Coppersett

Coppersett (/coppersett/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Summersummer Dutchy, Loqulate Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Coppersett is derived from the Sylvin language, as Coppersett was founded by Khebud Bott, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Coppersett has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Coppersett receives an average of 138 cm/y (54 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Coppersett covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5790 m (18996 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Coppersett was founded durring the early 13th century in summer of the year 1215, by Khebud Bott. The establishment of Coppersett was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Coppersett's construction back out of the project. Khebud Bott pushed on reguardles, and Coppersett was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Coppersett was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Coppersett is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature waddle and daub construction with good timber frames and a stone foundation protected by thatched or shingled rooves. Most buildings with second floors are built in such a way as to overhang into the streets on the upper floors for more space, as building size seems to be the primary indicator of wealth within the community. Most buildings are not decorated with any integral features, but instead use ivy, flowers, and other natural elements in planters of on trellices to breathe life into the structure they grow upon.

Coppersett is is constructed arround a series of premissive baked earthen mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town rests behind the absurdity that is a thick, timber braced, wall made of clay bricks. While visualy impressive and certainly an astetic, Coppersett's wall provides no actual defence against siege equipment due to the choice of its cosntruction materials. Even nonexperts can tell the town is trying to impress rather than defend with its walls, towers, and gatehouses. Though admittedly, they do look nice... To primitive tribals who have never seen fortifications before. The political statment focused walls have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Right off the bat Coppersett hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Many of those buildings are schools, scriptoriums, and even one college. One can only wonder what knowledge the town has come into.

Civic Infrastructure

Coppersett 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 Coppersett. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Coppersett's parks.

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

Coppersett 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.

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

Coppersett 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.

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

Coppersett 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 Coppersett's natural decorations nor waterways.

Coppersett 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.

Coppersett 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

Coppersett's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its functional shapes, abstract shapes used sparingly for decor, simple color schemes, holistic design, and basic industrial materials. Its simple designs were created to be beautiful, functional, and mass-producible. The style used little to no embellishment or ornamentation, instead drawing attention to the streamlined design, such as flat roofs to create a simple, geometric look. The simplicity masks the style's nearly sinister functionality, as every last feature is designed to guide the people living in the building in how to make the most efficient use of the structure.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is recurring in Coppersett.

The Horsefly, Giant near Coppersett are known to be quite timid.

Coppersett's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves bloodletting to channel Augury energies of tier 1 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.

Coppersett Census Data: Year 2000

422 of Coppersett's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 27 work in Agriculture
• 89 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 67 work as Service Workers
• 44 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 69 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

836 of Coppersett's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 66 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Coppersett is reliant on an industry or product that has toxic or negative side-effects as part of its production. The good is extremely valuable, or the community is extremely desperate, and the side effects are endured as a necessary evil. It may be that their neighbors or lord are forcing them to produce the good so that they aren’t the ones suffering the cost.

The roads leading into Coppersett possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami blessed the town with good fortune for a year and a day. One of Coppersett's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History