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I am personally not too keen on it, Impy...

But I'll let Eltee decide.


Also, Pomcey, it's nice that you have made a language for your nation, but please type translations as well.

Alright, you are right. I am going to change it.

But how should I put citites in the mountains.

Well...

I haven't got anything against cavern cities.

It's the interconnected cave system I'm questionable about. 'Cause, you know, it would be nigh impossible for anyone to get you in there.

Isn't a cavern city a cave system?

Well, you could hav the citites in sort of half-open, massive caverns?

I know this might be a question for Eltee, but are the mountains all rocky? Or are there little flats of land high up?

Finally done:

Nation's Name: Brothers of Oten
Home Species: Minatours
Capital City: Khelsin
Leader(s):
Name:Merakius Virra the Invincible
Sex: Male
Age: 37
Species: Minatour
Appearance: Merakius is easily 8 feet tall. He has gold coloured fur and is covered with blood red tattoos. He has two large horns and a such a powerful posture and body structure he can easily take on 10 minatours at a time.
Personality: Merakius is ambitious, strong willed and very aggressive. He can easily lose his temper if provoked or insulted.
Background: Merakius was born in a small hunting village and he eagerly joined the military. Merakius became famous by killing the traitorous previous High General of the nation. He then challenged the Great One of that time and easily defeated him. After 5 years of his rule he has proven himself to be the true successor of Vrahkir.

Nation's History and Background: The Brothers of Oten began as a bandit group of minatours that went around pillaging the south of Norstwin. They were created by Vanil Varian in 1,943 O.T. but back then, it didn’t even have 20 members. The first time The Brothers of Oten became well known was in 2,037 under the rule of Vrahkir Marnkius the Supreme. Vrahkir led The Brothers of Oten on many conquests and formed a little nomad group into a fully fledged nation.
Under his command The Brothers of Oten’s land spread so far, that they single handily ruled the southern half of Norstwin. But after Vrahkir’s death, their land decreased and all that remained was a big chunk of Norstwin's rainforests. The degrading stop, however, in 2,347 and since then, the mighty minatours have been preparing for war.
The Brothers of Oten live in tightly packed communities where physical strength is valued above all. The nation’s armies don’t have a flag or banner, instead, they show their alliance by painting themselves with blood red tattoos.
Additional Information:
Leader: The leader of the Brothers of Oten is called The Great One and they have power over all the villages and the land that falls within their border. The Great One is always right, The Great One comes only under Caadan and his great priests. The Great One resides in the grandest city, Khelsin, from where he rules. However, The Great One relies on chieftains that rule individuals settlements to carry the smaller rule within the given settlement and land that it owns. A minatour comes to power by challenging the current Great One (if the given minatour is well known) and has a fight to the death in the Great Arena. The victor becomes/remains the Great One. If the Great One is to unexpectedly die, all the chieftains of the nation are called for a meeting to decide the next Great One. Mostly war heroes are chosen for the job.

Crime and Justice: As The Brothers of Oten are very barbaric, the death sentence is carried out for almost every crime. The offender is allowed to have a choice, execution or fight for their life. If they chose to fight they are sent to the great arena in Khelsin where they are pitted against the Butcher; a 10 feet tall abomination with 3 giant horns and a mouth that can eat a human whole. The Butcher is created by un-known methods by the high priests of Caadan every time the current Butcher dies. The Butcher is the strongest minatour of the generation, and sometimes they are brought along on important conquests. If the offender kills the Butcher, they are set free. This has never happened.

Religion: The Brothers of Oten is a very religious nation, they believed that if they don’t worship Caadan, they will lose all their strength and might and be sentenced to eternal torture. In every settlement there is a church, chapel, shrine which is home to many priests and priestess of Caadan. Khelsin, however, is home to the Great Oten’s Cathedral who is run by the High Priests of Caadan. These priests have more power than The Great One.

Villages and Cities: Citizens of this nation live in tightly packed communities . They mostly live on the coast or at the borders/edges of the rainforests. Only hunting villages pop up in the middle of the rainforest. Normal villages have stone walls whilst hunting villages have tribal, spiked log walls.

Notable Cities:
Khelsin: Khelsin is the biggest city of the nation, it is home to over 350,000 minatours. It is loacated on the South-West coast of Norstwin. Khelsin has a very good defence location, it is situated on a large hill on a field, a kilometre or so from the rainforest. It has massive 15 metre stone walls and the main gate is a massive victory monument transformed into a gate. On the southern side of the hill, there are many mines which you can access via the shadow gate, a much smaller victory monument that has been transformed. On the coast there are numerous fishing huts. In the centre of a city lies a stone circle (Stonehenge basically) that is very sacred and only used in important festivals. Next to it is the Great Oten’s Cathedral, and also the Great One’s house. It can easily house 200 minatours and is home to the Great One and his family, amongst many servants.
Seriraka: Seriaka is the military hub of the nation. It big enough to house 300,000 minatours. Instead of a true city, it houses most of the nation’s army instead of normal citizens. The city is rather dull, barracks after barracks, blacksmith after blacksmith, the only notable building is the High Generals house. Seriraka is home to the greatest generals of the nation, and they live in a massive longhouse there. The walls of Seriraka are stone and 10 metres tall. In front of the walls lie spikes which keep out attackers, and on the walls many corpses are hung to scare off attackers. Seriraka is situated along the southern river that cuts through the rainforest.
Merhaus: Merhaus is the religious hub of the nation, home to many priests and pilgrims. Its current population is around 100,000 , at the city itself is on the southern coast of Norstwin. It has tall marble walls and in its centre lies the Basilica of the Lord. A massive courtyard leads to it, surrounded by massive marble pillars with great fires on top of them and in the middle lies a big fountain. The basilica itself is a slightly bigger than the Great Oten’s Cathedral. It looks a lot like St. Peters Basilica irl.

National Anthem:

Place on Map: A big chunk of Norstwin's rainforest.

The majority of the mountains would be very rocky.

Okay, I think I changed it for the better.

Well, Imp, that's kind of what I wanted the land below the tundra. --As I've edited into my posts, I now would like north/northeastern Veyna.

Yeah, sorry, I did a cave system thing too. I'll scrap the "tunnel" thing, so it's more wide open caverns and stuff.

Edit: Oh man, I've been dumb. I don't know why, but I've been thinking of mantises like...Buggers that the only fertile females are the queens. I have much editing to do...

Oh, sorry.

No, it's fine

Sorry, JV. It means, I am the supreme ruler.

No need to be sorry.

Just so the rest of us knows what you are going on about.

Will I include the translation in spoilers?

Is my civilization better now?

Yes, that's better.
Thank you, Imp.

Done.

Nation's Name: Ululula


Name: Grand Chief Bull Asphodel LXIII, Ancestral Axeman of the Great and Holy Oten, Master of the Thundering Horns


Flag

Hmm... Looks like a Celtic flag.

Dang, that's a lot of Asphodels...

Is that the only thing the rulers are named?

No, but most chiefs only remain chief for a few years at most. Asphodel LXIII would be considered very exceptional.

63... That's a lot. Is that the number of chiefs or his age?

We got lots of minotaurs.

For minotaurs, that's not so exceptional, I guess.

In my nation, it's legal for the ryoal family to kill each other.