Post by Delta on Mar 11, 2016 20:50:11 GMT
The Akhitan Sovereignty
- The Akhitan (AWK-HITTEN) Sovereignty is a conglomerate of city states in the far east, southeastern corner of the Valashamai Peninsula, on the Tian-Xiao continent, that are ruled by an Imperial Dynasty with the head of state being Emperor Akihito (AWK-Eh-HEET-OH). It’s capital Apsúl houses the Imperial palace, a massive citadel carved into the side of the mountain that serves as the Imperial Dynasty’s personal home, in addition it headquarters many of the ministries employed by the Government. Apsúl is the capital city of The Akhitan Sovereignty it is a massive metropolis of 65,000 people living within it’s limits, set near the delta of a river with the palace-citadel built into the side of a mountain overlooking the sea. Detailed map here:
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Society
Akhitan society is very hierarchical, and respect of law and order is of the utmost importance to Akhitan citizens. Citizens of Akihito are predominantly human, of various Tian ethnicities, others however, have made their home in the Akhitan Sovereignty. While Common is known by virtually everyone within the state, Tien is the preferred language of citizens, and Draconic is used as a sort of formal language, and is seen in much of the bureaucratic and academic documents/settings within the state. Akhitan citizens spend much of their early life in compulsory public education established by the state. At the end of their education, each student is allowed to take the Bureaucrat’s exam which are scored competitively against other students, the top percentage is then interviewed, and based on the physical, magical, and intellectual aptitudes of the top scorers of the bureaucrat’s exam, the state then selects students to go and attend secondary education. Secondary education may include the Imperial University, Imperial Military Academy, or Imperial Mage’s College. Citizens that do not rate on the bureaucrat’s exam spend two years of compulsory state service, after they may retake the bureaucrat’s exam, or devote themselves to a trade profession like, farming, fishing, carpentry, smithing, etc.
The Akhitan Sovereignty is headed by the Emperor Akihito as the ultimate authority, but the day to day governing, defense, and relations with other states are handled by various governement branches within the state referred to as ministries, they are: Ministry of War, Ministry of Diplomatic Relations, Ministry of Trade&Commerce, Ministry of Land Management, and Ministry of Education. The largest branch is the Ministry of War which controls the army, navy, and resident guard forces that act as police within the borders of The Akhitan Sovereignty. The Ministry of Trade and Commerce deals with trade, contractors, licenses, and the Imperial Bank. The Ministry of Diplomatic Relations sets basic policy, issues visas, and holds the Office of Personnel Management where a record of every known person in the state is kept. The Ministry of Land Management tracks sales and receipts of things regarding the land, and holds most of the real estate power in the state. The Ministry of Education sets the policy, criteria, and the upkeep for both public and secondary education.
Akhitan society is very hierarchical, and respect of law and order is of the utmost importance to Akhitan citizens. Citizens of Akihito are predominantly human, of various Tian ethnicities, others however, have made their home in the Akhitan Sovereignty. While Common is known by virtually everyone within the state, Tien is the preferred language of citizens, and Draconic is used as a sort of formal language, and is seen in much of the bureaucratic and academic documents/settings within the state. Akhitan citizens spend much of their early life in compulsory public education established by the state. At the end of their education, each student is allowed to take the Bureaucrat’s exam which are scored competitively against other students, the top percentage is then interviewed, and based on the physical, magical, and intellectual aptitudes of the top scorers of the bureaucrat’s exam, the state then selects students to go and attend secondary education. Secondary education may include the Imperial University, Imperial Military Academy, or Imperial Mage’s College. Citizens that do not rate on the bureaucrat’s exam spend two years of compulsory state service, after they may retake the bureaucrat’s exam, or devote themselves to a trade profession like, farming, fishing, carpentry, smithing, etc.
The Akhitan Sovereignty is headed by the Emperor Akihito as the ultimate authority, but the day to day governing, defense, and relations with other states are handled by various governement branches within the state referred to as ministries, they are: Ministry of War, Ministry of Diplomatic Relations, Ministry of Trade&Commerce, Ministry of Land Management, and Ministry of Education. The largest branch is the Ministry of War which controls the army, navy, and resident guard forces that act as police within the borders of The Akhitan Sovereignty. The Ministry of Trade and Commerce deals with trade, contractors, licenses, and the Imperial Bank. The Ministry of Diplomatic Relations sets basic policy, issues visas, and holds the Office of Personnel Management where a record of every known person in the state is kept. The Ministry of Land Management tracks sales and receipts of things regarding the land, and holds most of the real estate power in the state. The Ministry of Education sets the policy, criteria, and the upkeep for both public and secondary education.
Important Figures
Akihito: Emperor Akihito is a Great Wyrm LN Sovereign Dragon, with personal ties to Apsu and Tiamat as trusted councilor. He spends much of his time in the private sectors of the Imperial Palace that are forbidden to all but the most elite of cabinet members, and trusted officials, and as such much of his doing and goings on are very much unknown to the outside. Most citizens will not lay their eyes on the emperor in their entire lifetime. Seeing the emperor is considered such a great boon to many citizens that they’re status in the eyes of other common folk is considered one above their own, even if it is not officially recognized.
Aínu: The crowned prince of Emperor Akihito. Aínu is the public face of the Akihitan Dynasty, and in many cases serves as the personal liaison for his father to the outside world, in addition to being heir.
Itto Ogami: Is a Human (Tian-Dan) whom served as the right hand of the Emperor during the warring states period. Nicknamed the Emperor’s Personal Executioner. Itto Ogami proved to be an incredibly deadly soldier on the battlefield, many conflicts during the warring states period were thought to have been decided by Itto’s skill with a sword alone. Through his martial prowess, Akihito named him champion of the Akhitan Sovereignty and acts as personal advisor and friend to Emperor Akihito, he was also Prince Aínu’s personal teacher for a time. Emperor Akihito also awarded his first daughter’s hand in marriage to Itto Ogami, in their time together they conceived a son, Daigoro Ogami Akihitan. Through treachery of one imperial cabinet member Itto Ogami was framed for the murder of his wife, Aíla Akihitan Ogami, and fled Imperial jurisdiction for a time, before the intervention of outside inquisition contracted the crown prince, which resulted in the execution of the Minister of War, and the reinstatement of Itto Ogami.
Aínu: The crowned prince of Emperor Akihito. Aínu is the public face of the Akihitan Dynasty, and in many cases serves as the personal liaison for his father to the outside world, in addition to being heir.
Itto Ogami: Is a Human (Tian-Dan) whom served as the right hand of the Emperor during the warring states period. Nicknamed the Emperor’s Personal Executioner. Itto Ogami proved to be an incredibly deadly soldier on the battlefield, many conflicts during the warring states period were thought to have been decided by Itto’s skill with a sword alone. Through his martial prowess, Akihito named him champion of the Akhitan Sovereignty and acts as personal advisor and friend to Emperor Akihito, he was also Prince Aínu’s personal teacher for a time. Emperor Akihito also awarded his first daughter’s hand in marriage to Itto Ogami, in their time together they conceived a son, Daigoro Ogami Akihitan. Through treachery of one imperial cabinet member Itto Ogami was framed for the murder of his wife, Aíla Akihitan Ogami, and fled Imperial jurisdiction for a time, before the intervention of outside inquisition contracted the crown prince, which resulted in the execution of the Minister of War, and the reinstatement of Itto Ogami.
*Laws*
1. The Emperor acts as the ultimate authority within the confines of the state.
2. Religious freedom is practiced with the Sovereign state provided that worship violates no laws in the process.
3. Slavery of any shape or form is illegal, contractual temporary indentured servitude is allowed but highly regulated. Penalty is imprisonment, seizure of assets, and, pending trial, public execution.
4. Children are the responsibility of their parents, parents reap the penalties of illegal acts committed by their children and are legally compelled to provide for them on penalty of fine, imprisonment, and seizure of custody.
5. Citizens that complete their compulsory education are legally compelled to serve two years of state service, military or bureaucratic.
6. Preservation of the land is compulsory, anyone caught in an act of poaching (hunting or fishing without license) will be charged with abuse of Imperial property, and are subject to fine, and/or imprisonment. Other abuse of Imperial lands includes stripping of forests, draining of lakes/streams/or other bodies of water without permit, hunting an animal to extinction, or any means of polluting the land, water, or sky beyond the regulated limit.
7. The act of stealing is illegal. The fencing of goods, or enabling of thieves is also considered an act of theft, and criminals charged shall be imprisoned, fined, and assets frozen until the sentence has been completed.
8. Crimes committed while intoxicated are not met with clemency, the charge for committing a crime while intoxicated is the same as if it were sober, in addition to their sentence those found guilty of a crime while intoxicated will also have to spend time in a rehabilitation education class. 10 days downtime in addition to penalty of offense.
9. Citizens are guaranteed freedom of speech, however slander is not permitted, and those found guilty of slander will be fined.
10. The sale of all goods purchased shall be met with a 5% tax to the total cost of the good being sold. The tax revenue of sale goods is collected and stored in the Central Imperial Bank, which is used to provide services for its people. Tax dodging is a serious crime for which imprisonment, freezing or seizure of assets can be levied upon the individual.
11. Outside trade, or the importation of goods or services is not permitted without first paying a flat tariff fee, and the sales tax of 5% to the total cost of good or service being provided, unless otherwise noted by Imperial authority.
12. Non-citizens entering the state by any means other than acquiring a visa, is illegal. Undocumented immigrants caught without visa will be have the assets that they are carrying seized, they will be deported and they will be blacklisted from purchasing a visa until a fine is paid. Undocumented immigrants may also be imprisoned, or executed depending on any crimes they may have committed within the state.
13. Weapons may only be openly carried by officials of the state, or those whom have payed the licensing fee to carry a weapon within the city limits. Concealed weapons of any kind are illegal. Those caught in violation will be fined and imprisoned. Weapons recently purchased, or citizens or visa holding personnel with weapons are obligated to travel directly to their domicile or destination within city limits with their weapons stowed, but easily identifiable, persons with recently purchased weapons may be asked to show a bill of sale with the tax stamp. The only means of obtaining a license is in a contract given by the Ministry of Commerce with a “use of weapons authorized” within the contract.
14. A man’s home is his castle. He may defend his home with his life and may use whatever force he feel necessary to defend his home, or others within his home, or personal property. With the exception of a state sealed warrant, a property owner may select whom is welcome and whom is not.
15. Open rebellion or clandestine operations against the state will be met with seizure of assets and immediate execution.
16. Prostitution is legal, but only permitted in brothels, and highly regulated, brothel owners must have license to employ prostitutes.
17. Spell casting is permitted within the state. Raising of the dead in any form is prohibited, anyone caught in the act of reviving, resurrecting, or raising of a dead body will be immediately executed.
18. All lands within the territory of the state, belong to the state, unless a sealed deed from a state official is in possession,
19. Contact with outsiders of all kinds is strictly prohibited. Outsiders may only enter the state legally pending a waiver from the Imperial Dynasty is granted.
20. Citizenship is by natural birth only, or unless awarded honorary citizenship by the state, foreigners enter legally via visa only.
21. Each person within a contract is required to pay a 5% tax of their wages that they receive. [GM NOTE: Adventurers each pay 5% of their gold from table stats.]
22. Citizens and visa holders must pay an annual 5% tax from revenue generated from their profession, and from any property that they might own.
23. Citizens may only erect structures if they acquire a deed to a parcel of land from the Ministry of Land Management, via purchase or lease.
24. All citizens and visa holders are issued an identification booklet with an arcane mark signifying their status as a citizen or foreigner, their social standing, profession, and place of domicile. Licenses that are procured go in this booklet, the licenses are time stamped with the date and duration of the license with an arcane mark as well. It is required that all citizens, and visa holders carry their identification booklet with them at all times, failure to do so will result in immediate arrest and placement into a holding cell, the GM is to roll a D24 to determine how many hours it takes for the Ministry of Personnel Management to find a record of the person that they are claiming to be, and then a minor offense fine is levied upon the PC, the PC must then purchase a new identity booklet from the Office of Personel Management at a cost of 1,000 gp (no licenses will be carried over), or they are to go directly to their domicile to retrieve their identification booklet, with a copy of their fine (time stamped) in case of being stopped by a guard for the same offense.
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2. Religious freedom is practiced with the Sovereign state provided that worship violates no laws in the process.
3. Slavery of any shape or form is illegal, contractual temporary indentured servitude is allowed but highly regulated. Penalty is imprisonment, seizure of assets, and, pending trial, public execution.
4. Children are the responsibility of their parents, parents reap the penalties of illegal acts committed by their children and are legally compelled to provide for them on penalty of fine, imprisonment, and seizure of custody.
5. Citizens that complete their compulsory education are legally compelled to serve two years of state service, military or bureaucratic.
6. Preservation of the land is compulsory, anyone caught in an act of poaching (hunting or fishing without license) will be charged with abuse of Imperial property, and are subject to fine, and/or imprisonment. Other abuse of Imperial lands includes stripping of forests, draining of lakes/streams/or other bodies of water without permit, hunting an animal to extinction, or any means of polluting the land, water, or sky beyond the regulated limit.
7. The act of stealing is illegal. The fencing of goods, or enabling of thieves is also considered an act of theft, and criminals charged shall be imprisoned, fined, and assets frozen until the sentence has been completed.
8. Crimes committed while intoxicated are not met with clemency, the charge for committing a crime while intoxicated is the same as if it were sober, in addition to their sentence those found guilty of a crime while intoxicated will also have to spend time in a rehabilitation education class. 10 days downtime in addition to penalty of offense.
9. Citizens are guaranteed freedom of speech, however slander is not permitted, and those found guilty of slander will be fined.
10. The sale of all goods purchased shall be met with a 5% tax to the total cost of the good being sold. The tax revenue of sale goods is collected and stored in the Central Imperial Bank, which is used to provide services for its people. Tax dodging is a serious crime for which imprisonment, freezing or seizure of assets can be levied upon the individual.
11. Outside trade, or the importation of goods or services is not permitted without first paying a flat tariff fee, and the sales tax of 5% to the total cost of good or service being provided, unless otherwise noted by Imperial authority.
12. Non-citizens entering the state by any means other than acquiring a visa, is illegal. Undocumented immigrants caught without visa will be have the assets that they are carrying seized, they will be deported and they will be blacklisted from purchasing a visa until a fine is paid. Undocumented immigrants may also be imprisoned, or executed depending on any crimes they may have committed within the state.
13. Weapons may only be openly carried by officials of the state, or those whom have payed the licensing fee to carry a weapon within the city limits. Concealed weapons of any kind are illegal. Those caught in violation will be fined and imprisoned. Weapons recently purchased, or citizens or visa holding personnel with weapons are obligated to travel directly to their domicile or destination within city limits with their weapons stowed, but easily identifiable, persons with recently purchased weapons may be asked to show a bill of sale with the tax stamp. The only means of obtaining a license is in a contract given by the Ministry of Commerce with a “use of weapons authorized” within the contract.
14. A man’s home is his castle. He may defend his home with his life and may use whatever force he feel necessary to defend his home, or others within his home, or personal property. With the exception of a state sealed warrant, a property owner may select whom is welcome and whom is not.
15. Open rebellion or clandestine operations against the state will be met with seizure of assets and immediate execution.
16. Prostitution is legal, but only permitted in brothels, and highly regulated, brothel owners must have license to employ prostitutes.
17. Spell casting is permitted within the state. Raising of the dead in any form is prohibited, anyone caught in the act of reviving, resurrecting, or raising of a dead body will be immediately executed.
18. All lands within the territory of the state, belong to the state, unless a sealed deed from a state official is in possession,
19. Contact with outsiders of all kinds is strictly prohibited. Outsiders may only enter the state legally pending a waiver from the Imperial Dynasty is granted.
20. Citizenship is by natural birth only, or unless awarded honorary citizenship by the state, foreigners enter legally via visa only.
21. Each person within a contract is required to pay a 5% tax of their wages that they receive. [GM NOTE: Adventurers each pay 5% of their gold from table stats.]
22. Citizens and visa holders must pay an annual 5% tax from revenue generated from their profession, and from any property that they might own.
23. Citizens may only erect structures if they acquire a deed to a parcel of land from the Ministry of Land Management, via purchase or lease.
24. All citizens and visa holders are issued an identification booklet with an arcane mark signifying their status as a citizen or foreigner, their social standing, profession, and place of domicile. Licenses that are procured go in this booklet, the licenses are time stamped with the date and duration of the license with an arcane mark as well. It is required that all citizens, and visa holders carry their identification booklet with them at all times, failure to do so will result in immediate arrest and placement into a holding cell, the GM is to roll a D24 to determine how many hours it takes for the Ministry of Personnel Management to find a record of the person that they are claiming to be, and then a minor offense fine is levied upon the PC, the PC must then purchase a new identity booklet from the Office of Personel Management at a cost of 1,000 gp (no licenses will be carried over), or they are to go directly to their domicile to retrieve their identification booklet, with a copy of their fine (time stamped) in case of being stopped by a guard for the same offense.
- Minor Offenses:
Include but not limited to: Tax dodging up to a cumulative total of $50,000 gp, Theft under $50,000 gp totaled, Poaching and Polluting, entering the state without a visa, aiding undocumented immigrants in crossing over state lines without a visa, slander, illegal carry of a weapon.
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- Major Offense:
Major offenses include but are not limited to offenses such as: Assault, Home Invasion, Grand Theft, Tax evasion in a cumulative total of over 50,000gp, Rebellion or inciting a Rebellion, Clandestine operations without official sanction, contacting outsiders, Slavery, Raising the dead.
-anyone caught committing one of these acts will be arrested, fined severely, seized assets, and pending a trial possibly execution.
-anyone caught committing one of these acts will be arrested, fined severely, seized assets, and pending a trial possibly execution.
Licenses&Permits
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*Important Reminder* Weapon licenses can only be purchased if the contract clause authorizes the use of weapons. The sale of Open Carry Weapon Licenses are offered at the same contracting office as the job offered, and are required to be purchased at the time of contract, not after.