Falturia

The **Kingdom of Falturia** is a large nation located to the southwest of Rabydos and to the north of Volzeraen.

## Flag and symbols

Falturia's flag is green, with two yellow stripes at the bottom. At the upper left of the flag is a golden tree with seven leaves or spear-tips, arranged like a candlestick.

Its national animal is the falcon, the symbol of the god Kednos.

## History

The ancestors of the Falturians were the Minamakh tribes, which were mostly allied to the powerful kingdoms of Prumthesan and Aute to the east.

When the Rabydosians conquered the land, Falturia and several neighbouring kingdoms defended themselves, supported by supplies and soldiers from the republic of Toaldir.

Falturia also fought in Umbirab's side against the Rabydosian Empire when it was ruled by the Kyrvotins. Although it lost half of its people to the Wraithstorm, it helped the nearby lands and tribes rebuild, and its borders went north as more tribes joined Falturia. These same peoples later enjoyed an improved standard of living as the Falturians improved their roads, railways, and cities, bringing more jobs to the locals.

## Geography

Falturia's land consists of lush jungles, with some cooler pine forests and snowy plateaus along the southern regions bordering Volzeraen.

* Pulintar - capital city. This city boasts thirty-six laboratories and schools where people from all over the region study about the Celestials' technology.
* Halekor - City of the Falcon. Home to a large temple dedicated to Kednos, the Falcon God. The southern parts of the city have a network of canals dug and arranged to resemble a square bird's nest.
* Wethalar - border city to Volzeraen. Home to an enormous technology store that recycles and reforges scrap from around the world.
	+ It is also home to a cross-border cinema and shopping mall that sells early-access videogames. People from both countries are supposed to go through a separate gate to freely enter the city, while everyone who is not a citizen of both has to register themselves and show their passports to guards at another gate.
* Uzilnad - City of the King. Surrounded by lush forests and several ponds formed by meteors.

### Northern lands (Noritales)

The northern lands joined Falturia in 1797 AT, when the locals of those lands voted to become part of Falturia instead of Rabydos. They consist of 46 provinces under six regions: Alathiri, Zamaksa, Tiratri, Sorisal, Tikatio, and Lulawin.

* Halkos - a major city of Pulokhaz Province, Alathiri Region. Known for its bookstores and its sunrise ceremony, which is performed every morning at Himarik Square around a sacred fire at a cliff overlooking the eastern side of the city

## Government

Falturia is a constitutional monarchy ruled by a king. Below him are several dukes, the chiefs of their respective tribes: some were sons and daughters who inherited their duchies, while others were elected by the people for a single term of two to five years (depending on the duchy).

## Economy

Primary industries in Falturia include forestry (from artificial forests), mining, manufacturing, beef, beer, and tourism. Falturia also utilises Celestial technology in its people's daily life.

## Society

The Falturians are related to the Minurin tribes to the north under Rabydosian rule. The people of Falturia like hunting, carpentry, farming, metalworking, horse-riding, and videogames.

When the Umbirabians brought their lab-produced meat to Falturia, the Falturians made the meat more delicious by roasting it and seasoning it into richer cuisine.

## Language

### Vocabulary

* fas - great, mighty
* khed - falcon
* lar - sun
* laud - people
* likh - iron
* litolkh - railroad
* lot - road
* makha - great
* ried - city
* sil - land
* sile - great land
* suo, suol - (classical) sun, age, era lasting 10,000 years
* sur - god
* tin - town
* zrod - raptor

## Religion

The national god of Falturia was Pulutokas, the Great Hunter; he rules the nation alongside his friend Kednos, the Falcon God. The Falturians also dedicated the nearby nation of Volzeraen to him.

* Larothsal - God of the Sun.
* Limmakha - God of the Moon.
* Aumaira and Iuroima - Goddesses of the full and new Moon. The wives of Limmakha.
	+ These two wives were the mothers of several dynasties of Falturia's ancient history, along with certain Minumakh tribes.
* Ferasor - God of acting, the arts, and emotions.
* Kednos Fasakhid - Falcon god.

Every equinox and solstice, the Falturians dance around a sacred fire at the eastern parts of their major cities to worship the sun.

## Trivia

* The author designed Falturia in March 2021 because he considered it fair for the native peoples of Rabydos to have their independent countries.
* Falturia's name was based on words from the Etruscan language.