Coalition of Svalkotti Socialist Cities (CSSC)

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The **Coalition of Svalkotti Socialist Cities (CSSC)** is a nation situated in the south-western quadrant of the map, on the continent of Aezura.

### Geography

The biome and climate of the CSSC is a cold, mountainous and icey forest. They are situated south of Elderfall and has claimed the cold and snowy portions of land.

### History

The history of the Kingdom of Svalkott is still extrememly young. During this time it has established a border and Demiliterized Zone with its southern neighbors, the RRK. Since this deal, the kingdom has seen a growth of housing and farming. It currently struggles to increase its population, causing rare earth metals and underground resources to be in short supply. It's current goals are to increase it's population to allow for a more balanced economy.

With both the contact with their rather authoritarian neighbors, the RRK as well as the increase in a social society. The Kingdom of Svalkott slowly went from a monarchy to a more socialist state. Initially, all items mined and collected were communal apart from rare earth metals and gems such as diamonds and gold. But over time stockpiles and wealth were given to the government in return for a need-based distribution of resources.

The northern territory, formerly known as the Kingdom of Svalkott, was abandoned as a avalanche had killed many and displaced more. ~~The majority of the population supported a socialist economic system, and was already frustrated with the slow and monarchial nobility. As such the leaders of labor gathered their supporters and moved south to the new territory, leaving behind the nobles and banishing them from the new territory.~~

### Demographics

Sneopards are snow leopards who were graced by the Goddess of the Hunt's paw. The once feral cats were able to see past their origins and ascend into sentience. With this they gained intelligence, emotion, freedom, and a sense of purpose among the wild. Sneopards are a half-way point between snow leopard and human, their silhouette looking quite human, but their appearance being that of a leopard. They have digitigrade legs, a mix of paw and hand, and skulls much like leopards, just a bit larger.

### Sneopard Magic

The Sneopard is inherently curios, as such magic is at the center of their curiosity. A group of scholars traveled to Elderfall to seek guidance and help on learning magic, however the elves thought of it as a waste of time and shrugged them away. Since then, the Sneopards have taken magic into their own hands, and began creating their own magic from scratch. In the most basic sense, Sneopard magic involves the surgical placement of magic gems into their bodies in the hopes the gem and body heal back together as one. Sadly the survival rate for this procedure is about 20% success, resulting in mages being respected, but not exactly held highly in society. If a Sneopard mage survives the initial procedure, they are able to fill the gem inside their body with magic, and use it to cast spells. Sneopard mages create spells though a special code and symbols either written on paper, or for more powerful spells, drawn on the ground.