Tico

Built upon the peaks of mountains, Tico is known for its marvelous cities that glimmer in the sunlight, as all their buildings are constructed with metals inlaid with gold and silver to make them all the more radiant. The highest of their cities is simply called Spire, and it flies above the ground by way of arcane enchantments and spells that have been in place for centuries. When skies are clear in Tico, Spire can be seen anywhere in the nation. Unlike Vzástrov Se, a floating island on Estvoled, Spire does not have any proper land to speak of; rather, the buildings themselves are tethered together by arcane magic and soar above the ground without anything underneath them at all.
Even among cities that are built into Tico's mountains, flight is seen as a necessity; roads, if they exist, are treacherous, cumbersome, and slow. Non-flying races might make use of spells or items (such as hanggliders) to get from place to place. Altitude is a symbol of status in Tico; the lowest cities are regarded as slums ridden with crime, whereas the ones atop the peak are bastions of intellectualism and tradition. Wars have typically bypassed Tico for how the whole of the nation quite literally has the high ground, though they have been known to pick sides and show them shortcuts through the mountains to reach their foes all the quicker.
During the Millennial Calm, Tico was a common destination for scholars and students who sought to access its vault of knowledge. Since the Godbomb, Tico has become all the more secluded, and more and more people have been cast from its heights to the lowest cities down below, leading outsiders to think that something dark and sinister is afoot in the golden country.
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