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[b][h2]Location/Geography[/h2][/b]
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[b][h2]General Introduction[/h2][/b]
The Resomi are a diminutive race of avian raptors, barely reaching two feet in height. They are overall a major cultural center, creating massive cathedrals in the name of their god, the patron of arts. They have an incredible commission-based art flourishing, and many art schools can be found in the city states. The center of this conglomeration that every once and a while fights against each other is Tivoli. It is the most magnificent city, and most immigration traffic is routed to it.


[b][h2]History[/h2][/b]
The Resomi developed in a frozen wasteland of a land, and quickly became extremophiles designed for cold. At first, they were tribes. However, once they began to organize, they rapidly developed into towns. They managed to do this by learning to ranch the local wildlife and importing food from various nearby sources.
The city states were formed a long time ago, and were quickly turned against each other. Adversity fueled creativity, and soon they flourished into the first golden age of arts. This was akin to a classical age, and many empires conquered the other city states.
Soon it was left to two empires, whom have had their names lost to the sands of time. They created great works of arts and amazing constructions, which would influence the province for centuries to come. The province, while in a permanent winter and wracked by blizzards, would always be a nation of culture. This was their beck and call.
The empires sparred every once and a while, but by and large they mainly exchanged culture, developing incredible feats of classical art and architecture. Even to the present day, ancient and beautiful artifacts from these times can be found.
These empires, eventually, collapsed. This descended the province into city states waging war against each other. This did not stop their desire for culture, however, and while the arts and architecture took a blow from the fall, they did not stop. They devolved, but began their redevelopment once again.
This was essentially the dark ages for the province. Kingdoms eventually formed. They rose and fell in warfare between each other, before they eventually cracked once again into city states.
These city states took the idea of exploration and seized it, sailing in the name of the goddess Ariana. They traveled the world, about three hundred years before present time. They met new cultures and diffused their information into their own. Thus began the second flourishing of the arts.
The arts had finally recovered from the fall of the empires. The Resomi used all they had learned from the other cultures to cultivate their own. Architecture soon returned to magnificence and religion continued to be strengthened. The modern city states were born.
A notable event in their history that truly bore the third flourishing of the arts was the war against the Order. The Crown of Virith was attacked and the Resomi came to their aid. The pike and shot forces landed in the southwest of the Virithian mainland, and moved northwards. There, they participated in several battles.
However, the order learned that the city states were highly undefended as a result. They sent a fleet to invade, and managed to attack the city state of Sira. Despite defenses by both the Eloia and the Mystrost, the city fell. It, however, held out long enough for the forces of the city states to return and push them back. Thus ended the involvement of the Resomi in the war.
Now the Resomi are in the middle of a power vacuum, continuing to create great works of art and architecture as they war between each other.


[h2][b]Government & Society[/b][/h2]

[hider=Resomi] The Resomi are very small, rarely reaching more than 3-4'/1m in height, and weigh less than 90lbs/40kg. They have rapid metabolisms and very inefficient digestive systems. They tend to have robust and effective immune systems and very few of the genetic disorders and maladies that plague contemporary humanity.

They evolved for a very cold and very barren land, Because of this, their skin is a fine insulator and many of their internal processes are not particularly energy-efficient; they cannot cope well at all with high temperatures.

Their hearing is exceptionally sensitive to the point that they can detect a person moving on the other side of a wall, but comes at the cost of being extremely vulnerable to sonic weaponry like noise spells.
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The Resomi are a cultural people, governed by independent city states. These city states are incredibly different from one another, some being monarchies, others being republics, some being democracies, and so on. But adversity drives innovation, and so they have become a foremost cultural power in the world. Their religion, the Sect of Insight, lead by the Archbishop of Tivoli, has spread far and wide. Their fine art is heavily desired in foreign lands, and there is always plenty paintings to go around.


[h2][b]Economy & Industry[/b][/h2]
The City States of Brescia are varied in what they creat, but in general they create the arquebus, pikes, fine art, and architecture plus building materials. Their economy is based on fine art and banking, and the rich families get to where they are banking. There they commission and sell fine art. The church draws from the fund of rich worshipers to fund their great cathedrals.


[b][h2]Military Overview[/h2][/b]
The Brescian military is unique in that there is no cohesive mass. Each city state has its own army, often based off of mercenaries. This is where Tivoli comes in. They use mercenaries only as an ancillary, and focus instead of a highly trained, highly loyal militia force. This militia force is equipped with the best of the best, and like the rest of Brescia, focuses on the pike and shot doctrine.

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