Ströchizh (Nation)

== The Ströchiž ==
The Ströchizh are a people that settled in the rich tropical seasonal forests on the northwestern coast. 
==== Basic information ====
* Name of the nation in local language: Ströchiž
* Years of existence: 3-present
* Ruling figure's name: Qryzö Kirqžqqak
* Founding player's name: Stacy
* Controlling player's name: Stacy
* Languages: Ströchiž šqrav
===== Unlocked Technology =====
== Ströchiž culture ==
The Ströchiž value music heavily. They've been doing it for as long as they can remember, and made a variety of basic percussion and melodic instruments. Even though there's no way of writing it down yet, there is no shortage of different songs. Music instruments are available for almost all citizens except the very poorest. 
Every year there’s a nation wide competition of the national sport; Qnarn (lit. “ball”) where two teams of three try to get a ball the size of a basketball inside the other teams rectangular goal, or stop the other team from doing so, in any way they can. For official competitions there’s additional rules to limit the amount of extreme injuries, like basic protective gear and limiting the contact between players from opposite teams.
Ströchizh has been very isolationist and unwilling to work with other nations, but in recent years things have been turned upside down, as the new ruler actively encourages international relations and acceptance of the other. This has not been faring well with the nobility, who like to stick to tradition and are generally more conservative then the general population. 
The humiliation and belittling of anything/anyone non-human is still a very common practice in the general population, even if this sentiment fades slowly. Diplomats have a better attitude generally but are still biased in some capacity.
The inhabitants of the country can be physically intimate, with informal, and in rare cases formal, greetings being a hug, or a variety of hand gestures if a hug can’t be done
== Ströchiž government ==
The nation is ruled alike a feudal monarchy. The monarch has power over the most important province, but has delegated the power in the other provinces to the local nobility and the cities. This decentralized approach has caused the laws to be different from place to place, and law enforcement is done by the ones who have written those same laws and therefore very prone to corruption. The nobility and cities always try to get more privileges while the monarch fights to get a more centralized state.