City: Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya
Example Rattu architecture.

State	Daland
Provence	Hu̽ Gûzàchû Provence
Sub Provence	Ràlolà Ûhàs̺î County
Region	Jidïpï-zmekáf Woods
Founded	1559
Community Leader	Lord Tshënkê
Area	24 km² (9 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	15°C (59°F)
Average Elevation	1646 m (5400 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	270 cm/y (106 in/y)
Population	5830
Population Density	242 people per km² (647 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Chronomancy
Naming
Native name	Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya
Pronunciation	/lu̽/ /ˈʊse/
Direct Translation	[navy blue] [pub; bar (pub)]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

The name Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya is derived from the Sylvin language, as Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya was founded by Zêpî, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 20°C (68°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya receives an average of 270 cm/y (106 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya covers an area of nearly 24 km² (9 mi²), and an average elevation of 1646 m (5400 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya was founded durring the late 16th century in spring of the year 1559, by Zêpî. The establishment of Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Zêpî struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya as a prison colony.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya is buildings folow an organic layout of broad paverstone streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The city sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya's would-be-castle fortifications are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the city as needed.

A look around Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. A second look around Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya makes it abundantly clear the city suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had.

Civic Infrastructure

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya has an Office of Civil Groundskeeping, which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the construction and upkeep up of all plant life, water features, and other natural decorations within Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya's parks.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya has a Gravedigger's Guild, which is responsible for collecting the dead and laying them to rest according to all applicable laws and religious customs.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya has a Highwayman's Guild, which is tasked with maintaining the roads and highways leading into town as well as keeping them safe for travelers.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya has a Hall of Slayers, which is tasked with maintaining the roads and highways leading into town as well as keeping them safe for travelers.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya has a monistary of an order of Civil Monks, who provide divine-related services to the general public and maintain Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya's public wards, blessings, and other arcane systems.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands. They are not to be confused with the Office of Civil Groundskeeping as they do not hold authority over nor responsibility for Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya's natural decorations nor waterways.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya has a public schooling program overseen by the Hall of Sages who has the responsibility of ensuring access to affordable high-quality education in all basic classes (Reading, Writing, Mathmatics, General Sciences, General Arcana, and Social Education) is made available to all citizens.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya has a public septic system, which allows its citizens to have indoor bathrooms. The septic system is overseen by the League of Sewerkeepers, who posses the legal authority to enforce all laws relating to the septic system, and are also tasked with its maintenance and upkeep.

Cultural Notes

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by vertical proportions, pointed arches, external buttressing, and asymmetry in the general shape of its buildings. The decorative features of the style were key, consisting of large arched windows, pointed arches, vaulted ceilings, flying buttresses, and sculptures integrated into the structure itself. Occasionally, for very important buildings, an array of sculptures or one colossal sculpture might replace the entirety of the entrance to said building.

In Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Jupiter Bloodsucker near Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Mysticism energies of tier 2 via moments of science.

Economy

The following information was obtained via the Imperial Census Bureau as part of the Eyom Economic Outreach Program. It differs from Standard Imperial censuses in that many of Tom's citizens, regardless of culture, work in more than one occupation or hold more than a single job. The Imperial Census Bureau has ruled that a job is a job, hence, the intigers within the data presented here can count an individual more than once.

Agriculture

Dairy Farmers: 12
Farmers: 18
Farm Laborer: 27
Hunters: 20
Milk Maids: 16
Ranchers: 7
Ranch Hands: 16
Shepherds: 16

Farmland: 23494 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 1457
Poultry: 17490
Swine: 1166
Sheep: 58
Goats: 11
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 583

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 11
Blacksmiths: 12
Bookbinders: 7
Buckle-makers: 7
Cabinetmakers: 13
Candlemakers: 21
Carpenters: 16
Clothmakers: 15
Coach and Harness Makers: 6
Coopers: 15
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 8
Copyists: 5
Cutlers: 4
Fabricworkers: 12
Farrier: 31
Furriers: 3
Glassworkers: 19
Gunsmiths: 12
Harness-Makers: 5
Hatters: 12
Hosiery Workers: 4
Jewelers: 6
Leatherwrights: 16
Locksmiths: 5
Matchstick makers: 8
Musical Instrument Makers: 8
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 7
Paper Workers: 8
Plasterers: 8
Pursemakers: 9
Roofers: 6
Ropemakers: 6
Rugmakers: 5
Saddlers: 10
Scabbardmakers: 12
Scalemakers: 5
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 3
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 5
Shoemakers: 5
Soap and Tallow Workers: 19
Tailors: 43
Tanners: 7
Upholsterers: 8
Watchmakers: 7
Weavers: 17
Whitesmiths: 4

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 4
Arcana Sellers: 4
Beer-Sellers: 7
Booksellers: 9
Butchers: 14
Chandlers: 15
Chicken Butchers: 17
Entrepreneurs: 5
Fine Clothiers: 14
Fishmongers: 14
Florists: 3
Potion Sellers: 10
Resellers: 24
Spice Merchants: 8
Wine-sellers: 12
Wheelwright: 9
Woodsellers: 5

Service workers

Bakers: 29
Barbers: 24
Coachmen: 7
Cooks: 25
Doctors: 12
Gamekeepers: 8
Grooms: 5
Hairdressers: 18
Healers: 14
Housekeepers: 16
Housemaids: 26
House Stewards: 17
Inns: 5
Laundry maids: 10
Maidservants: 18
Nursery Maids: 11
Pastrycooks: 21
Restaurateur: 22
Tavern Keepers: 26

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 8
Bleachers: 5
Chemical Workers: 3
Coal Heavers: 12
In-Town Couriers: 13
Long Haul Couriers: 13
Dockyard Workers: 11
Gas Workers: 2
Hay Merchants: 4
Leech Collectors: 14
Millers: 13
Miners: 14
Oilmen and Polishers: 9
Postmen: 14
Pure Finder: 7
Skinners: 15
Sugar Refiners: 3
Tosher: 8
Warehousemen: 20
Watercarriers: 13
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 16

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 7
Alchemist: 8
Clerk: 11
Dentists: 5
Educators: 17
Engineers: 8
Gardeners: 5
Mages: 4
Plumbers: 6
Pharmacist: 6
Professors: 2
Scientists: 4
Wizards: 2

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 5
Bankers: 8
Civil Clerks: 12
Civic Iudex: 6
Consultants: 3
Exorcist: 13
Fixers: 6
Kami Clerk: 11
Landlords: 10
Lawyers: 7
Legend Keepers: 9
Militia Officers: 58
Monks, Monastic: 20
Monks, Civic: 18
Historian, Oral: 12
Historian, Textual: 6
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 12
Priests: 23
Rangers: 8
Rat Catchers: 9
Scholars: 9
Spiritualist: 11
Slayers: 3
Storytellers: 22
Military Officers: 20

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 16
Comfort Services: 23
Enchanters: 6
Herbalists: 6
Jaminators: 21
Needleworkers: 19
Potters: 8
Preserve Makers: 17
Quilters: 8
Seamsters: 25
Spinners: 16
Tinker: 6
Weaver: 15

Artists

Actors: 6
Architects: 2
Bards: 9
Costumers: 3
Dancers: 6
Drafters: 3
Engravers: 4
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 2
Glaziers: 6
Inlayers: 5
Musicians: 18
Painters, Art: 3
Playwrights: 6
Sculptors, Art: 5
Wood Carvers: 17
Writers: 18

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 18
Canners: 15
Cheesmakers: 18
Ice Merchants: 2
Millers: 11
Picklers: 9
Smokers: 7
Stockmakers: 6
Tobacconists: 9
Tallowmakers: 13

2113 of Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

3251 of Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 466 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

History

Bûkûku Ûse Gûchya is in secret rebellion against their ostensible liege, having cut deals with his enemies, plotted to betray him for their own gain, or bridled under his tyranny and sought a better lord. The community’s leadership is all in on this plot, and outside viceroys or representatives are being kept carefully ignorant of the reality. The common folk may be oblivious to the truth, though they’ll doubtless have felt the same motivations and promptings that convinced their leaders to turn traitor.

The the a necklace of Abjuration, an a necklace imbued with notable amounts of Abjuration energies was created near Bûbu Muni Kâchyâ by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.