Vlides Galira

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Vlides Galira ( |vlɪdɛsjuː ɡalɪərɑː| ), or, the Democractic Union of Vlides Galira is a nation situated in the southern lands on the western continent with coastal access to the New South Sea. Vlides Galira is bordered by Kolurrq to the north, Sverrir to the south, Querenirj to the east, and Tlotavou to the west.

Vlides Galira's capital is Loska Bramat, which lies in the shadow of an extinct volcano in the southern end of the nation close to the Sea Titan's Cradle in the New South Sea.

The nation was formed through the unification of twelve tribes of the species Vritlamaenn. The Vritlamaenn are humanoid from the waist upwards, however, that is where their physical resemblance to humans stops as below the waist is a monstrous arachnid body. The physical structure of their humanoid part is sharp and lithesome while in contrast the physical structure of their arachnid part is large and bulky.

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## Geography

The land within the territory of Vlides Galira is home to wide variety of flora and fauna within the dense forests of the south and the vast grasslands of the north, both of which host their own diverse array of biomes.

**Geography of Vlides Galira**

## Politics

The Oderhan is the head of governance for the people of Vlides Galira, being a position of power that a person can only be democratically elected by the populace and will remain in power for the rest of their life or if they step down from the position, whether through willing or unwilling means. Despite being a position that an individual can stay in for life, the average amount of time for Oderhan’s in power is approximately 23 years as many individuals can grow bored or stressed from the position after several years. As of Oderhan Mirabrand’s appointment to power there have only been five Oderhans to have stayed in power until their natural deaths, with the longest of these five having been in power for 47 years.

Much of the law enforcement in Vlides Galira is performed by the nation’s military, primarily to save on resources and to allow for the armies to stay occupied in their frequent and large times of peace. Most individuals within the army never see war throughout their careers due to how much peace is exemplified and valued in society and the efforts of every Oderhan to prevent international conflict.

There are five social classes within society, resulting primarily from the combination of wealth and power they have amassed over time or were born in.

 Governor
 House Member
 Specialty Labour
 Common Citizen

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## Religion and Culture

### Moral values and principles

A core principle of the lives of the people of Vlides Galira is to be accepting of all and provide help to those in need, but to never let another exploit their kindness. War is very despised by the populace, believing it to be a mindless waste of life when negotiations and diplomacy can be used to settle feuds in a long-lasting manner. Children are generally taught to respect and listen to their elders from a young age, but as they grow they are also taught to recognise and bring attention to the ignorance and wrong-doings of others.

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### Traditions

here are four significant holidays in the Vlides Galira calendar alongside twelve smaller cult festivals.

The four significant holidays celebrate the change of seasons throughout the year and are also times when common citizens go to pay their respects and worship the deities, with there being three deities connected to each seasonal holiday. Aracolcaen (Summer Birth) is the holiday that celebrates the transition of spring into summer and the deities corresponding with this holiday are Roe Nagan, Kensa Helia, and Tep Cerran. Tellohebcaen (Autumn Birth) is the holiday that celebrates the transition of summer to autumn and the deities corresponding with this holiday are Denlase, Merran Ars, and Atil Renis. Artalocaen (Winter Birth) is the holiday that celebrates the transition of autumn to winter and the deities corresponding with this holiday are Artricaln, Ventala, and Koros Mina. Vloloscaen (Spring Birth) is the holiday that celebrates the transition of winter to spring and the deities corresponding with this holiday are Dyrhonnas, Lyraket, and Erebretia.

The twelve cult festivals are times when each deific cult worships and honours their respective deities; those who are not in the cults are often kept out of the festival practices. Each festival is held in the season following the respective deity’s corresponding holiday, for instance the festival of Kensa Helia is held in summer. It is commonly believed within the cults that the festivals are points in time where the deities are capable of manifesting in a physical form to their worshipers.

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### Religion

For the peoples of Vlides Galira, the most common religious practice is the worship and honouration of twelve deities from which they believe they are descendents of. These deities in question are known collectively as the Ferrie ka Heklae Damiranas (Children of Dawn Eternal), also sometimes referred to as the Rakini Ferrie (First Children). Each deity is believed to be the physical manifestation of the forces of the natural world as well as patrons of various arts and professions in society; they also possess an animal emblem as it is also believed that certain animals are directly connected to a deity.

Due to each deity being seen as an embodiment of nature, their worship plays a very major and influential role in society, possessing a considerable amount of power in the courts of the Oderhan. The court always features the high cleric of the twelve deific cults, however, they do not always come to agreements on matters in cases of conflicting motivations and views.

Masks play an important role within the religion, with every member in the clergy from priests to clerics wearing them while they perform their religious duties around and outside of cities and towns. The masks are typically featureless in their appearance, possessing two simple slits for the wearer’s vision. The masks are made from wood and are decorated with sacred materials, which correspond to the specific deific cult the wearer belongs to. A common method for the cults to test their newest recruits is to have them go out on their own to hunt down and collect the sacred materials for their masks themselves; the amount of the materials they collect is often seen as being equal to their faith in the deities. No mask may feature the sacred materials of multiple deities, save for the Mask of the Oderhan since they represent the people of Vlides Galira and in turn their religion unified together.

**Ferrie ka Heklae Damiranas**

### Art

The most prominent piece of artistry that is known in Vlides Galira is their silk embroidery, a common past time for many of the Galiran population. Depictions of natural scenery with silk and threads coloured with dyes harvested from native plants and sometimes foreign dyes from their neighbours appears most frequently. Silk tapestries sewn by multiple of individuals can also be seen within Galiran society, often times these tapestries are very intricate pieces designed to depict a family tree as the family progresses through many generations of individuals that their own unique piece to the embroidery.

The second most prominent piece of artistry is their religious masks due to the incredible care and delicate work that is put into these featureless false faces and their ornate sacred materials. An example of such a mask once belonged to a cleric of Denlase by the name Getrold Haerin. The base material of the mask was very finely sanded red gum wood and was decorated with crow feathers set into the appearance of a beard with small pieces of lead metal studded around the mask’s eye slits. The mask also features swirling patterns on the outer side of the mask done in white paint and possesses white silk lining on the inner side of the mask. The location of Getrold Haerin’s former mask is currently unknown to the cult of Denlase as the former cleric’s tomb was broken into and the mask was stolen as the masks are seen as very valuable to those outside of the deific cults.

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