I am so conflicted on what to be.

Just so many things.

I could be the empire of hands and go about revering the hand, something of which is the hallmark of the ambitious creature and make hyper realistic marble statues of hands all over the place. Every victory stele coming with at least a large, pulsating fist as the topper.

Or go and make my iron age maori-carthaginian mix and have warrior merchants that commit cannibalism and do human sacrifice while actively engaging in trade with other nations and thinking about the meaning of existence. As you can see, my folk are far more civilized than whatever savage beasts ASTA will make.