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The Island Power of Ralakon

Ralkovia
17-09-2008, 02:14
The Island Power of Ralakon
Short Name: Ralakon
State Religion: None
Government: monarchy
Population: 160,000
City colors: Red, Black, and Gold
Official language: Greek (ancient)
Currency: 1 Brakan (gold coin)=10 Basan (silver coin)=1000 Pesesa (bronze coin)
Trade Goods: Fish, Gold, Iron, Marble, lumber, and slaves

History:
Ralakon was a small outpost of the Myceneans, after its downfall the outpost became a haven for the culture, it also attracted a large Jewish population later on. The outpost grew in size until it became a formidable island citadel. The island quickly fell into shambles in 800 B.C. and later emerged back onto the greek world stage with the raskov line of kings

Military: Mostly a large navy, it takes comfort in using its chain of islands as small "pirate" bases to strike at other civilizations. The professional soldier is largely limited to the elite palace guard known as the Hades Guard. The island nation has a medium sized militia but it is only active at times of war and trains only every 3 weeks. It is always in need of cavalry but has a strong supply of fierce bowmen known as the "Triat frem." The military is broken into several branches and the most active is the Martana Conis, the merchant marines, they operate most of the smaller war vessels and protect trade vessels. The only active land forces are mostly garrisoned at forts and city walls and consist of the home guard, a mix of archers and hopilites. The land forces greatest asset though are two war elephants Razda and Ryuk, who are african by birth and ralakon by trade. The two elephants are seldom used anymore and have pretty much been turned into palace house pets.

Infantry use standard weapons of the hopilite while the home guard often uses scythes, javelins, slingshots, and any weapon that can be found. The hom guard is the largest of the branches because it consists of everyone since every citizen should fight to guard their home but this principle is not widely followed for economic and social reasons. The military is heavily idolized and countless young children train and play games when they are young idolizing battle.

Culture: Widely mixed it has become a haven of both Jewish, greek, persian, and other cultures. All religion is tolerated except for ones that affect the lives of other people. Ralakon is a slave nation which in fact is the major base of society. Society is broken in to 5 levels,
(The royal family is at the top)
Government Officials- the aristocracy, they are land owning elites, they often have large plantation like homes where hundreds of slaves toil.
Hades Guard- The enforcers of the land, they are fanatics and protect the ruler with their lives.
Merchants- The sailors, sellers, and buyers of wares. They are the most traveled in the land and often spend months if not years out on ships.
The Lower Order- Comprised of the "rest" of society, the artisans, laborers, farmers etc. They are one of the largest classes and make up 65% of all citizens.
The Slaves- The backbone of society, they are not considered citizens or even a part of society. Foreignors are also considered slaves. Slaves are not considered part of the population since they are not citizens.

Most social classes do not mingle with others except for short important conversations. Children are taught from birth that the classes below are inferior and not to be interacted with. This often causes a great divide in the populace and towns where whole communities of a certain class will form. The different classes have one thing in common which is fanatic evotion to the king.


The royal Family:
The raskovs were one of the original founding families. They quickly gained control of the group of settlers through sheer will power and came into power as the "governors" of the small outpost/colony. The Raskovs became royal after the fall of the myceneans and quickly became tyrants over the island. This changed after Bevelo the benevolent decided to allow the new nation to be religiously tolerant.

After Bevelo, came gabrial the horrendous who massacred the fledgling zoroastian population on the island and set fire to the capital of Raskovis. Gabrial did do some good in his reign and set ralakon up to be a strong power in its area, taking over the neighboring settlement of Zigaster. Ralakon also had its first clean supply of water established in the city through a system of tunnels under Gabrials reign. Soon Gabrial died of a great plague on his body where boils would spray hot liquid and burn him. The zoroaster underground believed this to be the revenge for the massacre of their people. His son Justin inherited the throne next.

Justin killed off or conquered the other tribes on the island and established ralakon dominance in the area. Under justin survivors of the cities were assimilated and the conquering ralakons married themselves off to the women of the tribes cementing strong relations with the other tribes. He married a Quodiac Princess and had 3 children.

Dire later inherited the throne from his father after killing his 2 corrupt brothers. He rules with an iron fist and has mlded ralkovia into his own dream. He is the first "king" of ralakon in the true meaning. He had 2 sons, maxamillian and derrick, derrick died leaving only his son, dires grandson Josh, behind.
The World Soviet Party
17-09-2008, 02:40
No, just no.
Ralkovia
17-09-2008, 02:43
yes I'm editing
The World Soviet Party
17-09-2008, 02:56
Keep on editing =P
Ralkovia
17-09-2008, 22:50
Better?
The World Soviet Party
17-09-2008, 22:52
What did you change?

And for the love of God, where did the Jews come from?
Ralkovia
17-09-2008, 22:54
I like being Jewish, plus I like being the persecuted peoples haven.

I changed the amount of ships
The World Soviet Party
17-09-2008, 23:45
It's still too superficial for my taste.
Ralkovia
18-09-2008, 20:48
(bump)
Thrashia
19-09-2008, 03:21
1) Remove the title of "Emperor". It was not used until the 1st Century A.D. by the Romans and therefore has no place in this Greek-style Rp. The title of king is just fine, or dictator (was a used term back them).

2) Remove the part about the Hades Guard being fanatics. There were no real bodies of troops that can amount to that other than Spartan soldiers or the Persian Immortals, and even then they are few in number. As an island nation under a tyrant there will most likely be no fanatics to defend the royal family.

3) Even foreigners are considered on the level of slaves? Not going to be sending any emissaries to your nation any time soon.

4) The island will most likely not be a "fortress island" as you propose. The Myceneans built good citadels, but no fortresses. At most your looking at a few walls that could be equated with a medieval castle keep.

5) You will definitely not have all of those ores on your island: gold, silver, iron, or even marble. Do some research on the location you're proposing and then you'll find some of the physical resources you may be able to tap into.
Ralkovia
19-09-2008, 03:25
Well what sucks is the fact that I won't be on an island anymore, I put that in my title and now I regret it

Foreignors are regarded as something like slaves but not slaves themselves, ralakonians are very xenophobic
The World Soviet Party
19-09-2008, 16:59
Population: 160,000