Prokeni

The Flag of Prokeni

The micro city-state of **Prokeni** was officially recognised on the 31st of July 2021 as a villager-run trading post on the continent of Allocoenia.

Prokeni in the common language means 'passage' as it was first to connect the sea with the lake on the east.

## Negotiations and Foundation

The talks between Urrada Vassyrad and Kacedonia have started 4 days prior, with the interest of the Irkallani people to establish a port to trade building materials between the mother city and the overseas port. The proposed plan was to peacefully exchange land, that would connect the Haoral Sea (Salonican coast) and the lake Rath to the east. For that, Kacedonia was offered free trade between the new port and a brand new top of the line trading vessel to boot. Due to some misunderstandings, the coast already belonged to another villager nation called Valldreha. Therefore the Kacedonians abstained from the dealings, as it wasn't in their say to change the border of another country. After the no-go with Kacedonians, Valldrehan villagers saw an opportunity to establish a buffer zone between themselves and the Salonican coast to the north and gladly relinquished ownership of the natural harbour and the inland border towards the lake to the new villager settlers.

Before the 1st settlers could depart, the sought for a blessing from their patron god Irkanemi. The oracle spoke with a worrisome omen. Unless the vessel, traveling to Prokeni would bear a mark of the flying whale on their sails, the ship would sink and the crew would be sent to the depths of the sea. The settlers, respectfully listened to the oracle and they got their blessing, they painted the flying whale on their ship and sailed across the ocean. They safely disembarked and laid the first sandstone blocks on the shore to create their commercial port. The city-state now is expanding their industry to feed Irkallan building materials.

## The Flag

the flag has a square footprint with strips having a dental endings and a wave pattern on top, representing the first journey across the desert (ochre) and the ocean (blue).

In the middle of the flag there is a circular motif, split in half. The top has the rising sun with the terracotta red sky in the back, casting a shadow of the crescent over the sandstone desert. the crescent could also be interpreted as the vast chasm that separates the paradise oasis, which the Prokeni people settled near.

## Geography

The port is set on a natural harbour, which connects to the Haorai sea on the north west, the city buildings are predominately on a desert surrounding a natural oasis in the middle. on the east side of the oasis, there is a massive rip in the ground, a giant ravine system, which breaks through the surface. Because the rip is so deep, the natural gasses flow out and heats the world's crust. The flow of the gasses could explain the hot climate and the creation of the desert. The desert itself is borders a forest biome to the south east, and is flanked by 2 savannahs to the north and south.

## Government

### Political System

The ruling class consist of male villagers, who are part of the trade guild (any merchant). The people follow a mercantile senatorial ideology, where each merchant has the right to vote on the laws and decisions. Each one of them are a part of their corresponding industry party (masonry, farming, commodities, banking etc.). A special party is also dedicated to the beggars and homeless Prokenians, however, their vote only counts as 1 collectively.

The senators meet in public places like the baths, guild members' private properties and most commonly coffee shops. They decide on collective interests, basically anything that would require a coordination of funds and resources. When the merchants meet, a debate manager is elected, which will remain neutral throughout the meeting and keeping order. If there is no volunteer or there are multiple candidates, the one in the leftmost corner is chosen, The debate goes on until a conclusion is met or agree on an additional date.

### Diplomatic achievements

One of the foundation requirements was to establish free trade between Prokeni and its mother city, therefore the Urrada Vassyrad - Prokeni deal was established, which allows Irkallan to request deliveries of resources and establishing a general trade flow.

To keep the neighbour ties strong, a common irrigation system was established which provided Prokeni with a much needed water supply and Valldrehans now got an artificially-fueled river, which blossomed the north coast of Valldreha.

## Inventions

The Prokeni people have suffered from living in a desert, the lack of water was running their throats dry, so they had to adapt to their surroundings and exploit the natural water wells below their porous sandstone ground. So they found a way of extracting water through a clever waterwheel system, powered by an ox, that would turn the gear, connected to the wheel. When the wheel would turn, the buckets, strapped onto it would scoop out water and splash it onto the collecting pool. This allowed the villagers to create artificial irrigation and helped with the water supply, and their food. This irrigation contraption is called a "noria".

Being situated in an oriental, scorching climate, the villagers could experiment with a variety of indigenous plants like coffee and vine. After some time, the alchemists discovered an alcoholic drink called wine, a bitter and unpleasant liquid in small quantities, but in large consumption it was way more bearable. The coffee plant on the other hand, achieved the same amount of euphoria as wine, but with the absence of hangover and other alcohol effects, while also providing an energy boost as a plus. Therefore coffee production was much more successful and desirable, as it was reflected by numerous coffee shops around Prokeni.

## General gallery

Bazzar with some of the most prominent coffeshops on the squarepublic baths overlooking the bazzar