Kingdom of Gold

## Kingdom information

### Kingdom name(s)

Kingdom of Gold, the Golden Kingdom, the Aurietese Kingdom, the Aurietese Empire

### Architecture type

brutalist in lower income areas, wealthier citizens can afford to live in heritage buildings which are protected by law.

### Political status

Tense relations with neighboring countries

### National drink

Wine of iridescence

*"I pledge that my heart is pure, and my judgement fair. Let the sun bathe and purify our bodies with its golden rays, and our great land return to its former gleaming glory."* *-Pledge of the Kingdom of Gold*

## Summary

The gold kingdom was once a kingdom of righteousness and justice, but is now known as the kingdom of deception. A lot of civilian tax money goes to giving their courts, guards, and prisons more resources. Crime is high, and despite its once-balanced system of justice, the guards and judges of the present are easily corrupted by money. The people of the kingdom yearn for the home it once was, and despite the king and queen's attempts to rid the kingdom of its corruptness, they so far have yet to cleanse it of its criminals in disguise. Gambling and scamming are common in the streets, and if you pass a guard a gold coin they'll pretend they did not notice. Stabbings and gang violence are also common in lower-income areas, all while the rich commit more intricate crimes with the help of their lawyers. There is no such thing as an honest business in the kingdom of gold.

## Organized crime

Organized crime runs rampant in the Golden kingdom. Wether that be small time gangs or massive secret human trafficking rings, it's there and once you notice it, you just can't unnotice it.

### The catacombs of Paragon

Paragon is *the* place to be if an Aurietese civilian wants to get in the fashion scene. Right at the center of the kingdom, it is home to the best of the best designers and bourgois citizens on the wealthier and more powerful end. On the top side, that is. However, beneath the city are the catacombs which once served as a secret escape route which connect to every historical "heritage home" of the old money wealthy families of Paragon. Entrance to the catacombs was made illegal by the king and queen, however people find their way in anyways wether that be by bribing the authorities or getting on the good side of the corrupt bourgoisie. In the catacombs (with the right guide), citizens looking to make a little extra cash can participate in what is known as the "Gladiator ring". A secret fighting ring below the city, where one can willingly participate, or if one is unlucky enough, be forced into participation by kindappers working for some of the less refined rich folk. Many of the "respectable faces" of the city attend these fights and hide in the audience as to not tarnish their reputations. It is customary to wear a hood to these events to hide ones identity as well.

### The Sadies

The Sadies, otherwise known as the "sadistic sisters", are a well known vigilante biker gang prominent across all of the Aurietese Kingdom who take it into their own hands to do what the corrupt legal system will not: seize power and rid the kingdom of its scum. They tend to "make an example" out of particularly bad individuals who bribed their way out of punishment by publicly humiliating and aggresively bullying them. The Sadies are rumoured to be an all-girl gang, however men and non-binary folk are also allowed to join. The gang mostly consists of non-men between 16 and 50 years old, though. The Sadies absodutely despise the royal family, as they believe it to be an unnessecary leech on the tax money honest citizens pay, if there even are any honest citizens left within the kingdom.

## Heritage buildings

Heritage buildings are buildings which have been ruled "historical" by the royal family, and cannot be demolished or modified. The bill outlawing the modification of heritage buildings was passed in an effort to conserve the beauty of ancient Aurietese architecture.

## Trivia

* The official national drink of the Aurietese Empire is the delectable "wine of irredescence", which surprisingly does not originate from the Golden Kingdom itself! It was made the national drink after a banquet back in the golden era of the kingdom, where the Angelic royal family had gifted a bottle of wine of irredescence to the Aurietese Kingdom's royal family at the time. The Aurietese royal family had loved the wine so much, they had bargained with the Angelic royal family to share the recipe with them. It is now a staple in high income homes, and the recipe is still secret to this day.
* Despite being on decently good terms with the Angel Kingdom, the Aurietese Empire has no official allies.