The Third Ya'akana League

The Third Ya'akana League is a network of city-states centred on the Red City of Ya'akan.
==Etymology==
The league is named after its dominant polity, the city-state of Ya'akan. The name literally means "Mouth of the Ya", with the Ya being the river that supplies the city with its fresh water and access to its inland mines.
==History==
The Hyamekt peninsula has been continuously inhabited since the Stone Age. At some point in the past mystics disseminated the Akalla plant among the hunter-gatherer tribes of the region, and formulated a spiritual philosophy that spurred the development of cities and large scale agriculture. Over the course of centuries the balance of power has fluctuated as cities and alliances have risen and fallen, but in recent years the political situation has stabilised as the city of Ya'akan has risen to dominance for the third time in its history.
==Environment==
The lands of the league mostly have a warm maritime climate, with a long rocky coastline and great stretches of yellow grassland in the interior, dotted with cedars and cypresses. Farther inland the landscape becomes more hilly before giving way to barely habitable drylands. In the west the region is bounded by the Yellow Mountain range.
==Politics==
The League is a confederation of autonomous city-states, each ruled by a council of elite citizens and ultimately under the say of Ya'akan, the currently dominant city. The governing councils are drawn from each city's oldest and wealthiest families and they rule under the advisement of the Poka'al, a caste of mystics and oracles.
==Economy==
==Demography==
===Ethnicity===
The peoples of the league are physically diverse and mostly human, but they share a common culture and language as well as sharing in the same mystical traditions. Their distinctive common feature is their vivid green-gold eyes, an effect of the consumption of magically activated Akalla flowers.
==Culture==
==Biodiversity==
=== Fauna ===
Goats, sheep, hens and geese are farmed in the region, but no larger meat animals have been domesticated. Frequently encountered wild animals include rabbits, pheasants, mountain lions, tarpans (wild horses) and various large birds of prey.
=== Flora ===
Cedars are native to the hills in the western reach, and cypresses and oaks grow throughout the peninsula. Farmed crops include wheat, barley, grape vines and a dizzying variety of citrus fruits. The meadows are covered in wildflowers seasonally, with the most notable being the nondescript Akalla flower, whose psychoactive and magical properties have moulded the worldview of the native people.
==See Also==
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