Nevareth

Nevareth is one of the six major civilizations of Lunerin. It is located on the south coast, on the west of Beryl. It is a prosperous nation of innovation and curiosity, constantly outdoing itself in the discovery of the laws of nature. Though it is militarily weak, no one dares attack it, because the city learned to make itself necessary to all other nations, economically and diplomatically. It is the source of all of Lunerin's advanced technology.

## History

### Foundation

Nevareth was originally founded by refugees escaping the Red Mage War that was going on further north. They fled as far as they could until they reached the ocean. Once there, they started to settle down and build new villages in the area. However, the region was hostile and filled with predators, forcing the refugees to unite in a bigger, more fortified city. Almost all villages that did not choose to join that city eventually got deserted by their citizens, over a few decades, causing several great migration waves.

### Emergence of technology

The newly founded Nevareth, still traumatized by the events of the War, forbid any kind of magic to avoid any similar incident from happening again. But threats and predators such as the essence devourer were still there, forcing them to start to look for alternatives to arcane. That's how they started to develop technology. First, some basic mechanism to defend themselves, then to attack, and then, to better their lives. That way, they secured their city and most of the nation, but also invented new agriculture and irrigation techniques, as well as a better architecture.

### Arrival of the Children of Babel

Approximately a century and a half after the foundation of Nevareth, a new migration wave happened. The Children of Babel, fleeing the crumbling realm of Babel, arrived into the main continent of Lunerin and were vastly assimilated into Nevareth. When doing so, they also brought in their own culture and extremely vast knowledge of the secrets of the universe, contributing greatly to the formation of Nevareth's young culture. This lead to a greater acceptance of arcane, and made the nation consider science and magic as one and the same thing. The innate nature of the native Nevarethen, who had to be inventive to survive, and the cultural background of the Children of Babel turned the nation into a nation of passionate curiosity, research, and progress, making it the most prosperous of all.

## Structure

### Politics

Nevareth is an oligarchy, lead by a Council of varying size. Any person that is universally recognized as the best in their field of activity can become a member of the council, and will be the leading member for all matters regarding their own field of study. The best researcher of the nation is the Arch-scientist and leads all debates and decisions regarding science and research. The best artist leads all debates and decisions regarding culture and art. Etc etc. Every other member is still consulted and has a vote, regardless of the matter discussed at the moment.

### Economy

#### Internal

The economy of Nevareth is inherently capitalist and competitive. Every company, every shop, markets, even fishing boats, every entity that can produce money is private and entirely free to use any tactics they want to stand out from the rest. However, All of these entities must follow a few directive guidelines dictated by their own respective member of the Council. Furthermore, despite being competitive, they all benefit from common ressources allocated by the Council, and can all help each others out when needed. Virtually speaking, all businesses are as rich as any other one.

#### External

Nevareth is one of the most important members of a trading network linking together Emrilnea, Beryl and Delneros. Nevareth supplies processed goods and advanced technologies or objects imbued with magic to the other nations, and in returns receives rare magical components and consultants in magic from Emrilnea, and raw natural ressources from Delneros via Beryl.