Suppalialis

*Choose to rise or be chosen to fall.* - **Phrase of Suppalialis**

## City Nation of Suppalialis

Suppalialis is a city built on the banks of the Karma centrally north in the Sand Seas. It is the ending point of the Southern Highway and a primary hub for overland trade routes coming from the west. Located on the river, it can carry goods upstream to its sister atta and hepa, allowing for foreign goods to then be carried overland to other areas of the Ramal Nations. Suppalialis was created for the express purpose of the Southern Highway and construction began in 237 AF as part of the great alliance which funded the Southern Highway.

Suppalialis was built mostly funded by the Ramal Nations but also in part by gold of the Republic. The Republic Corps of Engineeers that built the Southern Highway also participated in the construction of the city. As a result, Suppalialis still hosts many ancient civil structures which share a strange melding of Republic and Ramal Nations architecture. Some ancient structures are also built of materials that are otherwise not readily available in the Sand Seas, creating a distinct difference in the visage of the city from other city nations.

The people of Suppalialis are commonly hosting trading caravans that travel the Southern Highway. They are the most in tune with the happenings of the west and have been that way for the time of the Republic. News travels to the Ramal Nations from Suppalialis. The Ramaltas of Suppalialis has always used this as a point of advantage, sometimes even having altered news as it filtered down from Suppalialis to his or her advantage. In any event, the citizens of Suppalialis, unlike most of the rest of the Ramal Nations, are used to foreigners and the interactions of culture. Sections of the city have been dedicated to the interaction of the Republic citizens and the Stars of Ixohtl, acting as small cultural areas within the city. In recent times, however, such interactions have dwindled as the fall of the Republic has created a time of uncertainty.

The Ramaltas of Suppalialis has always enjoyed an easy income in trade tariffs and management of trade along the Southern Highway. Like all Ramaltas, he or she commands a large network within the city which is used to maintain order and push progress, albeit through often nefarious means. Overall, however, like most of the other cities, the people of the desert who migrated to the city in historical times or who have come there as part of integration with the small populations in the desert, see the Ramaltas and city as a salvation from the harsh life of the desert.

## History of Suppalialis

As part of a great alliance, spurred on by the Repbulic, the Ramaltas of the various nations came together in 237 AF to provide funding for the construction of the Southern Highway. Part of this massive project was the construction of a new city nation which was called Suppalialis which would serve as the end point of the highway. In part, built to consolidate ties with the Republic, Suppalialis was constructed with support of the Republic Corps of Engineers. A Ramaltas was installed by majority vote from the other nations with the intent to serve the greater good of the entire Sand Seas, but overtime, Suppalialis has become its own sovereign power with a distinct culture and identity.

## Gateway to the Sand Seas

As the ending point of the Southern Highway and being located on the Karma river, Suppalialis is the land gateway to the Ramal Nations. For hundreds of years, all overland trade from the west and north has come through Suppalialis. The Ramaltas there maintains way stations along the Southern Highway which are used to support overland travel across the Sand Ocean, providing shelter and water. These efforts are funded through trade tariffs placed on goods as they move into and out of the Ramal Nations.

In recent times, however, with the fall of the Republic, such inter-nation trading has began to slow greatly. It is a time of great uncertainty and hostility. As such, the stations along the Southern Highway have become greatly neglected as gold has become less available to support them. The once great gateway of the Sand Seas is becoming more and more isolated as is the entire Ramal Nations.

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--Neil (talk) 18:11, 24 October 2016 (AST)