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[b]Name of Nation:[/b] Pokash

[b]Nation Characteristics:[/b] Though dim-witted by many standards, the hatalmawsh of Pokash defend their homeland with ferocity and pride. The hatalmawsh's biological incapability to second-guess its own beliefs makes for a bigoted species that has trouble understanding others and engaging in diplomacy with foreign nations. Pokash disguises its every negotiation as a rancorous demand: "PROVIDE A PORT TO BUY OUR GOODS." "ENGAGE IN PEACE TALKS." "ACCEPT 3,000,000 CREDITS IN AID, DAMN YOU." Hatalmawsh culture values 'bigness' as the ultimate standard of beauty and authority. The swamp is good because it is big enough to sustain us, the trees are good because they are big enough to live in, the mountains are good because they are big enough to defend our land, and Boss Hash is the boss because he is taller than you or me.

[b]Nation Location:[/b] Nova Mondial. [s]Swamp area beneath southern mountains on large eastern continent. Territory also expands a little north into that mountain range, along the river.[/s] EDIT: Someone beat me to the swamps! Can I have some of that mountain region next to the yellow-orange?

[b]Nation Initial Population:[/b] 53 million

[b]Species Name:[/b] Hatalmawsh

[b]Species Characteristics:[/b] The three-legged hatalmawsh strides through swamps and scales cliffsides with ease, thanks to webbed claws on each long, spindly limb. Its bulbous abdomen is covered in slimy strands of hair. Three beady black eyes, one centereed between each pair of shoulders, look out in all directions. To feed, the carnivorous hatalmawsh traps its prey with its legs and settles down to gore it with a tough beak on the underside of its spherical belly, later vomiting out the bones and waste. The creatures communicate through touch and vocalizations.

[b]Side Chosen in Void War:[/b] Strong allegiance to the Cindorayi due to history of trade and support.

[b]Technological Level:[/b] Pre-modern technology - the hatalmawsh have traded for modern-era devices, but have failed to implement the innovations of ideas, such as the assembly line, that would allow them to produce their own technologies at a large scale. As such, most hatalmawsh make do with what they can personally scavenge and create. The wealthy make use of luxury technologies from foreign nations, making Pokash rely heavily on imports to remain relevant on the world stage. The nation has little space presence. Every few years it launches another doomed satellite, sometimes manned by an unfortunate crew, to crash and burn and leave the hatalmawsh scientists scratching their furred abdomens over what could've gone wrong.

[b]Special Resource:[/b] Tiger drop mushrooms, a potent narcotic native to the Pokash swamps. A profitable trade is done worldwide by smuggling the stuff into nations that outlaw it. Pokash itself allows recreational use of the drug, partially because of the profits it hauls in from the flood of tourists to its heavily-taxed tiger drop parlors.