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| name            = Taństans<br>''Tangiś Param''
|conventional_long_name = United Cities
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| population      = 55-62 million
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| polity           = Kngdm. of Tańka<br>Kngdm. of Andela
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| language        = Taństan Coscivian
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| religion         = Ruricanism (traditional)<br>Various others
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| subgroups        = Green Taństans, Blue Taństans, Marþonans
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| related         = Liśkans, Ebondans, Ferūlans
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| orig_state      = [[Fariva]], [[Harma]], [[Valta]]
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| dias_state      = ''Throughout Kirav''
|capital =           [[Heng]]
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The '''Taństans''' are a Coscivian ethnic group, one of the largest single ethnic groups in the Kiravian Federacy.


==History==
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|government_type =    Plutocracy
Taństan Coscivian is one of the most widely-spoken Coscivian vernacular language, with a long literary tradition and a well-developed network of Taństan-medium educational institutions, newspapers, and radio stations. It is an official language of Fariva, Harma, and the Austral and Itapau Islands. However, there are far fewer monolingual speakers of Taństan Coscivian than of the other vernacular languages of commensurate size, with most Taństans being fluent in Kiravic. Most monolingual Taństan-speakers in Great Kirav hail from overseas colonies or Livensóla.
|leader_title1 =      Grand Secretary
 
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==Religion==
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Ruricanism is the traditional faith of the Taństan people, but since the XYZth century the ethnic group has become increasingly diverse in terms of religion. Among the modern Taństans there are Archepiscopals, Mercantile Protestants, members of numerous small Taństan-initiated heterodox Christian sects, Iduans, Komarists, Sarostivists, Unitarians, Universalists, and members of urban {{wp|new religious movements}}. Ethnic Taństans who adhere to [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]] are commonly referred to as ''Marþonans'', though this term more properly refers to a specific subgroup of Latin-Rite Catholics Taństans, most of whom live in close-knit communities in rural Harma and in [[Avenirskara]]. Some Taństans have adopted Reformed Orthodoxy (Theophilianism). Whatever their creed, however, most Taństans maintain some sort of connexion to Ruricanism, whether in substantive syncretism with their professed religion or more through participation in Rurican rites and traditions in a non-defining or merely cultural way.
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|legislature =        Council of Cities
==Culture and Customs==
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The Taństans have a stratified, hierarchical culture that places great importance on notions of social rank, propriety, and protocol.
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Most Taństan marriages are endogamous, but patterns of exogamy vary according to social rank and class. Rural Taństans are the most strictly endogamous segment of the ethnic group, followed by Republican-class Taństans in metropolitan and micropolitan areas who trace their ancestry to the old yeomanry and lesser nobility of Taństedan. Taństans involved in the maritime industry, seaborne commerce, and the navy have traditionally been more open to exogamy, while many aristocratic Taństan families have intermarried with families of comparably high status from other Coscivian groups. With regard to intra-ethnic marriages, rank, class, and ancestry play a major role in determining whether a pairing is acceptable. Marriages between Taństans from very different levels of the social hierarchy are strongly discouraged, and families often have strict standards as to which bloodlines are worthy of marrying their sons and daughters. Several services, including both for-profit companies and nonprofit societies, collect information on Taństan marriage prospects in a particular region, as well as their family histories, and publish this information in annual "marriage almanacs" to help young Taństans seeking spouses. {{wp|Cousin marriage}} is traditionally accepted among the Taństans, and in fact preferred among some subgroups.
|established_event1 = Establishment
|established_date1 = 915
Adorning buildings with ivy.
|established_event2 = 1st UC-Zhong War
 
|established_date2 =  938
Taństan tradition of higher education. Their own recension of High Coscivian. "Taństan Model" universities across Kiravia.
|established_event3 = 2nd UC-Zhong War
 
|established_date3 = 1125
The Taństans have a strong {{wp|tea culture}} that sets them apart from other Coscivian-Kiravians, who have generally come to prefer coffee since settling in Ixnay and have developed a coffee culture adapted from [[Culture_of_Caphiria#Food_.26_Drugs|the Hekuvian]]. Taństan tea culture includes several {{wp|tea ceremony|tea-centred rituals}}, a literary canon of {{wp|Tea classics|tea classics}}, and the inclusion of tea consumption into other aspects of life, such as business meetings and hospitality customs. Like other Coscivians, the Taństans regularly visit the graves of deceased relatives, and have the unique traditions of leaving cups of tea or burning tea leaves as a grave offering.
|established_event4 = 3rd UC-Zhong War and dissolution
 
|established_date4 = 1215
==Interethnic Relations==
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The Taństans are closely related to several other Coscivian ethnic groups, including the Liscans of Livensola, Ebondans, and Nūrþans, some of whom share Taństan Coscivian as their mother tongue; and more distantly to the Erasans, Lúnstans, Kagurans, and Ferúlans, with whom they share many cultural similarities.
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Due to the widespread geographic distribution of the Taństans, historical conflicts between Taństan and non-Taństan policies, and Taństans' socio-economic status as {{wp|middleman minority|middleman minorities}} or {{wp|Market-dominant minority|market-dominant minorities}} in many areas they inhabit, there is a long and continuing history of animosity between Taństans and various other Coscivian peoples. Emnity is particularly strong between the Taństans and the [[Ĥeldican Coscivians]] and [[Valosian Coscivians]].
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In the multiethnic metropolitan areas of Fariva, such as [[Béyasar]] and [[Norvimur]], members of the many non-Taństan groups that have immigrated to these areas over the centuries have adopted many aspects of Taństan-derived Farivan regional culture, but nonetheless maintain identities distinct from the dominant urban Taństan minority. Interethnic tension in these cities is strongly related to perceptions of social class and institutional power differentials.
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==Distribution==
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Taństans can be found throughout the Kiravian Federacy. Their traditional homeland is located in the Far Northeastern states of [[Fariva]], [[Harma]], Ostona, Serikorda, and {{wp|Rhode Island}}. Areas of newer settlement where Taństans are similarly dominant include Erinava and the Aromatic Isles. Large populations can be found in the [[Kiygrava]] (divided between the long-established Green Taństans and more recent migrants from Andela, termed Blue Taństans), much of Upper Kirav, [[Venèra]], northeastern [[Kastera]], [[Devahoma]], and Oceantropica.
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Important cities outside of the officially Taństan-speaking states where Taństans comprise a large percentage of the population include:
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*Þanetsar, capital of [[Devahoma]]: 36% Taństan
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*Klívhoma, [[Kastera]]: 42% Taństan
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*Hilarśad, [[Kiygrava]]: 56% Taństan
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*Tavroa, [[Venèra]]: 31% Taństan
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The '''United Cities''' was a state that existed in northwestern [[Corumm]] and parts of [[Canpei]] from 915 to 1215. Emerging during the death throes of the Chen dynasty and the Four Great Impostors crisis, it was originally created as a confederation of city states, the main aim of which was mutual protection, eliminating bad governance, promoting the slave trade and evading imperial taxation. The original members were the cities of [[Heng]], Sho Battai, Brink, Heft and Stoat. The economy of the United Cities was heavily dominated by slavery and not soon after its founding would slavers become the ruling class, effectively creating a highly corrrupt and despotic plutocracy. The United Cities would fall to [[Corumm]]ese Zhong dynasty armies in 1215 but many of its trade  and societal practices would continue in the territories that it had ruled.
=== History ===
=== Geography ===
=== Climate ===
The predominant climate of the area covered by the United Cities is cold semi-arid, featuring warm, dry summers and freezing winters with temperatures dropping below zero. Winters usually see light to moderate snowfall.
=== Government ===
The United Cities was ruled by the Council of Cities, a collection of the wealthiest and most influential men of each city. Only the richest ten citizens from each city were allowed to take part in the council. The choosing was not through election but by a tallying of the monetary worth of the aspirant, usually carried out by Traders Guild accountants. Every ten years a member of the council would be elected by simple majority to serve as Grand Secretary of the United Cities. The Grand Secretary had powers to represent the UC in foreign matters and trade negotiations. For the United Cities entire three hundred year existence the position was typically rotated, with no one city ever holding on to the position for consecutive terms.
=== Military ===
The United Cities kept a unified standing army known as the Iron Legion, composed of twenty thousand men in lamellar armor, divided into footmen, cavalry and artillery corps. It was augmented by city self-defense forces and private militias composed of slaves as needed. The Iron Legion was able to repel the numerically superior armies of the Zhong for many years until funding cutbacks, corruption and the intake of slaves into its ranks drastically reduced its combat effectiveness.
=== Foreign Relations ===
=== Economy ===
The United Cities economy was heavily reliant on slave labor for its agricultural and industrial manpower. UC slavers would undertake great raids into [[Rusana]], [[Duamacia]] and the rest of Zhong dominated [[Corumm]] to procure slaves for both internal use and for export. It would also acquire Audonian slaves through intermediaries since the UC never had direct access to the sea. The semiarid climate made for poor agricultural output, crops that required little water like cactus were favored. The rare alcoholic Cactus Rum has its origins in the United Cities and was also a big earner. Another source of revenue was taxation of caravans traversing through UC territory. Most trade in and out of the United Cities was overseen by an institution known as the United Traders Guild
=== Culture ===


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Revision as of 05:53, 5 June 2022

United Cities

联合城市
Flag of UC
Flag
Capital
and largest city
Heng
Official languagesCorummese
GovernmentPlutocracy
LegislatureCouncil of Cities
Establishment
• Establishment
915
• 1st UC-Zhong War
938
• 2nd UC-Zhong War
1125
• 3rd UC-Zhong War and dissolution
1215

The United Cities was a state that existed in northwestern Corumm and parts of Canpei from 915 to 1215. Emerging during the death throes of the Chen dynasty and the Four Great Impostors crisis, it was originally created as a confederation of city states, the main aim of which was mutual protection, eliminating bad governance, promoting the slave trade and evading imperial taxation. The original members were the cities of Heng, Sho Battai, Brink, Heft and Stoat. The economy of the United Cities was heavily dominated by slavery and not soon after its founding would slavers become the ruling class, effectively creating a highly corrrupt and despotic plutocracy. The United Cities would fall to Corummese Zhong dynasty armies in 1215 but many of its trade and societal practices would continue in the territories that it had ruled.

History

Geography

Climate

The predominant climate of the area covered by the United Cities is cold semi-arid, featuring warm, dry summers and freezing winters with temperatures dropping below zero. Winters usually see light to moderate snowfall.

Government

The United Cities was ruled by the Council of Cities, a collection of the wealthiest and most influential men of each city. Only the richest ten citizens from each city were allowed to take part in the council. The choosing was not through election but by a tallying of the monetary worth of the aspirant, usually carried out by Traders Guild accountants. Every ten years a member of the council would be elected by simple majority to serve as Grand Secretary of the United Cities. The Grand Secretary had powers to represent the UC in foreign matters and trade negotiations. For the United Cities entire three hundred year existence the position was typically rotated, with no one city ever holding on to the position for consecutive terms.

Military

The United Cities kept a unified standing army known as the Iron Legion, composed of twenty thousand men in lamellar armor, divided into footmen, cavalry and artillery corps. It was augmented by city self-defense forces and private militias composed of slaves as needed. The Iron Legion was able to repel the numerically superior armies of the Zhong for many years until funding cutbacks, corruption and the intake of slaves into its ranks drastically reduced its combat effectiveness.

Foreign Relations

Economy

The United Cities economy was heavily reliant on slave labor for its agricultural and industrial manpower. UC slavers would undertake great raids into Rusana, Duamacia and the rest of Zhong dominated Corumm to procure slaves for both internal use and for export. It would also acquire Audonian slaves through intermediaries since the UC never had direct access to the sea. The semiarid climate made for poor agricultural output, crops that required little water like cactus were favored. The rare alcoholic Cactus Rum has its origins in the United Cities and was also a big earner. Another source of revenue was taxation of caravans traversing through UC territory. Most trade in and out of the United Cities was overseen by an institution known as the United Traders Guild

Culture

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