Society Determinants

Primary
Society name	Videssia
Location	In the fertile Arand river valley, southern Midsea shore, central Qaiyore.
Languages	Orasareni dialect, other?
Size	Small: population 800,000; over 500 000 of them are citizens (the immigrants can only achieve citizenship by serving in the army for ten years; all the children born in the Videssian Republic automatically become citizens): landarea TBD
Philosophical orientation	Primary: conquest ; free the world from the tyranny of monarchy & magic -aspect: Conviction that monarchy and magic are "the enemy" Secondary: peace (to trade & succeed) - aspect: acquisition of wealth
Subsistence	Wilderness%20 (Normal) Wasteland%10 (Small) Yield% 120 (Good) Urban% 5 (Normal)
Politics
Ruling agency	The 4 suffets (a council of four people who are voted into power)
Key elements	The senate. Free main parties: The "ardents" - currently dominant: claiming that the only way to free the world from the tyranny is to unite all humans to the Great Videssian Republic. Neutrals - the second group The "moderates" - the smallest & the weakest. They insist that it isn't necessary to unite all humans in order to defeat the Tyranny.
Internal politics	Talarikius Gavr: Military suffet Consent: moderate Influence: good Authority: great Maurilius Mendil: Political suffet Consent: good Influence: medium Authority: fair Kamodius Taral: Economy suffet Consent: medium Influence: good Authority: fair Lauronius Karent - Religion suffet Consent: very poor Influence: great Authority: great The "ardents": Consent: very poor Influence: good Authority: mediocre The Neutrals: Consent: good Influence: good Authority: good The "moderates": Consent: mediocre Influence: very poor Authority: very poor
External politics	Videssian relations
Capability and culture
Military organization	Professional Republican army: Videssians are moderate archers & sailors, poor horsemen but excellent skirmishers. The army base is infantry - the deadly combination of phalanx (like Spartan) & mobile units (like Roman legions) makes them an almost unstoppable force on the battlefield. Mercenaries: cavalry, sailors, archers. The Videssians are superb in creating Siege weapons.
Military values	Professional army: Size: mediocre Force: good (on average - see above) Mercenaries: Size: small Force: moderate
Economic system	Monetary units: silver and gold coinage
Technological base	Metallurgic. (Mostly agricultural society)
Economic values	Craft (Good) Good Resources (Mediocre) Mediocre Exploitation (Fair) Fair Trade (Mediocre) Mediocre Wealth (Fair) Fair
Humanities	Tolerance Prevalence Diversity Sophistication --------- ---------- --------- -------------- Religion Fair Great Fair Fair Arts Good Good Mediocre Mediocre Scholastics Good Mediocre Good Mediocre Magic Miserable Miserable Miserable Miserable Magic is outlawed.