>What is the previous economic culture of Dara Happa?
Dara Happa is closest in style to the ancient Babylonians.
>Is their technology more advanced than the Carmanian
>technology?
In terms of fighting power, the Dara Happans have nothing compared to the Carmanian knights. In terms of metallurgy, the Carmanians are said to have the assistance of the Third Eye Blue cult.
>Do Carmanians
>use Dara Happan engineers or their own engineers to design equipment
>and buildings?
The Carmanians have their own engineers.
>Are Carmanians building cities as they conquer, or
>will they do that later?
The Carmanians build a couple of cities here and there but most of the cities were there before the Carmanians came.
>I notice that Carmania uses Persian terms for government. Do you see
>Carmania as Persian or more Roman in concept?
Carmania is deliberately modelled on the Persians.
>Are Carmanians building roads as they are moving into Dara Happa or
>are there already roads there, or something else? Are Dara Happan
>towns well protected with walls and fortifications?
Dara Happan towns have had walls since the Dawn Age and before and they have roads too (such as the Highways of Nysalor).
>Are the wars Carmanian conquest affecting trade between cities?
Pretty much all wars do.
> Are
>Carmanians instituting coinage, changing coinage, or not using coinage
>at the present time?
The Carmanians mint their own coins and the Dara Happans continue to mint theirs.
>Are the size of the `cities' like small medieval towns or are they
>large like Jerusalem. Which cities of Peloria are as large as
>Jerusalem or larger?
Big cities in Dara Happa
Yuthuppa - City of Starseers
Raibanth - the Imperial Capital
Alkoth - Hell city.
Lesser cities
Carantes - Red City, the capital of Naveria Manithi - capital of the dirty stinking Darjiinians. Elz Ast - famous for its fleet.
> What percent of city population does Carmania
>leave as guards/sentries after it conquers a city?
The Carmanians don't have a set practice on this. They give the town to somebody and he has as many troops as he can afford on the town's revenue. Since there's a war on, many of the troops will off be fighting for the Shah.
>Who is paying for the war? Are the common people buckling under the
>burdens of taxes? Is waste piling up in the streets? Is the disposal
>of bodies causing a problem? Do bands of people follow the armies to
>loot and pillage?
It varies from city to city and also depends on the time.
>Are Dara Happans becoming the common slaves of Carmanians?
Slaves is a bit too harsh. The Carmanians are more like the Mughals in India in terms of their attitude to the native population.
>Do noble
>Dara Happans or priests retain their positions, or are temples burned
>and nobles and priests killed?
Both.
>Is the building style of Dara Happans wattle and straw, or primary cut
>stone?
It depends on the buildings. most peasants live in mud houses while the rich live in stone bricked houses with glazing.
>Is the Carmanian style of building different?
Yes. It's more of a western style but it still has a large amount of Pelorian influence.
>Has the flying buttress been invented yet?
I'm guessing no.
>Have any alchemists discovered tin or steel?
Tin and steel has been known ever since the Dawn.
>Do either Carmanians or Dara Happans possess chariots?
The Dara Happans do have chariots for ceremonial purposes. There's also writings that a few of their chariots are mounted with artillery but these are unreliable in battle. The Carmanians ride horses with stirrups.
--Peter Metcalfe
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