Here is my nations stats I got: http://www.geocities.com/jordan13242001/asdf.html
However, some of it is incomplete because I'm kind of confused on how to assign the numbers and such.
Jefferson wrote:
Based on what you wrote below, I went ahead and wrote up a possible
history of Anaduan and posted it to another thread ("History of
Anaduan"). Let me know what you think.
Jordan Penny wrote:
(BTW, bottom posting, posting _after_ what was previously written works
much better than top posting, which is what you are doing.)
> What are the strengths of your society?
>
> One of the strengths is that the citizens are very devoted to their
> government, and willing to fight for it. Because of this, it is
> considered very noble to join and train in the military. Another
> strength is that it has very unique statues, paintings and other art
> forms. Another strength (but with some protest by some politicians), is
> that they are very socialist, in the fact that everyone must be equal
> with them. Women are even a little bit higher respected than men. And
> because of this, there are large amounts of women in the job force.
Hmmm, how about an essentially military government? _Everyone_ is in the
military, but giving anyone orders outside of the military command
structure is socially unacceptable. Rising in social rank means rising
in military rank. Anaduan might even preserve some of the ranks of
ancient Mir, the overal leader being known as the Sorcerer-General,
there being a Dragon-Captain (who doesn't actually command any dragon
riders) and so forth.
> What are its weaknesses?
>
> One of it's major weaknesses is the fact that most of the citizens
> don't trust outsiders. This means that they don't fully trust new
> comers, and it is hard for them to get a job. Also the business owners
> who ship over seas tends to by only from nations who they have major
> relationships with, and there are not many of them. Another problem is
> that sometimes they don't have enough food that they can grow and/or
> ship, so sometimes there are some minor famine incidents. Finally,
> although most would agree, the government isn't strong enough on law
> enforcement and other public needs.
This all works.
> What unusual or distinctive about it?
>
> The thing that is most distinctive about it is the fact that they take
> great pride in their government. Even there is free speech, if someone
> speaks out against it, they can find their houses vandalized. But this
> is only with a certain group of people. Most people would just give you
> the cold shoulder.
I'm not sure what you're saying here. Civic pride plus what about free
speech?
> Magic is present in the society, but it tends to be rare, and be a
> family trait. But whenever someone does seem to posses a strong magical
> ability, the government, to be in law enforcement or the military,
> generally hires them.
The worship of Miracradasa is likely strong in Anaduan. As in Mir she
may grant magical talent within family lines. So long as a family is
producing mages they may be seen as having Miracradasa's favor. To have
no one within a line with magical talent may be seen as a sign that
Miracradasa disapproves of that family.
* * *
Now that you have a general impression you can start assigning numbers.
I've put a blank determinants sheet at
http://www.phoenyx.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/Celandra/AnaduanDeterminants
that you can use. (This sheet can be edited by you, or you can copy it
and post to the list and I'll update the website.) Go through the game
rules at http://www.hut.fi/~vesanto/ihfudge/ and decide what the
appropriate determinants should be.
Jefferson (Exquaestio)
http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/Exq_Main.html
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