Editing Soukos (section)

==History:==

The ancient realms of Soukos are known as the city-states, called such for being independently acting realms for the most part throughout history. Across the rocky coasts of Soukos through the small whitewashed fishing villages and peaceful hamlets arise these gargantuan realms each with a unique and storied history. Due to this each city-state has a unique trait that embodies itself in the mannerisms and manufacturing of that land. Typically these cities are located on the coast and visitors travelling there for the first time would be met with buildings resembling seeming to stretch into the sky at impossible angles, great temples to the local pantheon and a crowded harbor being filled with neo-triremes, merchant boats and all sorts of smaller crafts in a cramped merchants quarter. And this is just the port, the many districts of these city-states stretch inland with many a wonder being found to anyone travelling through. Due to this scale, even the small and relatively minor city-states have extremely dense populations of at least 100,000 due to centuries of growing and a constant influx of merchants and travelers coming to seek their fortune. The size and unique traits of these cities result in massive armies being formed and used as a city-states personal militia rather than a national army being sent out to fulfill the cities own purposes rather than assist in a greater endeavor. This has led to a lack of understanding between say, Crætians and Cornithians to use two major regions as an example and many, many civil wars. The shocking level of pettiness and spite between supposed "paragons of order" has often lasted for many generations with periods of halt from some new ruler or revolutionary technology allowing the disunity to be stopped with one specific faction rising to the top and dominating the others. These have either led to another, larger civil war or a golden age for the republic with the last one of note being just before the Eldrian Empire had reached its peak where the areas now known as the Nantic States were all explored and thoroughly mapped out, resulting in the modern day map of Autia being made alongside many settlements being established and trade being made with the then tribal locals. This "age of expansion" was put to an end with all forces being recalled to the homeland as the city-states had engaged in yet another civil war, this time kickstarted by Sparathus against Athíens. In the two centuries it took to resolve this conflict the former colonized portions of Autia developed their own cultural identities resulting in the modern day Sorgos humans inhabiting those parts in places like Aesnaria, Brazilistan, Voluntas Pact etc. These ages are also periods of great change with formerly small city-states rising to power, recently the land subject to this transformation has been Macedinios having birthed Dimitar. Through his impeccable leadership and usage of tactics adapted from his homeland such as the phalanx he assimilated several neighboring city-states and seemingly overnight successfully invaded Thïbesse, a feat of such magnitude quickly made many other major city-states swear fealty to him and lead to a new age of prosperity following the unification of the realms. It has been two hundred years since that time and Soukos has restarted contact with its former colonies, trade has increased by almost double and the land has slowly pushed against the northern border aiming to find the ideal time to strike again and take all of Rinosol during the upcoming war.