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gutza1 said:
Some historical commentary:
From my AP World History knowledge, the Ymaryn civilization is like a combination of Ancient China and the Indus River Valley civilization: heavy emphasis on irrigation and land management, social values of harmony and collective action, well-planned cities with public sewage systems, being highly technologically advanced for the era and being the progenitors of many innovations, etc. Considering the massive populations that we are racking up, we could easily become the most powerful state in the entire world, especially if we are somehow able to subjugate the lowlands and do our farming magic there...

@Academia Nut Will it be possible for the current government to collapse, but then to have one of the successor states reform it, so as to have a dynastic system similar to China's punctuated by periods of division?
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Yes Indus was one of the inspirations of Ymaryn, word of god.

Also reasoning behind names is that Academia used Welsh as a base.
 
gutza1 said:
It's unfortunate that this game isn't really friendly to newcomers. Just look at the post count.
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I suggest going through the reader mode; there are only 11 pages of actual updates there. That should give you a good general grounding in the Ymaryn zeitgeist.

They're geographically small, but with advanced farming techniques allowing them to support a population as large as any of their neighbors. Generally peaceful, but with widespread iron, which no one else has, making their warriors highly effective when provoked. They practise a form of communalism, with land being owned by everyone and the fruits being shared to everyone, although there is more personal ownership of luxury goods. The ruler is named a king, but is elected rather than hereditary.

Currently, they're dealing with a major environmental crisis (excessive rain leading to floods and disease), which is putting a noticeable strain on their economy, but has been far more devastating for everyone else in the region. And we're about to see a potentially-volatile succession of kingship.

The mechanics post will help you catch up with the rest.

And - as said, just join in the discussion :).
 
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Aabcehmu said:
What's the single longest running government IRL? For more or less generous interpretations of single?
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The papacy, the Japanese imperial court and the dai lama

Roman empire if you discount civil wars, and kingdom of austurias if you discount name changing
Kingdom of Denmark and Morocco if you discount dramatic structural changes over time.
Oh and the the imamate of sa'da.
And Now that I think about it, the most serene Republic of Venice, albeit barely.
You can also add Tribal chiefdomes, but I wouldn't categorise that as government.
 
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pblur said:
The price of salt won't crash if we build 10 salterns. It's a VERY supply-insensitive market.
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Since it's basically the only preservative, and almost the only seasoning, and since it's consumed (unlike some other valuable materials eg iron)... Yeah, there's pretty huge demand.

AN has compared salt gifts to dumping hundreds of kilograms of gold on someone's lawn.
 
Couldn't find any good canal pictures.

Here's a good Bonevalley badlands-gateway military outpost. (Facing the badlands.)

 
ThrawnCA said:
Since it's basically the only preservative, and almost the only seasoning, and since it's consumed (unlike some other valuable materials eg iron)... Yeah, there's pretty huge demand.

AN has compared salt gifts to dumping hundreds of kilograms of gold on someone's lawn.
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Salt pimp-mobiles are awesome.

*shows off !!Bling!!"

Mercury pimp-mobiles are really shiny too.


Concho117 said:
Couldn't find any good canal pictures.

Here's a good Bonevalley badlands-gateway military outpost. (Facing the badlands.)

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Oooooooo, pretty.
 
That's all the 1000+ years continuous regime I can think of

You may have noticed they are all either religious or fuedal, or both
 
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