[b][u]The Nation Sheet:[/u][/b]

[b]Name:[/b] Vendici Autarchy
[b]Location within Realm:[/b] Coastal lagoon stretching between Galadon and Stahlern.
[b]Species:[/b] Human
[b]Racial Traits:[/b] Olive skin tones; light brown to black hair; brown, green, hazel, and gold eye colors; typically 5’8” to 6’2” in height, for both sexes.
[b]Brief Overview:[/b] The Vendici Autarchy is a small nation with three cities settled in a coastal lagoon, thriving off of trade and foreign diplomacy, maintaining only a small military. Its people are hard working and respectful, seeking self-improvement in their work and worship.

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[b]Government type:[/b] Autocracy, autarch elected through a series of competitive tests involving a number of candidates from a pool of low-level politicians and their subordinates.

[b]Military:[/b] The Autarchy maintains a small standing military, mostly in the form of naval patrols and police. Most able-bodied individuals in the Autarchy receive regularly scheduled basic military training, for self-defense as well as in the event that a draft must be called. 

[b]Economy:[/b] The Vendici economy is fueled by careful negotiation and free trade, using their golden bravos and exotic exports to become a fairly prosperous nation, for its size. 

[b]Religion:[/b] The Vendici religion has no name or worship procedures. Instead, it is hero worship and the deification of the mortal man who has gone above and beyond. The mythos is scattered and sometimes varied, leaving the canonicity of each tale unknown.

[b]Society:[/b] Vendician cities are busy day and night. The hours of daylight are filled with hard work in the docks, shops, and canals; at night, many of the honest folk leave the streets to make room for duelists, consorts, and gamblers. Regardless of the time, Vendicians are respectful of one another, rarely speaking rudely outside of playful banter.