Republic of Darokin

This republic is centered around the capital, Darokin. Its wealth is based on trade from Lake Amsorak (the large inland lake), the Streel river, the eastern caravan route, and sea trade filtering in through the Malpheggi swamp. Darokin is a plutocracy; that is, the government is run by the wealthiest merchant families.

Daros as Player Characters
The Daros are a heterogeneous population, made up of several peoples, and this has resulted in a population of light olive complexion, with hair and eyes that can be of almost any colour, with brown hair and eyes being the most common. They are a notoriously hard working lot; most are driven by the desire of success. Each generation wants to live in better surroundings and clothe and educate their children better than the last generation did.

Darokinians as a people are notoriously opposed to war and other violent solutions, but prefer to settle things by diplomacy. There is a national diplomatic service known as the Darokinian Diplomatic Corps, whose function is to try to solve internal and foreign policy problems peacefully.

There are a number of dialects and languages spoken in Darokin and many people speak more than one language, chopping and changing as is appropriate.

Daro itself is fairly predominate, but it tends to absorb words from other languages quickly so in essence being a mixture of predominantly, Traldar, Thyatian, Elvish and Alasiyani. It is the language of official documents and contracts.

Traladaran is spoken in the east of Darokin, mostly among the immigrants from what is now Karameikos. It is a complex language and not easy to pick up for non-native speakers.

Thyatian is spoken by a large number of people as a vaguely common language across this part of the world, encouraged by the Thyatian belief that it is the only tongue fit for their mouths. Speakers of other languages find it a bit heavy and filled with awkward grammatical rules.

Alasiyani is the language of Ylaruam, although there are as many dialects as there are camps in the desert. It is analagous to Arabic, and is a common language in Selenica where many of the residents and visitors originate from Ylaruam.

Languages: Any two of Daro, Traladaran, Thyatian, and Alasiyani.