Editing Soukos (section)

==Cities:==

===Macedinios:=== 

The youngest city-state to gain the major status and northernmost of them all, Macedinios is famed for the skill of its sarissamen and is attributed to inventing the phalanx military formation. Some regional units of note from these parts would include the Flamespitter Sarissamen and their flaming spear which can fire magical beams of pure heat capable of melting a hole in a steel sheet and the Amazons who inhabit those lands.

===Cornithus:===

A city-state constantly at the forefront of innovation, seeking only to further the arts which results in stunning pieces of clothing and armor coming from the land. However the Soukans consider war an art too and in this front the city isn't lacking as it manufactures the great ballistae, repeating bolt throwers, sanctified missile launchers and other artillery pieces used by the Soukans. Covering the coast of the city on white lighthouses are the fabled dragonkiller ballistae, named such for piercing and destroying the skull of a world dragon when they were first unveiled in an attempted Sartyrian raid on the land. The most famous unit from this land are the Gladius Sailor Guard, well trained soldiers and sailors who patrol the coast and stop any piracy occuring and in some cases even facing against beasts like a rogue cyclops.

===Crætus:===

The land of beasts as it is known to most is located on an island and filled to the brim with great mutated monsters roaming and terrorizing villages. With the assistance of Centaur Reavers and Satyr Skirmishers, two units of great renown from this region these beasts can be subdued and serve as the warbeasts used in a greater Soukan army. These include the Bonded Cyclopses, Warsphinxes, Manticores, Battle Hydras, Centaur Reavers, Satyr Skirmishers and Soukan Harpies, the last three being friendly and assisting the Soukans capture these beasts.

===Athíens:===

By far the most populous of all the city-states, Athíens is first visible from miles away because of their great lighthouse (which also serves as a potent beam weapon like the Harlan Tower but this is kept a secret) as a sprawling mass of spires, balconies, airships flying around and weapons being tested, overall a shockingly vast scene. In fact by this point the city has reached such size and age it could be reasonably be called a megacity, a term coined by a scholar from one of the many universities dotting the realm. While the size may be impressive Athíens itself it famous for being the most pious of all the city-states, setting up a great hill filled with temples to every god on the Soukan pantheon be it major or minor. These shrines serve great use outside of prayer as well for Cornithus often sends massive weapons shipments over which are brought inside a temple and blessed with a trait belonging to the god, granting in most cases enough strength to blow an iron beast of Yr in half. Typically each blessed artillery piece has one or two blessings but in some rare cases a weapon can rise to such notoriety and age that it gains the blessings of all the gods on temple hill receiving the title "everchosen", the most recent of which being an ashtongue of great renown. These weapons are then interred in shrines to be brought out in times of great need. Some famous regiments from these parts include the Fonias-Pattern Repeater Crossbowman who use their crossbows to fire a volley bolts that can pierce a mans heart in a single shot and the Ashtongues, a recent invention consisting of a drake shaped mouth letting loose a stream of Soukan fire. This fire is said to be able to burn even under a river with a current going through and has been mounted to the prows of ships allowing them to burn through almost everything in front of them alongside a newly formed regiment using smaller versions as some sort of "flamethrower" as they call it.

===Delphus:===

A city-state slightly inland from the coast and resembling more of a long series of farmland than one of the densely packed standard city-states with its vast population with them instead being more dispersed out across the small villages making this region up. The primary attraction of this land is the massive Temple of Apolion, god of the sun and prophecy and one of the major gods of the Soukans (I'll make a list of their major gods after this, won't be as long as this one but I'll also make a currency they use and such) with even Athíenans grudgingly admitting they have the superior temple. This temple serves as a great school of all those Soukans who seek to hone the inherent magical power gained through secondhand exposure to aetherroot alongside the home of the oracles, a subclass of mage with powerful divination powers. Both these battle mages and oracles are the famed regiments from this land capable of performing great feats such as trapping the enemy in an illusion so powerful they kill themselves off before ever reaching the hoplites or a key, if vague insight allowing the Soukans to win a battle through this prophecy. Aside from the temple, Delphus is a relatively quiet and peaceful place famed for the quality of the food and woolen crafts grown there which are often sold in markets all across the republic.

===Sparathus:===

Being a rare example of a landlocked city-state, the great halls and arenas of Sparathus are primarily connected to the outside world through the Eurotasse river and long ago they were the most powerful of all the city-states through their lust for expansion. This lust came to use when the Soukans spread out throughout Autia as the Sorgos countries formerly consisted of tribesmen ruthlessly and forcefully banished from their lands and put into bondage as slaves for the Sparathans. These slaves would be taken back home and put to work as the helots, the term used for the lower class in Sparta as aside from performing most manual labor as the Sparathans pursued more martial professions. Alongside that a tithe was always extracted of fifty young men from the helots per every two months to participate as gladiators in the massive arenas known as colosseums the Sparathans built. While all city-states in Soukos have at least one collosseum the Sparathans took great enjoyment from the deadly battles occuring in the pits as wild beasts were released and gladiators made to fight each other. In the time of Dimitar he demanded the Sparathans to cease the tithe and use the helots for something outside of free entertainment however in order to avoid a civil war between the easily angered people of Sparathus, in exchange for the helots receiving a degree of freedom they shared a massive debt they had to work off to their overlords. As such in the modern time not much has changed with the slave class simply becoming a brutally oppressed lower class made from the families of the former helots. Regimentwise, Sparathus has a great deal of (in)famous regiments due to its vast military history and being the original city-state to employ the hoplite as standard foot infantry. Some of their greatest regiments include the Black Blades, unparalleled swordfighters wielding enchanted obsidian blades with such strength that even a slice from the sword of a Sartyrian Steelcutter could not break it and Steelcutter in question soon losing his head. Alongside this the Bronze Boar Riders are extremely tough cavalry riding the massive bronze boars, descendants of the giant Erymanthian Boar captured by the first hoplite Heraeclesse and the national hero of Sparathus as part of his ten great tasks. The boar was brought back home and through several alluring female boars a whole new generation of boars far exceeding the standard size a boar should grow to being born. These boars had tusks of bronze like their father and were adapted into the greater military. Lastly, any gladiators who go past their first month in the colosseum without being slaughtered gain their freedom through forced service in the army, using their combat experience against warbeasts to serve as potent shock troops.

===Thïbesse:===

A city state obsessed with all forms of transportation, Thïbesse is a well ordered city split into several districts with machines such as chariots and trains constantly driving around heading to whatever destination they seek. In fact, several buildings are in towers only accessible by flying up to that height allowing the engineers at the top to sketch concepts for future airships in peace. As a byproduct of its love for transportation, historically Thïbesse has produced among the finest charioteers in the world with its pegasus and holy eagle chariots being famed for their ability to swoop over their enemies and fire down. The most famous pegasus chariot rider was the hero Bellepheron who is known for slaying the deadliest chimera ever to live before tragically falling off his chariot to his death. This story, immortalized in myth has brought the pegasus outside the negative stigma most horses are seen with due to its clear divinity and lack of connection to deadicorn. Alongside this the holy eagle chariots serve as incredibly versatile scouts by surveying the nearby terrain and dismounting to launch an ambush on a raiding party. That is not to say that Thïbesse hasn't modernized either in the current era, as it has developed two noteworthy devices that allow for flight without the training of an animal. Firstly there is the Soukan Skyslicer, a beautifully crafted fighter plane with far more speed than most other fighters can hope to achieve, typically employed in fast bombing raids as they sail by destroying the enemy garrison and leave in a flash. In exchange for being manufacturable and not needing a rider, the Skyslicer takes far more specialized training to use in order to pilot and use the many levers attacked to it and release the bombs in the correct area in order to not hit an ally behind you.

===Naftio:===

This port city-state serves as one of the biggest trading hubs of Soukos. Originally funded by Naftis, patron demigod of sailing and home to the Gorgons, it is now managed entirely by merchant guilds, adhering to money more than Soukan law. Here, seeing ships and peoples from all around the world of all factions(pirates included), from Nantics and Eritroans to even Kangoos and Mousterians is commonplace. This city has something for everyone, as long as you can pay. Want to leave Rinolsol for some reason? All you gotta do is give money to the right people. Perhaps you may want to buy special foreign weapons, or even a tank maybe. In spite of how corrupt this city appears to be, you can find opportunities at any corner. Even though it is now mostly known as a trading city, it still has a strong naval tradition rivaling Cornithus. Its quality ships and hardened sailors are the true strength of this city.

===Mycinia:===

The lands of Soukos are warm, quite warm indeed. Spring in the nation is famously described as seemingly always being under a clear blue sky as described in the texts of visiting writers. This is not even counting the warm winds blown from both Ignis and Tismo which pass through southern Rinolsol in the summer, causing the heat to become almost unbearable at times to the Nantic merchants who stop by during these times, much to the amusement of the locals who have grown accustomed to such heat in the generations their families have lived in the republic. When questioned about the heat, the Soukans simply respond that their gods willed such warmth to touch the land with the discussion left at that. If this is so, then the gaze of the gods would be most directly upon the great city-state of Mycinia, and if you were to gaze upon its regal citizens you'd believe it too. Being the oldest out of any of the Soukan city-states, the Sublime Dominion of Mycinia (its formal and complete title) commands a great deal of respect amongst the major city-states. Its age is such that before Soukos was devoted to its current pantheon and was divided into scattered tribal societies, Mycinia was the capital of the Mycinian people who were undisputedly the mightiest among the tribes at the time. They were civilized beyond the capabilities of their peers as shown with them having settled down and established a capital with their metallurgy and subsequent use of bronze being second to none. They even razed the capital of their greatest rival, the Trajons to the ground in a great war. The ruins from this massive city still dot the northern half of the island of Myenos and the land surrounding them grew feral and filled with wildlife, eventually being repopulated and becoming the modern city-state of Crætus. This unique culture would not be lost following the arrival of the Soukan gods and rather than let the divine spirits shape their society they merely added it to their own. This act of defiance was performed with such steadiness, that the gods took note of it and as is their fickle nature instead rewarded it by naming their Wanax or as Autians call it, king, their messenger and he was uplifted to demigod status becoming the first ruler of an individual city-state to unite the whole republic. During this period and even after the death of their Wanax in battle, Mycinia never once forgot their martial lifestyle and it currently is tied with Sparathus for the city-state producing the most warriors with Sparathus only being slightly ahead at the moment. Its most famous regiment are the Kataphraktoi, warriors fully bedecked in blessed plate who wield great tower shields with both a spear and sword in battle. They form both an elite armored form of infantry or in some cases cavalry, as some of them choose instead to mount the massive Cerberi that lurk within the caves near their city and appear as bloodthirsty three-headed dogs and ride these beasts into battle. One final note about their military is that unlike the hoplites of other city-states, the warriors provided by Mycinia are frenzied skirmishers who wear boar tusk helmets and wield figure-of-eight shields alongside battleaxes and swords, often both at the same time. These warriors are noted to have a seemingly unshakeable resolve in battle and while they may appear primitive compared to their hoplite counterparts, subtle enchantments are present all across their wargear which when in action makes them more than a match for those soldiers.