As per request...here is Pólemos for consideration. [hider=Pólemos] [center][h1][color=a72d03]Pólemos[/color][/h1] [img]https://66.media.tumblr.com/c2837c242114f025d88461c2221355fc/tumblr_pjnt6nNUer1t2au2do1_1280.jpg[/img] [color=FFBE65][i]The Pólemesian flag[/i][/color][/center] [color=FFBE65][b]💎𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓭𝓸𝓶 𝓝𝓪𝓶𝓮[/b] ――――――――――[/color] [INDENT]Kingdom of Pólemos || [i]Pólemos, Pólemesian/Polem[/i][/INDENT] [color=FFBE65][b]💎𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓠𝓾𝓮𝓮𝓷[/b] ――――――――――[/color] [INDENT] King Stavros Kokinos, King of Pólemos Age: 51 years Notes: --- is loved by his people --- believed in expansion, but did not think the navy needed expanding --- personally requested Princess Agatha when Pólemos demanded the province of Lea, having fallen in love with her at first sight --- only really allows gender equality to keep peace; is himself somewhat misogynistic and elitist Queen Agape, Queen of Pólemos, [i]deceased[/i] Age: 27 years (she would be 47 now) Notes: --- died in childbirth --- she was renamed Agape, but was born Agatha, and was originally a princess of a neighboring country called Durham who was betrothed to Stavros at 16 to stave off war (as well as Pólemos being given the province Lea); they were married the following year when Stavros was 21 --- was beloved[/INDENT] [color=FFBE65][b]💎𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓭𝓸𝓶 𝓒𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓻𝓼[/b] ――――――――――[/color] [INDENT][color=A72D03]Red[/color], [color=D63903]Bright Red[/color], [color=030303]Black[/color], and [color=FFBE65]Gold[/color], but most people wear white or light blues or pinks to deal with the heat || [color=A72D03]#A72D03[/color], [color=D63903]#D63903[/color], [color=030303]#030303[/color], [color=FFBE65]#FFBE65[/color][/INDENT] [color=FFBE65][b]💎𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓭𝓸𝓶 𝓲𝓼 𝓚𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓕𝓸𝓻[/b] ――――――――――[/color] [INDENT]strong military, somewhat weaker navy, bathing, being predominantly polytheistic, tradition, ruins of a coliseum (ended in 1674 by Prince Elias Kokinos’ namesake, King Elias Mávros) — They are highly traditional, but the tradition is far more open than one would think: — — Pólemesians still believe dying in combat or dying in childbirth are the most honorable ways to die — — proper funeral rites include having one’s body burned and the ashes done with as either the deceased has requested or as the family wishes, whether that be stored in urns with the rest of the family or mixed with other ashes or spread in various places — — mourning/grieving lasts two months and is denoted by wearing darker colors; deep reds, dark blues, or black are the most popular colors — — all men must serve at least five years in the military, and you can start serving at the age of 18 (upped from 16 in 1949); most men have completed their mandatory service by 24 — — if a draft is imposed, all able-bodied and able-minded men (and sometimes women, too) between the ages of 18 and 30 are asked to fight for their country; however, seeing as women are the only sex capable of repopulation, drafts typically do not include women unless a special regulation is added, which usually limits the age range as 18 to 24 (men are essentially viewed as expendable in this equation) — — women can choose to take on military careers/services if they so choose, and are trained just as hard as men; a woman in the military is oftentimes more skilled than the men in her company, and held to twice the regard — — as to be expected, the military is one of the noblest professions, with primary glory being reserved for the army, followed by the marines, then the navy, then coast guard — hair is still considered a sign of status; it is not at all surprising to see both men and women alike with long hair, and the royal family holds pride and even rankings in their hair length, with kings and crown princes being allowed to have the longest hair, with any other princes typically keeping it at shoulder-length (queens and princesses can have their hair at any length)[/INDENT] [color=FFBE65][b]💎𝓡𝓮𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓽/𝓡𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓭𝓸𝓶 𝓗𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂[/b] ――――――――――[/color] [INDENT]— millennia old, dating back well into BC/BCE — bloody expansion period in the early 1200s, with most territories and old reclaimed countries being given back to their people in the mid 1400s — past royal family names include Thálamos, Syfirí, Docheío, and Mávros, and the current ruling house is Kokinos — became a version constitutional monarchy with the Senate taking more power and giving the people more power as well in 1865 — 1949 marked massive strides for gender equality, including giving women the right to vote, equal pay, and access to legal and safe abortions (something that had been outright outlawed in 1865, after having been available in ancient times through the long-extinct plant silphium and other plants and herbs; while not classified as illegal back then, there were times when an abortion back then would have been illegal, as in when the landowning husband died without an heir and the wife was pregnant at the time of death) — 1949 also marked massive strides for workers’ rights and child labor laws, including raising the age of adulthood to from 16 to 18; this also increased the legal drinking age — 1987: the then-Prince Stavros Kokinos makes a bold move by convincing his father to demand a temporarily-weaker neighboring country, Durham, to hand over a province, but when they went to negotiate, Stavros came up with another idea: no battle, but marriage to their Princess Agatha the following year when he turned 21 and the province of Lea; it was agreed, and Lea now is considered a Pólemesian territory — 1998: Queen Agape (formerly Princess Agatha) dies from complications during childbirth while giving birth to Princess Dafni [/INDENT] [color=FFBE65][b]💎𝓞𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻[/b] ――――――――――[/color] [INDENT][color=FFBE65][b]💎𝓒𝓪𝓹𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓵[/b] ――――――――――[/color] [INDENT]Agrios, Pólemos || [i]home of the royal family and the Senate[/i][/INDENT] [color=FFBE65][b]💎𝓦𝓸𝓻𝓭𝓼[/b] ――――――――――[/color] [INDENT]“Fight, Protect, Survive” “Blood and ash make fertile ground” “Our Blood Will Burn”[/INDENT] [color=FFBE65][b]💎𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓮[/b] ――――――――――[/color] [INDENT]— functions a bit more like a court or council than it does an actual governing body, though it is responsible for important legislation reaching the monarch — there are requirements to being eligible to run for a Senator position: you must be at least 24 years of age and not holding any other office of power (so no princes or other leaders) — there used to be limits regarding being male or a landowner, but with better gender equality being established in 1949 and the abolition of slavery in 1738, those two rules were done away with — there is a current limit of 200 Senators (upped from 50 in 1949, as well as the lifting of the male-only rule), and elections are held every two years; you can serve as many times as you wish but most fall out of favor after eight terms (16 years)[/INDENT] [/INDENT] [/hider]