Sktaeria

== Sktaeria ==
Sktaeria is home to the Araen.
The Araen (sg: Aras) are arachnid-humanoids: humans with spider legs on their backs and mandibles around their mouths. They speak the Araen language. They worship a goddess made of water.
Basic Statistics
RITR	REDU	RGOV	RMOB	RINV	№ of cities	№ of armies
3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
Unlocked technology
lvl	RITR 	REDU	RGOV	RMOB	RINV
1 	Lima 	 	 	 	
2 	Preferred weapons: daggers	 	 	 	
3 	Trade routes 	 	 	 	
4 	 	 	 	 	
5 	 	 	 	 	
== Language ==
The Araen speak their Araen language, or as they put it: arāni.
Phonology:
Vowels 	Front 	Central 	Back-Unrounded	Back-Rounded
High 	i       (i:)	ɪ, ɛ 	 	
Mid 	e      (e:) 	ə, æ 	 	o, ɔ        (o:)
Mid-Low	 	ɐ      (ɐ:)	 	
Low 	 	a      (a:)	ɑ 	
The language also features two diphthongs: aɪ, and ɔɪ
Consonants 	Bi-labial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post Alveolar	Platal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Plosive 	p 	 	t 	 	 	 	k 	 	ʔ
Nasal 	m 	 	 	 	n 	 	 	 	
Trill 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	ʀ 	
Tap 	 	 	 	ɾ 	ɾ 	 	 	 	
Fricative 	 	f 	 	s 	ʃ 	 	x 	 	
Approximant 	 	 	 	 	 	j 	 	 	
Lateral Approximant	 	 	 	 	l 	 	 	 	
The language also features the voiceless labial velar fricative ʍ
== Politics ==
The country is run by a queen. The queen's job is to establish and maintain diplomatic relations with other nations. The queen is elected from among candidates who want to be elected. This can be anyone. The queen has a royal guard, but doesn't legally own land beyond her own home, to stop the elective monarchy to devolve into a successive one.
The individual cities outside the capital are governed by dukes, or apekipas. These people, like the queen, possess a small group of soldiers for protection and don't own any land. They oversee a city's food supply, as well as other internal affairs. The apekipas will also serve as judges in courts of law.
Finally, there are the generals. Generals, or aokis, command soldiers. But they are also responsible for training the soldiers. This allows every general to have a specific tactical expertise, as well as a personal army trained to fit that expertise.
== Religion and Culture ==
=== Moral values and principles ===
=== Traditions ===
=== Biology ===
=== Religion ===
The Araen worship a goddess made of water. This reflects in their idioms and sayings often including references to water, and even profanity often includes water.
The Araen view the sea as untamed and unpure domain, while pure fresh water sources are holy sites. The Araen believe they were made by their goddess from water. When an Aras dies, they are brought to the ocean to be reunited with their goddess. Should the body resurface from the water, the body and person it belonged to are considered cursed.
=== Art ===