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Saramat is a border province of the Sirdabi Caliphate, lying to the northwest of the Sirdabi homeland of Rahoum. | '''Saramat''' is a border province of the [[Sirdabi Caliphate]], lying to the northwest of the [[Sirdabi]] homeland of [[Rahoum]]. | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
Saramat shares its western border with Cadenza, a part of the Kalentoi Empire, and is bounded on the north by the Sea of Lenisca and on the south by the Adelantean. The landscape consists almost entirely of high mountains and steep valleys, woven through with narrow and often treacherous passes. | Saramat shares its western border with [[Cadenza]], a part of the [[Kalentoi Empire]], and is bounded on the north by the [[Leniscan Sea|Sea of Lenisca]] and on the south by the [[Adelantean Sea|Adelantean]]. The landscape consists almost entirely of high mountains and steep valleys, woven through with narrow and often treacherous passes. | ||
A slender strip of marshy land known as the Eelmere adjoining the Sea of Lenisca is one of the few level places in the entire province. Despite the wishful thinking of Sirdabi administrators, however, the boggy area is poorly suited to any form of agriculture except rice growing, and the local tribe is | A slender strip of marshy land known as the Eelmere adjoining the Sea of Lenisca is one of the few level places in the entire province. Despite the wishful thinking of Sirdabi administrators, however, the boggy area is poorly suited to any form of agriculture except rice growing, and the local tribe is perennially disinclined to buckle down to the demands of production farming. The provincial capital of [[Sibela]] remains more of an administrative outpost than anything resembling the sophisticated Sirdabi ideal of a city, and most Sirdabi officials consider any posting to Saramat to be a fate to be endured where it can't be avoided. | ||
==People== | ==People== | ||
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Besides providing some of the hardiest soldiery of the caliphate, Saramat furnishes a wide array of natural resources that provide Sirdabi towns and cities with raw materials for numerous domestic industries. Timber is one of the most important resources of the province, as the wetter coastal mountainsides are covered thickly with Sarmatiyyan pine, blue spruce, starcedar, and other commercially valuable tree species. Copper, iron, and saramite are all mined here, with some mines also having deposits of semiprecious stones such as carnelian and malachite. Another local export is fine wool and fleece from the Sarmatiyyan herders' Khazi mountain sheep, which grow unusually long and luxuriant coats. | Besides providing some of the hardiest soldiery of the caliphate, Saramat furnishes a wide array of natural resources that provide Sirdabi towns and cities with raw materials for numerous domestic industries. Timber is one of the most important resources of the province, as the wetter coastal mountainsides are covered thickly with Sarmatiyyan pine, blue spruce, starcedar, and other commercially valuable tree species. Copper, iron, and saramite are all mined here, with some mines also having deposits of semiprecious stones such as carnelian and malachite. Another local export is fine wool and fleece from the Sarmatiyyan herders' Khazi mountain sheep, which grow unusually long and luxuriant coats. | ||
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Revision as of 03:13, 20 May 2022
| Allegiance | Sirdabi Caliphate |
| Capital | Omrazir |
| Governor | Hashem bin Najjari Bey |
| Demonym | Sarmati |
| Official Language | Sirdabi |
| Official Religion | Azadi |
| Currency | fals/dirham/nour |
| Native Heritages | Sirdabi |
Saramat is a border province of the Sirdabi Caliphate, lying to the northwest of the Sirdabi homeland of Rahoum.
Geography
Saramat shares its western border with Cadenza, a part of the Kalentoi Empire, and is bounded on the north by the Sea of Lenisca and on the south by the Adelantean. The landscape consists almost entirely of high mountains and steep valleys, woven through with narrow and often treacherous passes.
A slender strip of marshy land known as the Eelmere adjoining the Sea of Lenisca is one of the few level places in the entire province. Despite the wishful thinking of Sirdabi administrators, however, the boggy area is poorly suited to any form of agriculture except rice growing, and the local tribe is perennially disinclined to buckle down to the demands of production farming. The provincial capital of Sibela remains more of an administrative outpost than anything resembling the sophisticated Sirdabi ideal of a city, and most Sirdabi officials consider any posting to Saramat to be a fate to be endured where it can't be avoided.
People
The native residents of Saramat are the seminomadic pastoralists known collectively as the Sarmatiyya. They are primarily descended from Rahoumi tribesmen who presumably migrated out of the desert some forgotten number of generations ago. The Sarmatiyya are given to raiding one another on horseback and rustling livestock, and some bands also prey on unwary travelers through the mountain passes, rendering both trade and travel difficult. Such depredations are a perpetual thorn in the side of the provincial administrators, tasked as they are with maintaining the peace and keeping trade routes open. However, some of them develop a grudging respect for the Sarmatiyyans' courage and daring, and few will deny the benefits of having such a pugnacious people to guard the northwestern border of the caliphate.
Economy
Besides providing some of the hardiest soldiery of the caliphate, Saramat furnishes a wide array of natural resources that provide Sirdabi towns and cities with raw materials for numerous domestic industries. Timber is one of the most important resources of the province, as the wetter coastal mountainsides are covered thickly with Sarmatiyyan pine, blue spruce, starcedar, and other commercially valuable tree species. Copper, iron, and saramite are all mined here, with some mines also having deposits of semiprecious stones such as carnelian and malachite. Another local export is fine wool and fleece from the Sarmatiyyan herders' Khazi mountain sheep, which grow unusually long and luxuriant coats.