Gione

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## Physical Area

    The Dominion of Gione covers an area of 58 thousand square miles. Of this, 67% (38 thousand sq. miles) is arable land and 32% (19 thousand sq. miles) wilderness.

## Population

The Dominion of Gione has a total population of 6.9 million people.

## Settlements

The largest city has a population of 44 thousand people, the second largest 13 thousand. There are no other cities of note in the kingdom, and 26 The remaining population lives in numerous small villages, isolated dwellings, etc.

### List of Town:

* Tamworth
* Kameeraska
* Hwen
* Aiyalune
* Udand
* Yotrari
* Kruahor

## Brothombel

The city of Brothombel covers an area of approximately 739 acres, with a total population of 44 thousand people.

## Military

War was a means to obtain tribute, plunder (in particular sought after materials such as various metals and quality wood), and prisoners of war which could be put to work as slaves in the temples. And fighting among themselves or the rebellious factions. kings also used deportation as a means of control. The Assyrians had displaced populations throughout their vast empire, but the practice under the warlord seems to have been more limited, only being used to establish new populations in Babylonia itself.

The ground trembles as an army of 240,000+ strides onwards. Every step in perfect harmony with the others, even the dead can feel there's an army on the move. Striking fear in all. They would have been supplied by all parts of its complex administrative structure – from the various cities.

## Architectural

    The favored design was rounded bricks, which are somewhat unstable, so Mesopotamian bricklayers would lay a row of bricks perpendicular to the rest every few rows. The advantages to plano-convex bricks were the speed of manufacture as well as the irregular surface which held the finishing plaster coat better than a smooth surface from other brick types.
Bricks were sun-baked to harden them. These types of bricks are much less durable than oven-baked ones so buildings eventually deteriorated. They were periodically destroyed, leveled, and rebuilt on the same spot. This planned structural life cycle gradually raised the level of cities, so that they came to be elevated above the surrounding plain. The resulting mounds are known as tells and are found throughout the ancient Near East.

Civic buildings slowed decay by using cones of colored stone, terracotta panels, and clay nails that were driven into the adobe-brick to create a protective sheath that decorated the façade. The temples are massive structures of crude brick, supported by buttresses, the rain being carried off by drains. The use of brick led to the early development of the pilaster and column, and of frescoes and enameled tiles. The walls were brilliantly colored and sometimes plated with zinc or gold, as well as with tiles.

    Painted terra-cotta cones for torches were also embedded in the plaster. Assyria, imitating Babylonian architecture, also built its palaces and temples of brick, even when a stone was the natural building material of the country – faithfully preserving the brick platform.

## Food

Wheat, barley, **rice**, and dates are the staple foods of Iraq. Sheep and goats are the most common **meat**, but lamb, cows, chickens, fish, and sometimes camels are eaten as well. The **meat** is usually cut into strips, then cooked with onions and garlic, or minced for stew and served with **rice**.

* Vegetables such as eggplant, tomato, turnips, beans, shallot, okra, onion, lentils, cress, potato, cabbage, courgette, spinach, lettuces, leeks, artichokes, garlic, peppers, and chili.
* Cereals such as rice, bulghur wheat, and barley.
* Pulses and legumes such as lentils, chickpeas, green beans, green grams, and cannellini.
* Fruits such as olives, dates, raisins, apricots, plums, figs, grapes, melons, pomegranate, apples, cherries, quince, and citrus fruits; orange, lemon, and lime.
* Cheeses such as Baladi, feta, and halloumi.
* Herbs and spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, coriander, fenugreek, cumin, oregano, mint, tarragon, thyme, saffron, dried lime, cassia, dill, turmeric, baharat, advieh, sumac, and za'atar.
* Nuts and seeds such as sesame, pistachios, almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, and pine nuts.

## Holiday

Every year the Festival of Dogs is celebrated with grandeur: It is associated with malice, breakdown, and loyalty. Traditions include public and private dancing, signing of contracts, and contests of strength. No groups celebrate it differently. It's a holiday with seemingly ancient roots, but today it is mostly associated with traditional clothing. It is officially celebrated for 1 week, but this holiday ties in closely with another, so festivities continue for a much longer time.

## Faith (Lack of)

**Atheism** is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is the rejection of belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Atheism is contrasted with theism,  which, in its most general form, is the belief that at least one deity exists. But they respect others' religion, don't want it forced down their face or else.

## Tax System

**Bala**, Sumerian for "exchange", is the method by which the Ur III dynasty of Mesopotamia collected goods such as livestock, grain, labor, and craft products from its provinces. Individuals of all ranks were expected to contribute to this system. These taxes were used to fund building projects within the kingdom such as the building of canals which were vital in this area because the agriculture in this area was irrigated by water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Those projects were built by Gurush/Geme (Sumerian), men and women workers respectively, paid using goods collected from the tax system.  Those goods were often used to support the temples, royal families, state administrators/elites, and army. Specialized individuals who no longer produced their own food also benefitted from this system. These specialized individuals likely would not have developed without the support coming from the government through the bala system. It is estimated that 500,000 non-food-producing individuals relied on the bala system for their sustenance. This highlights a key aspect of the system that it created dependence of people and city-states upon each other. The type of payment that the specialized individuals received during this period often consisted of wood, oil, and grains.