[quote=@OfWindAndRain] [hider=Fareeha Isis Amari of Mamlakat Asslahra] [center][h2][color=salmon]Fareeha Isis Amari of Mamlakat Asslahra[/color][/h2] [img]clevelandclinicabudhabi.ae/Publishingโ€ฆ [/img] [color=salmon][i]"Stop staring and mind your own damn business."[/i] -[b]Fareeha Isis Amari[/b][/color][/center] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“๐“ช๐“ถ๐“ฎ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Fareeha Isis Amari :: "Snake Queen" :: "Faree"[/INDENT] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“ฃ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ต๐“ฎ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Crown Princess/Heiress[/INDENT] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“๐“ฐ๐“ฎ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]24[/INDENT] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“–๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ป[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Female[/INDENT] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“ข๐“ฎ๐”๐“พ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐”‚[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Bisexual[/INDENT] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“๐“น๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Fareeha is a 5' 8" tall woman with what was formerly a slender physique-- now, it is muscled, toned, and weathered. With a dark bronze skin tone, smooth complexion, and unremarkable midnight-black hair, her basic physical traits are rather average for her people- it's her somewhat delicate jaw and cheekbones that suggest her royal heritage. She's got an average nose, and her eyes are a dark brown-- often mistaken for black, unless the light shines on her eyes. Her gaze is equally dark, oftentimes unfriendly or, at the very least, judging. The only colorful thing of her gaze is the golden flecks in her dark eyes, difficult to see without looking closely, and are again a sign of her heritage. Her hair is often cut to shoulder-length, and she currently has a third of her head shaved in a somewhat popular style in the modern day, with the rest of her hair slicked over to the opposite side. Her ears are pierced, and are the only parts of her that are. Her arms and legs are scarred from small, straight lacerations, her hands are rough and weathered, and her shoulders bear larger scars. On her right hand, in the center of her palm, is also the only snake bite that didn't completely heal-- two small spots of scar tissue bracketing either side of one of her veins.[/INDENT] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“Ÿ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ช๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐”‚[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Exceedingly confident, self-assured. Driven by her duty, certain ambitions, and dedicated over anything else. Thick-skinned, and while she personally can ignore even the most grievous of insults, anything said against her people or her family are taken extremely personally-- they are her people, her charges, and therefore must be defended accordingly. Fiercely sovereign, and expects others to be so as well, including close friends-- while she comes to the aid of her allies and friends, she doesn't do so without being asked too. She expects those that she likes, admires, or otherwise is friendly with to stand up for themselves. Is also a very casual and fun-loving. She can flip the switch and focus on enjoying herself and relaxing, in part because of her past-- and when she does, she cares very little for rank, title, or reservations.[/INDENT] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“›๐“ฒ๐“ด๐“ฎ๐“ผ + ๐““๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ด๐“ฎ๐“ผ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]LIKES: Reptiles, sweets, challenges, combat or fighting in any form, thunderstorms, other animals such as horses or elephants, being top dog, shiny and expensive things, and her people. But most of all, snakes and thunderstorms. DISLIKES: Stupidity, disrespect, ignorance, llamas, dishonesty, sandstorms, people who think they're superior (regardless if it's true), and being ignored or dismissed. [/INDENT] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“‘๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ฐ๐“ป๐“ช๐“น๐“ฑ๐”‚[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Was born, spent many years exploring her palace, home city, and surrounding desert, up until her wilderness guide and guard died to a snakebite. Then she went out alone after that. Grew up being privately tutored, because she was expelled within a year of going to the private school all the upper echelon kids grew up in, and gained her GED early, at the age of 16-- a mixture of the best teachers, best study methods, and a determined mind. Three years later and Fareeha Amari has completely university courses for general education, and enters the military, applies for special forces training program. Meets the minimum requirements before her parents realize what she's done, and goes through almost the entire training course before her parents realize just how uncontrollable their child would be if she actually entered the military, much less the nation's special forces. While she does technically graduate the basic combat training for her people's special forces, she's pulled out before she can gain an official rank and promotion. Afterwards, she spends her time hanging out with off-duty fellows from training, being tutored on everything she needs to know about ruling her people and nation, and building up the largest park containing the largest variety of exotic and venomous creatures- and is the single largest owner of any sort of snake in the world.[/INDENT] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“•๐“’ + ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ญ๐“ฎ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]::salmon:: Binx Walton[/INDENT] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“‘๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ฃ๐“ธ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]TBD/N/A[/INDENT] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“ž๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]A king cobra, colloquially referred to as 'Sun,' or 'Sandy' A ball python, colloquially referred to as 'Farih,' or 'Princess' A fully black hyena, slightly larger than average, colloquially referred to as 'Fangs,' or 'Cackler.' -- Is also immune to venoms, and most poisons. This is due to a weekly practice the royal family participates in, where they inject themselves with small doses of a variety of venoms to strengthen their immune systems.[/INDENT] [/hider] [hider=The Mamlakat Asslahra][center][h2][color=skyblue]Official Kingdom Name[/color][/h2] [img]plzenskavstupenka.cz/images/placeholdโ€ฆ [/img] [color=salmon][i]Insert caption about picture here[/i][/color][/center] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“š๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ญ๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“๐“ช๐“ถ๐“ฎ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Mamlakat Asslahra -- Empire of Sand or Oil[/INDENT] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“š๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ ๐“พ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ท[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]--- Emperor Abasi Abdel Nasser --- Empress Ana Amari Nasser -- Princess Fareeha Isis Amari[/INDENT] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“š๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ญ๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ผ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Shiny oil black circle, ringed with gold, on a white backdrop with the bottom half of the backdrop being red. Oil black, golden yellow, white, red.[/INDENT] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“ฆ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“š๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ญ๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“š๐“ท๐“ธ๐”€๐“ท ๐“•๐“ธ๐“ป[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Primarily as the largest exporter oil, gas, diesel, biodiesel, and oil-related products like that. Also produces a high quantity of glass of various sorts, the single largest source of venomous and harsh wildlife, and exotic pets, the rarest and most expensive of furs, and of a family line that those of its blood are reportedly resistant to nearly any and all sickness, disease, and venom. [/INDENT] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ/๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“š๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ญ๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“—๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ป๐”‚[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]The Kingdom of the Desert began when PsuedoAfrica, PsuedoEurope, and PsuedoMiddle East realized it existed. Then they sent their exiles, rebels, or other unwanted parties there. Two hundred years later and it had become settled. Four more hundred years and the first emperor rose, a man with roots from Egypt, a rebel whose name had been struck from the history books. The atrocities he committed on Mamlakat Asslahra similarly struck him from the history books when he was revolted against and slain. In his place rose a new Emperor, the first of the Amari line, reportedly a Snake Whisperer. Twelve hundred years later and a small, respectable nation had sprouted up, one that was hardy, and strong due to the harsh wilds of the island nation. Whales were big back then, and they were mainly a fish nation, up until the early 1800s, when oil was discovered... About two hundred years later, Mamlakat Asslahra has one of the richest monarchies in the world, and is the largest exporter of oil. Using deals with Konigreich through Athens, and the Sovereignty, they are a major member of the global oil market.[/INDENT] [color=salmon][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“ž๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]N/A[/INDENT] [/hider] [hider=Quentin Houston of the Texas Sovereignty] [center][h2][color=burlywood]Quentin Houston of the Texas Sovereignty[/color][/h2] [img] https://cdn.movieweb.com/img.news.tops/NEgJJ6wbenJ0ji_3_b/Kingsman-2-Golden-Circle-Clip-Channing-Tatum-Character.jpg [/img] [color=burlywood][i]"insert character quote here"[/i] -[b]Quote author[/b][/color][/center] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“๐“ช๐“ถ๐“ฎ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Quentin Ronald Houston [/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“ฃ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ต๐“ฎ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Prince of the Texas Sovereignty[/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“๐“ฐ๐“ฎ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]23[/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“–๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ป[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Male, female, etc[/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“ข๐“ฎ๐”๐“พ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐”‚[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Heterosexual[/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“๐“น๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT] 6' 2" hunky muscley beef-man, with an almost arrogant poise, self-assured and vaguely superior air, and forever looking down on those around him- even managing it to those he's shorter than. Probably about two-hundred-thirty pounds of bone, sinew, muscle, skin, a few brain cells, with a slightly tanned complexion on normally pale-warm skin, with blue-green eyes and short, downy-soft brown hair. Strong jaw and facial bones, straight nose. Moderately roughened hands, with his proportions definitely favoring his shoulders and upper chest, though he does possess a set of long, powerful legs. [/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“Ÿ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ช๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐”‚[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT](bullet form or paragraph)[/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“›๐“ฒ๐“ด๐“ฎ๐“ผ + ๐““๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ด๐“ฎ๐“ผ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Likes: Singing, almost all music with the exception of any sort of music that he finds degrading or blatantly disrespectful to anyone, whether an individual, gender, or ethnic group. Finds larger animals interesting, loves the internet and all that goes on in it, any sort of freedom from anything, loves fruits of almost any kind, though he definitely prefers kiwi and strawberry. Greatly enjoys memes of any sort, as well as art and literature- also enjoys like-minded people who are similarly open-minded and wide-eyed. Enjoys early mornings and active days, and relaxing in the evening. Cooking and multitasking are two things he's become very familiar with, and he has a soft spot for cobblers, beef, snake, and soft hair. One thing sure to warm his heart is a close bond of any sort, whether it be between a person and an item, pet, family, or friend. Cocoa Cola, Big Blue, Mentos NOW Mints, and sweet tea. Streamers, memes, gaming, and board games. Cattle, livestock, agriculture, and hard work are also things he approves and enjoys. Dislikes: Disrespect, pretentiousness, arrogance, superiority complexes, inequality, debts of any sort, wild animals where they don't belong, Also hates cabbage, tea that isn't sweet, people with sticks up their bums, laziness or uncertainty, and jobs left unfinished. Can't stand those who don't give an effort with something, nor can he stand narrow-minded people, or people who aren't willing to share his point of view- he's somewhat narrow minded, ironically, in that regard. Doesn't like being ruled, or controlled. Finds issue with greed or ambition, and genuinely doesn't understand the need for major politicking. [/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“‘๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ฐ๐“ป๐“ช๐“น๐“ฑ๐”‚[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT] Born to the Patriarch and Matriarch of the Texas Sovereignty, Quentin Houston is the second of five children- three brothers, and the last two are sisters, twins. He grew up in a modest mansion of a household known as the White House, which was because it was literally a very large white house, on The Houston Ranch outside of the capital city- Dallas. He grew up shooting, exploring, being tutored, ranching, and helping with farming. He learned how to work his hands and his mind, and while he prefers his hands, he knows the importance of what's what. He's grounded, down to earth, and proud of his people, because as a ruling member of one of the largest agricultural producers in the world, he knows just how hard his people work to accomplish what they do. By age 18, he was taught what was deemed important enough for him and his brothers and sisters to be tutored in- the three older brothers and two younger sisters- which included basic math, and more advanced world history, government, and economics stretching into university-level. At the same time, he could woodwork, farm, do basic mechanicwork, ranchwork, and more. By age 20, he had found a new side of life: one of the modern day. After his first eighteen years as a very hands-on, isolated 'prince,' he was allowed to go off on his own for a few years to find himself, learn about his people, and occasionally act as a government agent in settling disputes or the like. Accompanied by one of his uncles, and a series of bodyguards, he spent some time in New Houston, a trade city that sprouted up around the Trans-Oceanic Canal, the single route to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific without sailing hundreds of miles out of one's way.It's here that he joined society, and began exploring the city for all sorts of things- museums, art galleries, gaming lounges, even briefly taking time to give speeches at the local university to students who have never had money, or had ever worked with their hands. He briefly tried to get into the streaming scene, but he failed epically-- he was too unfamiliar with games, and wasn't naturally good at them. Instead, he turned to vlogging. For the next two years, Quentin Houstin has become one of the largest vloggers in the world, regularly taking short trips across the world just for the sake of content-- and was able to do so, both because of diplomatic missions his parents required of him, his own bank account, and his own status as a prince. [/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“•๐“’ + ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ญ๐“ฎ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]FC: Channing Tatum (specifically in the 2nd Kingsman movie), color code: burlywood[/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“ข๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฐ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v5hXZdbUj8] What Is My Life - Artist[/url] [sub][i]A Few Lyrics here[/i][/sub][/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“‘๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ฃ๐“ธ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Princess Isabella Cotilla del Reyes of Evalusia [/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“ž๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]-- He is a practiced mimic, which is sometimes part of his vlogs' content -- His family's herd is some of highest grade of cattle in the world, second only to special herds of cattle that create Wagyu beef, or of similar grade in a few special farms in the Sovereignty or Aciras. [/INDENT] [/hider] [hider=The Texas Sovereignty][center][h2][color=burlywood]The Texas Sovereignty[/color][/h2] [img]plzenskavstupenka.cz/images/placeholdโ€ฆ [/img] [color=burlywood][i]Insert caption about picture here[/i][/color][/center] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“š๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ญ๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“๐“ช๐“ถ๐“ฎ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Texas Sovereignty; the TS[/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“š๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ ๐“พ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ท[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT]Patriarch Jamison the Third Houston, and Matriarch Sarah Houston, are the two leading members of the monarchy that technically controls the Sovereignty. They are supported with several close family branches, and their five children: Jamison the Fourth, crown heir at 26 and married, Quentin, at 23, Joseph, at 20, and the twin girls Jamie and Amie, at 17. [/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“š๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ญ๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ผ[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT] Sky blue, wheat gold, cotton white. [/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“ฆ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“š๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ญ๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“š๐“ท๐“ธ๐”€๐“ท ๐“•๐“ธ๐“ป[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT] Agriculture, most notably cotton/beef/grain, for being a major distributor of product from Atlantic/Pacific and vice versa, and for being the youngest nation of 90 years or so. [/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ/๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“š๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ญ๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“—๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ป๐”‚[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT] The Soveriegnty began with the memberstate of the Aciras Monarchy known as Texas, which, after nearly a century of local government bickering, eventually came to the conclusion that they'd like to break away from Aciras, and strike it on their own, so to speak. While the reason why never came to the public, rumors suggest that there was actually a burgeoning revolutionary movement in Texas-- one that included many members of the local government. Instead of a violent revolution, however, the local government petitioned the monarchy for independence. After many years of debate, a close alliance was guaranteed, many people disappeared from both sides, though no one really important, in what Aciras doesn't really acknowledge but the Soveriegnty calls the Quiet War of Independence. Eventually, the TS broke away and formed a new government... and then revealed that there was a sizable militia-turned army ready to go, and began to conquer/annex the Central Aciran countries of low prosperity and population, creating the TS. [/INDENT] [color=burlywood][b]๐Ÿ’Ž๐“ž๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป[/b] โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•[/color] [INDENT] [hider=New Houston; the Trans-Oceanic Canals] It is here that the Texas Sovereignty, which conquered the land not even a century beforehand with a mixture of force and economics, finds most of its trade and diversity: all sorts of people live in New Houston, and it's the single largest port in the world, with hundreds of cargo and warships passing through the multitude of canals and into port every day, from both oceans. While there are other nations that facilitate trade and the like, the Sovereignty produces massive amounts of agricultural products and ships it worldwide, with top exports being chicken, beef, corn, grains of various sorts, and cotton. Here, the Texas Sovereignty also stimulates the world economy by buying up goods and the like from one part of the globe, running them through their cities and peoples at home, and then through the canals to the opposite side of the world; they do so without major markup, and making very little money off of this normally impractical approach to economics. However, in doing so, they increase demand for oil, products on both sides of the world, and enrich the lives on either end, and passively improve relationships that foreign people have with the TS, making the TS's agricultural sales to increase. They are not a rich people, and their intention never is that of one.[/hider] [hider=Ethics and Wages] Something that sets TS apart is they don't necessarily have ethics or the like. Where the majority of the world has, at this modern point, decided that any form of slavery is bad and should forever be avoided, TS makes its business rather cost-efficient by employing indentured servants. Laws about one's rights are actually looser in TS than almost any other first-world country, and it shows in that debt is often bought up that belongs to foreign people, when they come to TS, so that they can become indentured and work of their debt to their new Texan owners while the Texan owners profit by having a relatively cheap labor force. While they aren't abused, it isn't necessarily ethical; however, it is accepted by the populous. Normal citizens, when finding there to be debt, can and will sell themselves into indentured servitude to pay it off without having to worry about all the finances themselves; it's part of the culture, and even though it's somewhat new, in that it's been part of the Sovereignty for its short lifespan of nearly a century, it has become something accepted due to the almost largely reasonable treatment of people; basic human rights for being cared for and treated respectful exist, rather than an unalienable right for freedom. Even when Texans are indentured, they don't see it as slavery- just something they have to do so they can remain truly free, of either debt or of servitude, depending on whether or not they're indentured. [/hider][/INDENT] [/hider] [/quote] they look good but pls add quentin's personality :D <3