Narikaton and Darnussia

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Travel through the Three Republics: Darnussia
May 5670


A small path through Dallorstadt


The Triad, a nation full of life and dynamic changes often reaches headlines when it comes to politics and foreign policy specifically regarding international treaties or trade deals. To shine some light on the life of the people of Narikaton, Darnussia and Himmelshtern lead we’ve invited Professor Hegenbrecht from the University of Merenbürg and the head of the department of social studies to walk us through the regions of the country so that one can understand what it is like to experience the freedom of the most capitalist nation on Terra. In this first article we’re going to take a closer look at Darnussia.

Darnussia is the historicly Dundorfian dominated member republic seated at the south-western tip of the Artanian continent. It is the geographicly most diverse land of the nation, including both wet and dry subtropical thin forests as well as fields “inhabiting” the massive infrastructure projects of past administrations. You’ll see both huge complicated rail networks as well as the by-now slightly aged highways. On the flanks of these transportation systems are the never-ending agricultural fields created during the Clenonberg era to support the small rural townships lining the special administrative district of Nährrode, which is the main economic driver of the Darnussian mainland aside of the diamond mines of the Minenhandwerks AG in the arid border-regions of the Triad. Sprinkled among these things are many small to medium sized defensive military installations with modern anti-air systems to ensure security to the air-space of Darnussia, not that it is necessary since everybody loves the Triad Republics. The people of the mainland can be described as the middle or well-off lower class of the nation, they’re working in diverse fields which are mostly connected to the exploitation of raw-minerals, transportation and agriculture.

Taking the car or train to the coastline of Darnussia leads us to the large urban centers such as the capital city Bannerhafen, the largest city of the nation and industrial heart Red Stad or the traditional hosian-dundorfian cultural experience which is Dallorstadt. While Bannerhafen’s old town and comparatively rich inhabitants living in stylized imperial buildings show a very distinct image of what life is like on the coast, the other two cities contrast it strongly. The capital is the most cosmopolitan of the three and houses armies of lawyers, administrators and all kinds of bureaucrats constituting the almost entirely service-based economy of the city. The big exception of course is the massive Bannerhafen commercial port, it is dominated by the massive Passschiffe office, warehouse and other utility buildings.

Continuing along the coastal highways through the inescapable warmth and heat of the nation we reach Red Stad, while entering enjoy the view of Artanias biggest slums, workers, engineers and lots of logisticians call this place their home. It is a metropolis decorated by smoke, dust or whatever else your mind can imagine when you think of factories. Walking through its streets you’re offered everything the globalized world calls home; obscene Aldegarian pleasures, Dundorfian beer, (regulated) Selucian gladiator fights and more. “It’s necessary, otherwise you wouldn’t survive this grim place.” Is what a Nsanian labourer said when asked what to think about the incredible offerings of consumption. A unique phenomenon of the Red Stad is almost a given considering its name, the population of the industrial metropolis has the highest density of left-wing political party membership in all of the Three Republics. Meaning the GRP and its predecessor party SDP (Social Democratic Party) enjoy high popularity here, which in relation to the rest of Darnussia is baffling considering owning anything else than a VVP party book here is considered a bad joke, even if some Thallerists might be offended at that statement.

The Last stop on our little coastal tour is Dallorstadt, named after a famous politician dynasty from the 5th Millenium, the Dallors. They were pan-dundorfian, nationalists advocating for the liberation from luthorian culture and religion, their party, the Dundorfian Dominance Party has strong roots in this city and their ideology is visible in the picture-perfect dreamy city, which is the smallest of the three, the landscape of the municipality is dominated by Aurorian Church symbolism and buildings which transmits an almost ancient flair. A lot of money goes to maintain the beauty of the city to also keep the steady supply of tourism going, which mostly consists of Volksdundorfer and other ideologically driven visitors. People here vote for the Thallerist Conservative Party or the VVP and primarily work in the state bureaucracy, security apparatus or deeper within the mainland in the agricultural sector, seeing to a varied range of distribution of wealth between the inhabitants of Dallorstadt.

This concludes the vastly different places of Darnussia in a broad overview, culturally none of the regions within Darnussia are homogeneous, considering the global nature of the Triad’s outlook, traditionally we can see trends within generationally settled Darnussians, they tend to consume less modern forms of media, such as the opera, theatre and folk-festivals, if one were ironic they’d call them at first glance “a good hosian people” going to church on Sunday and family-oriented, far away from the decadent obscenities of Jorgen Island. Obviously, there are outliers such as Bannerhafen, due to its unique position as Triad capital. In any case, we hope you’ve gotten a little peak into the life of Darnussia, and we hope to see you in the next edition.