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Species: Lentanian

Homeworld: Lentania

Territory: Planet of Lentania and its two moons Trident and Harp

Capital World: Lentania

Capital City: Celentia

Currency: Larinces

Government: An Republic led by the Senate which is elected by the people every 4 years (Years are measured by Lentanian years which last 360 days)

A Lentanian day is also 24 hours

POPULATION:
Lentania: 1,345,900,000
Trident: 0
Harp: 0
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Appearance

Lentanians resemble humans in almost everyway except Lentanian's only have one eye located just above the nose instead of 2 like humans

They are also on average 6 ft tall. They have an olive skin complection with usually dark hair and dark brown eyes
If a human was to see a Lentanian the first thing that would come to there mind would be Cyclops.

The males are usually well built with muscley becuase of the Culture of having to remain fit, strong and healthy. The women on the other hand usually have an hourglass figure as the Culture asks that women showcase the beauty of the species and Lentanian life.

Facial hair is popular with men with most males featuring beards. Long hair on men however is undesirable. On Women long hair is desirable while short hair is not.

The Average life expectancy is 110 years old. Lentanians age much like humans

Clothing

Clothing in Lentania is much like the clothing you would see in ancient greece with toga's and robes. Lentanian's only wear robes with no under garments. They also wear sandals. jewelery, rings and bracelets are popular with the upper class. Tatooing is also common on sections of society such as slaves and criminals

Much of Lentanian culture is adopted from ancient Greece and there is a historic reason for this discussed in the history part.

Architecture

All buildings and architechture is also borrowed from ancient greece
With marble columns, decorative statues and fountains, open air markets and open air stone theaters and coloseum type structures.

Large statues are also frequiently shown around the cities. The streets are usually coble stoned. Inside some buildings and monuments there are grand portraits and paintings with mythical creatures such as the Bi-eyed creatures (Bi-eyes look exactly like humans/Lentanians with the two eyes and all. They are mythical beings in Lentania)

Reproduce/Breeding

Breeding is exactly like when humans breed. Women carry the babies in thier womb for 9 months before giving births. The birthrate is significantly lower then Humans. It is rare that a Lentanian will give birth to twins or triplets or anything above triplets. The most number of babies on record in one pregnancy is 4 babies and that has only happened once. Instead 90% of the time pregnanices result in only one child

Society

There is a pyrimid type structure in Society with a caste system

Master Councillor

The Senate

Government Employees

The Upper Class

The Military

The Citizens

The Slaves

The Criminals
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It is very hard to advance in this caste system but it is easy to slip up and find your self in a lower social status

Slaves and Criminals are banned from participating in elections. Criminals and Slaves are also permanently marked.

Should a slave ever advance as far as into the senate they are to be revered and respected more then any other senate member but are banned from ever becoming the master Councillor. but this is extrememly rare and has only happened twice in the entire Lentanian history

Military service is for 10 years as a minimum and is the only way to advance to the Upper Class

Government

All class of society except slaves and criminals can vote in elections every 4 years to elect a senate. Any upper class citizen can run for the senate.

Once the senate is formed made up of the individuals they vote to elect a Master Councillor who is the official head of state. The term is for 4 years and they can run as many times as they like

Depending on what class of society you come from life is full of freedom and liberty or it could be a life of fear and control.

The Death Penalty is legal and all death penalties are public held in large open roofed colloseums. usually it involves being decapitated, burnt or groups of the condemned are released in the colloseum to be chassed by the Lentanian serpent and enevitably killed

The death penalty is for Murderers, Rapists, Kidnappers and people done for treason

Torture is also permitted

Leasure

Lentanians love thier free time. They almost always spend thier free time out in the public. some popular past times include

The Public Square the public square provides the bulk of social activity and interaction with Lentanian culture

Story Telling in the public square

Basking in the public square

Listening to harp playing and singing

performing plays and shows in public

Selling personal possessions in the public square at open air markets

The Baths. Like the public square the baths are also very popular. Slaves and Criminals are banned from visiting the baths unless they are brought in by thier owners but even then they are still banned from going IN the pools.
It is not permitted to wear any peice of clothing while in the baths so everyone is naked. Afterwards they can dry in the sauna which is always attached to the Baths

There are also water exercises and swimming clases held regularly.

The Gardens Every city and community has a beautiful garden with pavilions and gazebo's.

People have treasure hunts for fun

Community picnic

Public displays of singers and musicians

family picnics

The Galia. This structure showcases local peices of art. It is usually a large building and is a main center point for culture. Any person (except slave and criminal) can submit thier art work to be put on dsiplay. it usually features sculptures and paintings and portraits. There are some rooms where you can attend artistic classes

The Colloseum. These grand structures are very popular for viewing public executions and other live entertainment. These can include

Athletic events and other sporting events

Public Executions

Mass Gymnastic routines and unison

Grand bands and live musicians

Religion

In is non existant and does not exist but contact with other species can change this?? However the Master Councillor is sometimes seen as god-like and unfailable

Technology

The Lentanians are a mixture of new and old. On the face of it, it would appear to be thousands of years behind many empires by just looking at its old fashioned architecture and culture much like Ancient Greek but it does have underground laboratories and has sent people to both thier moons. But that is as far as it goes. The Lentanian's believe that they can not be alone in the universe but so far they have NO contact with other species and dont know any exist

Relationships

Marriage in Lentania is called "Unions" as there is no religion all unions are conducted by the parents of bride and groom or groom and groom and bride and bride as same sex relationships are common.

It is widely thought that opposite sex relationships are traditional but homosexuality features quite a bit in Lentanian Culture and in a recent pole 45% of the population considered themselves Bisexual and 50% of the population said they had, had sex with a member of the same sex

A number of artwork feature two women or two men and some prominent people in society were Homosexual.

Hundreds of years ago All men over 40 were required to have a male teenage lover as well as a wife and the women in thier teenager was banned from having a male lover and were required to have a female lover before they reached thier 20th birthday but the practice was banned after radical reforms which aimed to "modernize" Lentanians from old traditions

HISTORY

Lentania's "Known" history goes back 3500 years but before that there is an "Unknown" history in which it was speculated Lentanians were a space faring civiliation. this has been descovered in ancient artwork from the period in which there was a "sister" species with 2 eyes on a "Brother" planet but then an event destroyed all Lentanian civilization and they went back to square one

3500 years later the world was united and both of Lentania's moons had been walked on by Lentanians. it has a facade of being an ancient race due to its culture but it ready to move onto other planets

It is located in a Silenist system

Planets in the Silenist System

Eron = A small inferno of a planet with no atmosphere

Lentania = a warm planet with quite a rough terrain of rocks, cliffs hills and warm oceans (Lentania has two moons Harp and Trident)

Boreus = A large gas giant. it contains 18 moons with most just being captured astroids

Hemron = A small frozen ice world

There is never a set date for a holliday instead the Master Councillor is to use all hollidays only once each year and he decides when they are held giving at least 30 days notice.

National Hollidays

Bath Festival:

The festival lasts 3 days and is to celebrate a cleansing of the soul and the health of the population and Lentania
Every section of society except slaves and criminals strip off all clothing and make thier way at midday to the town square's and fountains, lakes and baths. The fountains are put to full power so its spraying all over the streets and everyone gets wet they begin dancing in the fountain spray or in the lakes they splash themselves. Women will arrive on festival floats and hand the people floral necklaces until everyone is wet, nakes and wearing floral necklaces. Then its a night of drinking and then repeated it lasts 3 days

Family Day:

as many family get together as possable. The main hosts that is hosting his family presents a great feast or banquet or meal so thier family can eat. Seeing as slaves are seperated from thier biological parents at birth they do not celebrate this holliday

National Union:

Every unioned couple or anybody in a relationship takes to the streets where the entire population of the planet express thier love for eachother publicly with cards, floats and public displays and feasts. Everyone who participates in the parade has a pink coloured liquid rubbed on thier forehead to leave a mark

Spartikain

Is an annual mass choreographed gymnastic display in the colloseum. it is quite a spectacle and is popular with the crowds

Celentia Games

Every 4 years the Celentia games are held in the capital city of Celentia where every region of the planet sends athletes to compete for medals. This is not a holliday but is an important event

The Day of Rest

Is just an ordinary day where everybody does not have to work and can have a day of rest or leasure. Even slaves are allowed to rest from work

SOME common objects only grown on Lentania and thier properties that are of some value

Lees = Are like olives, they are healthy to eat and thier oils are good for your skin and its common for the uppoer class to bathe or rub themselves in the Lees oil

Celentia Spices = Made from a shrub grown around Celentia which is extremely tasty and is added to any dish but only the upper class can afford it

Marble = Marble is abundant in Lentania

OOC nice fact book about your Cyclops race

Thanks :P

I really wanted a really artisitc race based on the ancient romans or greeks and well cyclops ensured they still got to look like humans while still being different :P haha

ooc your welcame and it's a cool idea

my FT ruler would have like to have met you but you want a race that take slaves , in you RP so i have to wait when you are free

Yeah so basically the Lentanian people are to be slaves to a superior race thats the plan. I guess your empire isnt evil, expansionist and imperialist then?

ooc it's a Stratocracy Monarchy Empire from another dimension,

OOC: Oh i c.....

If any expansionist and imperialist empire is interested in conquering and colonizing Lentania go here http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=565987

ooc i have a idea for a race i can do to take you over

OK thats fine with me. Make it quickly before someone eventually descovers my thread hahaha

OK thats fine with me. Make it quickly before someone eventually descovers my thread hahaha

as long as you bear with me as this is my first evil race

haha thats completley fine with me. You might have to bear with me too cause I really dont have much experience with FT. I've tried to get involved once before but moderd teach is so much easier and has more things. So when I'm FT I find my country lies dormant haha

ooc ok and all so i can help free you later if i have them fear my main lot

ooc ok and all so i can help free you later if i have them fear my main lot

that sounds good. :P

that sounds good. :P

cool can't wait to see my lot wipe them out later