Amantan

From DALpedia

Amantan, is in the far South of Gaian, which is currently ruled by a repressive Empire, the Zhao Chin Empire, in the mould of the ancient Gaian Empire, ruled by a God Emporer, Pu Yin Tao, but mostly by his Grand Vizier Mao Tien, who reside in the Secret City, a complex of tunnels and caverns beneath the capital city of Li Tze, which is lit by a million candles and by light shafts.

The majority of the population are peasant who farm in vast paddy fields growing rice, for the most part, living in villages, all of which have a large police/army presence (army=police), who control completely the lives of the villagers, and any dissent results in execution. All magic users are called to the Emporer's court and are forced to do services for the Emporer (otherwise, another few mages will kill them). Religion here is mostly praying to a statue of the current Emporer in the hope that he will grant rains (of course, this has no effect of whether rains come or not).

In the cities, society is highly stratified. You have the plebians, normal people, who own shops or workshops, or work in factories. Then you have the slaves, below them, who either work for those higher in society, ord o the worst jobs in the factory, or work in the dreaded silver mines, or any other mine for that matter, hence working for high society is the hope of any slave. Every once in a while, a slae might be freed by his/her master, in which case s/he becomes a free(wo)man, on the lower end of Plebian society. All the higher ranks in the stratification are part of the army (which as mentioned also act as police force), and correspond to the ranks in a normal army. Just above the plebians you have normal footsoldiers (spear, sword, armour, feather in helmet, follow orders, you know), and just a little above them you have squad leaders (seargents, corporals etc.). Then there is another big jump into the officer class, the highest of whom is the God Emporer himself, and then the Vizier. The mages mentioned above are effectively slaves.

Demographics

Peasant: 40%
Plebian: 20%
Slave: 30%
Foot soldier: 9%
Officer class: 1%

Foreign relations

There is no foreign contact. Anyone who lands in the Zhao Chin Empire without a permit is executed by the army. This is so that the slaves, plebians and peasants do not know anything different to the world they inhabit: Zhao Chin.

Purpose in the RP

Amantan, has not and may never appear in the official DAL RP (which depends on if Haraldur chooses to return). The actual purpose of Amantan is supposed to be an excuse of the absence of Tesla, Durruti and Makhno, while Haraldur is assumed to be starting a revolution in a market place in hell.