snaa'irebi tribes can be split into 2 distinct subgroups:

The Kylmaak
The Kylmaak people inhabit almost the entire northern coasts of Aizuuria, where the ice thaws for only a few weeks per year. The Kylmaak survive in the frozen wastes by burrowing beneath the snow and excavating relatively large rooms where they live their day to day lives. At the center of Kylmaak villages is a special, larger burrow which houses the shaman of the village. The men of the tribe embark on long expeditions during the summer months for supplies, while food is obtained during the winter almost solely by fishing. Contact with other cultures is very infrequent and foreigners rarely venture far north enough to meet the Kylmaak. Central to Kylmaak mythology are the Tiinuut, a race of giant men who guard passage to the afterlife and are said to roam the tundra during blizzards.

The Inemkurt
The Inemkurt are a horde of nomads extending across the steppes and arid plains of southern Aizuuria. In order to maintain their pastoral way of life, the Inemkurt herd powerful horses. The horse is, by far, the most revered being of the Inemkurt religion and warlords are commonly buried beneath their horses. Slave trading is a boon amongst the Inemkurt, who raid settlements for slaves and wealth. It's not uncommon for slaves and conquered peoples to be sacrificed in huge numbers as offerings to the spirits and ancestors. Women are treated almost equally to men and will be seen raiding villages along with their warrior husbands.

edit: added some detail.

Well, at least I know I can ramble.

[_DivideByZero_]

Hmm, would the five nations from the space wizard RTD in my sig count? I've been looking for some motivation to start writing about them, because I have all sorts of stuff I could about them that's been stagnating in my mind for a while.

[RedKing]

Off the top of my head:

World: Etlia
Continents: Kaljian, Tanjian
Civs on Kaljian:
The Duchies of Beshan - A successor state to the Kingdom of Beshtria, the 12 duchies of Kyrwen (Beshtria, Basuran, Maltria, Kyrwen, Istria, Kalizan, Kelorain, Harwen, Newlan, Oronn and two others I can't think of at the moment) dominate the southern third of the continent of Kaljian. Politically, the three Central Duchies of Beshtria, Basuran and Maltria are the core of the old Beshtrian kingdom which was forced by the outer duchies into a "first among equals" sort of arrangement after a civil war. A loose confederation of frontier duchies, led by the coastal Kyrwen (and its naval power) form the counterbalance to the Central Duchies' power. To the south, the vast province of Newlan encompasses an expanse of sparsely populated moors, hills and taiga. Beyond that to the southeast lies the mountainous peninsula of Oronn, inhabited by the tribal bird-men for whom the duchy is named.

Among the coastal mountains to the west live the derros of Stanheim, and to the southwest, the dark and snowy forests of the Nighwood. There the elan make their uneasy home (yes, they're dwarves and elves, respectively...but with some differences). Both races previously lived in relative peace among the civilized lands of the Beshtrian Kingdom. But when the Outer Duchies rebelled and brought about the civil war, many of them found employment as mercenaries in the employ of the old King. When the King was finally forced from his throne, there was no reward for the many human conscripts and serfs who had fought (on both sides). But the nonhuman mercenaries had been well-acquitted, both from pay and from looting. This led to wave of racial tension and within a few years of the end of the civil war, to outright internecine warfare and ethnic cleansing. The derros fled the Duchies, rejoining their ancestral kin in Stanheim. The elan, long aboriginal inhabitants of the warmer plains and steppes, were driven into the taiga of the Nighwood. Many died in those first few years. The rest adapted to their new home and took up arms with a vengeance to keep humans out. An uneasy truce remains to this day.

A recent war with Azarya (see below) led the Council of Dukes to appoint (after some political manuevering) the Duke of Kyrwen as Lord High Marshal, placing all military responsibility on his shoulders. His enemies supported the move, thinking he was sure to fail and thus be discredited and removed as a political rival. Instead, he won a stunning truce with the Azaryans with little bloodshed by clever use of Kyrwen's navy to out-manuever the enemy. As Lord High Marshal was also one of the ceremonial titles of the old Beshtrian king, there is growing support to make him (or his son) the king of reunited kingdom.

Azarya - Beyond the Burashi steppes to the north of Beshan, lies the large arid realm of Azarya. Most of the empire is desolate wasteland peppered with small scattered settlements wherever there is a trade route or a site of resources. Azarya's central position in the continent is one of it's greatest strengths. The eastern portion of the empire, where the river Azar flows to the sea, is less hostile and the site of fertile fields which feed much of the empire. Its capital however, is far to the west, surrounding a large oasis which is sustained through magical means. Azarya has a complex relationship with magic, as a few centuries ago it was under the thrall of a foreign necromancer, which left the culture with a strongly ingrained suspicion of magic and the dead. The current rulers are theocratic priest-kings descended from a culture hero who (with the aid of his deity) liberated his people from the necromancer's rule. It was also this line who instituted the mage-slave system: all children are tested for magical talent early in life. Those with it are taken away and fitted with a slave collar which allows control over them to an overseer. They are treated well, and trained in the proper use of their powers, but they are essentially property of the Emperor and form a professional corps of battlemages and engineers.

I've got several other cultures on that world, but the details are escaping me at the moment and I don't have my notes here at work.

[ggamer]

Technology-schmechnology 

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The Snaa'irebis are a tribe of 'primitive' nomads who wander the rolling steppes and frozen taigas of Northern Aizuuria. The tribe is made up of many sub-tribes, which pepper most of the upper half of Aizuuria. The Snaa'irebi people themselves could be considered akin physically to Neanderthal, albeit with a much higher capacity for intelligence. They channel this intelligence into their spiritual lives and have a diverse pantheon of deities and spirits. Some tribes a
re more shamanistic in nature with a heavy emphasis on nature and ancestor worship. The harsh northern regions tend to isolate the shamanic tundra tribes from the more warlike steppe nomads. These tundra tribes rely on the frozen northern oceans for food, traveling miles per hunt to catch the food necessary to feed their kinsmen, while the steppe nomads are usually pastoral hunter-gatherers.

Well, at least I know I can ramble.

quick question, is Aizurria the planet or the continent?

Hmm, would the five nations from the space wizard RTD in my sig count? I've been looking for some motivation to start writing about them, because I have all sorts of stuff I could about them that's been stagnating in my mind for a while.

sure, write dat shit up.

[Svarte Troner]

Technology-schmechnology 

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The Snaa'irebis are a tribe of 'primitive' nomads who wander the rolling steppes and frozen taigas of Northern Aizuuria. The tribe is made up of many sub-tribes, which pepper most of the upper half of Aizuuria. The Snaa'irebi people themselves could be considered akin physically to Neanderthal, albeit with a much higher capacity for intelligence. They channel this intelligence into their spiritual lives and have a diverse pantheon of deities and spirits. Some tribes a
re more shamanistic in nature with a heavy emphasis on nature and ancestor worship. The harsh northern regions tend to isolate the shamanic tundra tribes from the more warlike steppe nomads. These tundra tribes rely on the frozen northern oceans for food, traveling miles per hunt to catch the food necessary to feed their kinsmen, while the steppe nomads are usually pastoral hunter-gatherers.

Well, at least I know I can ramble.

quick question, is Aizurria the planet or the continent?

It's just a continent. I think I'll add some to compete with RedKing   

[NobodyPro]

So tempted to write up the tribes of Phoenix.