Parora

The Kingdom of Parora

Royal Family: Yumtenge
Ruler: Queen Jasmine
Royal Consort: Poplar
Other Royals:
Primary God: Deja
Flag: The flag is a rectangle with two vertical stripes of pale yellow and umber. The emblem is the country's motto.
Motto: Digeho, Weyvoch, Chabi
Religion: polytheistic
Official State Religion: Priests of Parora

Industry

Major Exports: silk, rare dyes
Primary building material: timber
Primary food source: baking
Primary access to: silk-like product
Rare resource: rare dyes

Society

Values: food gatherers - the farmers/gatherers/hunters/fishers
Ruling class: The church, or a church-like organization
Worst vice or flaw: Greed

Settlements

Kincarine
Saker Keep
Lhanbrie (capital)
Yumtenge
Dirgefalcon Dale

Culture

Ethics
Good people are expected to be faithful and pious.
Evil is defined as negligence, blasphemy, and sloth.
Taboo subjects are bodily functions, wearing certain colors, but never eating certain animals.
Parora doesn't have the death penalty.

Suicide is something they don't talk about.

If an artist creates an offensive work, the work is destroyed and the artist is punished

Attitudes
The spirit world includes evil spirits, folk magic, and sometimes benevolent nature spirits. The average person avoids any spirits, and often greatly fears them.

The highest art forms are woodworking, beadwork, and more rarely papermaking.

Adulthood
Coming-of-age rites require promotion to a certain military rank, defeating an opponent in a fight, and more rarely leading a public ceremony.

Education

Education is strictly optional.

Army

They have been known to use local heroes. They are famous for their strict code of ethics and for their pride. Each regiment contains 5 troops of 260 soldiers. They have a highly informal chain of command, with ranks based on seniority.
The army is known for its overpowering numbers and the use of flails.

Current Fashion

Spartan, billowing grey-green and blue-green garments. Tops are typically short sleeved with high necklines. Shorts and slippers are also customary. Masks are popular accessories. Buttons and leather and flax are staples of the style. Dark violet, vibrant blue, and deep red are also common colors.

Marriage

Parorans have a system of polyandry (one woman + multiple men). A woman can legally have up to seven husbands, though it’s far more common for her to have only two or three. Upper class women tend to have more husbands. The Queen may have as many as she likes though only one is the official consort.

Initiating or arranging a marriage is usually an elder's role, and not a feminine role. Marriages usually include symbolic protests from kin and 4 days of seclusion beforehand.

Funerary Rites

Death rites require extensive eulogies. The immediate family of the deceased go into seclusion for a minimum of 2. It’s rare, but sometimes the dividing up property happens at this time. Most commonly that happens several days after. Bodies are burned on a pyre. The ashes that remain are left to scatter on the wind. Life after death is different, depending on the person's life, although minor sects say the afterlife is a fiery pit for all souls.

The afterlife can be reached by the living.