worldly politics, matters of land and rule

TARTESIA, terra nostra

Introduction

Amidst the oceans, the broken coastlines of the Tartesian microcontinent stretch, forming a number of islands and bays from which multiple city-states have risen and established themselves since the year 1, the Foundation of Aelacia by the legendary band of god-kings, whom we call the Totalities, or Prima Familia, and their now long destroyed home of Beriac Unug, upon which the Memorial-City has been built.

ALMADA, Enlightened Republic

The great republic of Almada is known throughout the world for their proficiency in seafaring and pharaonic architectural projects. The country was officially founded in the 11th century CE, but the region has been populated since many centuries prior to the foundation of Élaga, when the Totalities ruled from the thrones in Beriac Unug and from which all of the peoples in Tartesia spread across the continent after the deicide of the god-kings. Almada as it stands today is a fascinating mosaic of folks leftover from a number of later military conflicts across the centuries - from the Lugobrigans to the Branoves - together with tens of thousands of scholarly families who immigrate yearly to the Grand University in Deodora.

Points of interest include:

• ÉLAGA, RELIC CITY: Religious capital of Almada. Its foundation marks the year 1 of the Tartesia-Ordinancist calendar. Center of the Austerian Ordinancist faith. Droves of caravans and ships from across the known world travel to the metropolis for both religious and mundane reasons. As is typical of Ordinancism, all are welcome regardless of creed, and no rituals are ever enforced to the nonbelievers, but the splendor of the old city and the Citadel of Gamillah is often enough to convert even the most staunch atheists. Such is its purpose.


• ÉLAGA-CAPE OF PAMPEA GREATBRIDGE: Massive stone and steel construction linking the two megacities across the Aelacine strait. Upon it, a thriving multilayered collection of buildings make the greatbridge its own city.


• ÉLAGA-SAMARTINAS GREATBRIDGE: Massive construction linking the continental Almada to the island of Samartina. Similarly to the Élaga-Cape of Pampea bridge, it houses a large, organically growing city.


• DEODORA, ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITAL: Deodora has grown so large over the centuries as to merge with Élaga and the greatbridge settlements to form a megacity. It is known worldwide for the Deodoran Grand University.


• AELACINE MUSEUM:A visual and material history of Élaga presented in a complex of buildings across the Garden of Trebaruna.

ERKUDEN, Federative Republic

• GAIZKANE, FEDERAL CAPITAL.