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Dari'a
[u][b]Race[/b][/u]
Humans
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[u][b]Backstory-History[/b][/u]

The Dari'a Commonwealth was once nothing more then a river with small city states, or [i]"Dari"[/i], dotting its long winding trail to the coast, before emptying out through it's estuary into the warm water of the ocean. The Dari themselves were hardly cities any more then large farming communities using the vast arable land around the river.

Luckily for the Dari, their lack of any note worthy resources other then food and water made them able to remain outside of the Visha's expanding spheres of influence for a time. Eventually, however, a form a tribute system was created where the many Dari along the river were forced to give up portions of their harvest and even people on some occasions to be used in the Visha's slave force. As unfortunate as this was, however, this was also the first sense of unity between the many Dari.

As the time went on, life continued. Crops were gathered, fish was caught, and men and women were sent away to the deep underground never to be seen from again. The time was unpopular for all of the people, yet the Dari simply had no way to end it realistically, so they were forced to live their lives under the [i]"Siṭī masūla"[/i] the Visha had imposed.

The Siṭī masūla also had a positive effect on the Dari, as the shortening of food supplies and reliable manpower became more evident across the area, trade began in earnest along the river. Despite most of it being by small raft along the river or by caravan along the many trails, the people has found a way of living that kept them just as prosperous as before the Siṭī masūla period.

Records of the time during the ending of the Visha and the Siṭī masūla period are few and far between, due to a much larger event(to the Dari, at least) happening directly after.

When the Dari first expirenced the disspearence of the Visha, it was a time of joy and festival. At long last, they were free from a very demanding tribute system, and this feeling was felt all over the many cities. Before too long, the many leaders had met together in the Dari of Śukaraguzāra in an attempt of alliance and unification of the Dari to prevent such foreign influence of falling upon them again. The meeting had ended in a failure to many outside lookers. The formation of the Dari'a Commonwealth was nothing more then a large collection of highly autonomous city states agreeing to free trade and a defensive alliance. Hardly a unified people.

While many Dari people would say the same, the fact remains that the Dari'a due stand united against threatening foreigners. Yet, the Dari people are hardly xenophobic either. Due to a large lack of natural resources such as iron and copper, the Dari'a are forced to trade with many other groups in order to secure such resources. In return, many artisans within the 'Capital City' of Śukaraguzāra create wondrous creations to send to other states. From jewelry thanks the clams offshore, or simple benches and tables from the forests.

The Dari'a Commonwealth, while united only in name and commerce, has its influence in many ports and cities along the western coast.

[b]Government-[/b]
Despite not being united, the Commonwealth does have a governmental system that holds very little true power when it comes to the highly autonomous Dari.

[i]The Cōnakāra[/i] - The Cōnakāra is an elected figurehead for life, and is elected from one of the ruling families of the many Dari. Despite being the ruler of the Dari'a Commonwealth, he or she doesn't hold much power, since most Dari maintain their ruling families dictation of laws and actions. The Cōnakāra however, does hold power over the capital of Śukaraguzāra, where most citizens do consider themselves a united people.

[i]Ghaṭa prīśada[/i] - The Ghaṭa prīśada is the only part of the Commonwealth 'Government' that has the power to make decisions having to do with foreign affairs, but are still unable to effect the independent Dari directly. Even when it comes to foreign affairs, they do not have to authority from the Dari to declare wars. Instead they act as a trade management council, choosing who to trade with and managing the few ports along the coast.

[i]Dari Royal Families[/i] - The only people with any power in the Dari are the several families who each own a single Dari to their name. They alone have the authority to pass individual laws and acts within the city of their ownership. This causes a great deal of problems since there are uncountable number of conflicting laws between the cities.