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= Mayavati, "Gap Between the Mountains" =

== GEOGRAPHY ==

The name "Mayavati" literally means "Gap between the mountains".

This country is a small roughly triangular country, surrounded on two
sides by mountains, and on the third by a river. The river is slow
moving and picks up sediment from the mountains which makes it
undrinkable without filtering. Also the land is very sandy and little
grows in it. So life here is very limited. As a result the few tribes
who do live here are very poor (compared with other countries). As a
result, they avoid contact with outsiders, and shun anyone who comes
into the country.

== HISTORY ==

Mayavati has had no great wars, and has played no huge part in
other's wars. However its seclusion has allowed a few very wealthy
people to set up their manses in the country. These manses, if found
by the locals, are often attacked, with all inside killed and the
building looted and then destroyed. As a result, any manses are
usually well hidden and guarded.

== GOVERNMENT ==

There is a king in Karea, the biggest town (Mayavati has no cities as
such). However power rests in his "advisors" who represent the old
ways. A few laws are passed from time to time, but most of the
population is more involved in survival than caring about any laws.
So what laws there are often involve keeping out foreigners, and
heavily taxing any goods that actually do come in or out of the
country.

== CRIME ==

Crime doesn't really exist much - not because people are satisfied,
but usually because there are no official laws to ban what they are
doing. For example if one tribesperson kills another, this will be
dealt with by the tribe. The usual punishments of "death", "limb
severing" or "thrown out of the tribe" are handed out by the tribal
elder and that's the end of the matter. Note that different tribes
will act differently to the same incident.

== RELIGION AND FESTIVALS ==

The main gods represent birth, growth and death. However "Cormma"
(the god of birth and renewal) is pronounced "Cormah" in the west
and "Cormak" in the north. As literacy is at around 1%, none of these
names are written down, and such consistency is unnecessary.

The main festivals of the year are centred around the weather. For
example "Dophest", or "First Rain" occurs at the first day in spring
when enough rain falls so that plant are seen. So it is often
celebrated on different days by different tribes.

Just occasionally the king will announce a festival in his honour.
Often after a lot of rain, or a clearing in the river water making it
drinkable and irrigating plants. The festival will usually be in his
honour, thanking him for providing the favourable weather (which he
takes full credit for).

== RESOURCES ==

Mayavati is rich in some minerals. However they are deep underground,
and setting up a mining operation has proved very difficult, because
attempts are raided and destroyed. "We don't need no outsiders in our
land". If a way of mining without the locals knowing were set up, it
could prove very profitable.

== STORIES ==

VEIN OF GOLD: There is rumoured to be a rich vein of gold under the
dead "Forgo" river (a river that dried up years ago). Small nuggets
of gold were found on the river bed on spring after a layer of ice
had cleared.

ANDAROS: Andaros was a very wealthy merchant who suddenly vanished
with much of his wealth. It was widely known that he intended to
retire somewhere quiet to spend the rest of his days, and wanted
maximum privacy. The story goes that he came to mayavati and built a
large manse into the mountainside itself. It was reportedly laden
with riches beyond anything the people of Mayavati could dream of.
Then he recreated the wall of the mountain to seal himself in and was
never seen or heard of again. Unfortunately those who built the
fortress never told of its location (this may be because they mere
made to forget). Many searches have been made but it has not yet been
found.

DOR HIBOON: Dor was a great fighter. When a neighbouring country was
attacking them, and was almost certainly going to conquer them, Dor
sneaked into the other country and, at night, killed the captain of
the attacking force. When the army did not stop, he went to the
capital and broke into the castle, killing four guards, before
getting to the king and killing him as well. It is told that Dor
escaped but as he did so, he said that he would kill anyone who
attacked Mayavati. He is a national hero and a role model for young
boys.

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