Naji

Gemstones and metals are regarded as precious in Naji; historically, the most important members of society would replace scales, claws, and horns with replacements made of the rarest and most gleaming of ores harvested from the earth. Such individuals would be too heavy to fly, weighed down by such heavy markers of wealth, but being unable to fly was seen as evidence of being so important that the person had others to do their bidding. Only the most traditional families of Naji still view flightlessness as a good trait, and they are predominately displaced descendants of nobility whose fortunes were mostly lost in the Godbomb.
The Godbomb removed a significant amount of status stratification in Naji, as both the wealthiest and the poorest weren't protected from the apocalypse, but the country still struggles with inequality across social classes. To make themselves seem to be of a higher status, some lower-class citizens will save up and spend their money on having parts of their body replaced with gemstones just as the rich do. With the rise of foreign cybernetics, the wealthiest of Naji have moved to having entire limbs refitted with inorganic prosthetics that have been modified to have gemstones embedded in them.
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