Sha'slar Autonomous Zone

Government

• Officially a military junta. In practice, each settlement is mostly autonomous, except for international issues. Most are democracies.
• Sha'slar itself is under military control, but the Lai General holds (rarely-exercised) veto authority, not primary legislative/administrative control. A council of isal, lai, and priests does most of the work.

Peoples

• Fang-kin humans (45%)
• Fang-kin half-elves (45%)
• Ophidians (2%)
• Halflings (2%)
• Kobolds (1%)

Religion

Very devout followers of the Queen Ascendant. Their priests are independent of the priest-bureaucracy at Ar Salem Dolem but are considered equal (basically Greek vs Russian Orthodoxy relationships).

Culture

• Independent.
• Caste system has almost entirely been abolished; only token labels remain.
• Industrious and open.

Capital

See Sha'slar.

Economy

Exports

forest products, dyes, spices. Steelsilk. Trade with northern nations flows through here.

Imports

Worked goods, grains.

International relationships

• Considered backward and poor by others, but generally respected.

Leadership

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