Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ (/ˈdutxab/ /ˈcʊbi/ [shovel] [muscle]) is a subtropical Large City located in S̺u̹zû Màbæ Kingdom, Tenpethisia County, within the Warrenese Shogunate.

The name Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ is derived from the Dwarven language, as Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ was founded by Bíriel, who was culturaly Warrenese.

Climate

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 13°C (55°F). Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ receives an average of 249 cm/y (98 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ covers an area of nearly 397 km² (158 mi²), and an average elevation of 1640 m (5380 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ was founded durring the early 12th century in winter of the year 1122, by Bíriel. The establishment of Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ was built using the conventions of Warrenese durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ is no diffrent. The city'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.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ is buildings are speckled and packed arround narrow baked earthen streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the city's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a city. The city posesses a mighty albit amaturly crafted stone wall. It was built using querried stone blocks and posesses all of the standard defencive features, including a few watch towers. While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. The city's budget focused millitary grade defenses are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the city's defences.

A look around Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ shows Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ as a den of corruption. Birbes can be seen changing hands openly, such that it must be customary to do so and must have been for a long time. The locals have no fear, no annoyance at the state of things, it simply is. The city has another layer to it as well. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual, or at least, faking it.

Civic Infrastructure

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

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

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

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ 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.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ 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.

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

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

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ 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.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ 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.

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

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ possesses a Galvanic Power Grid, which brings galvanic current to most if not all buildings in town, and permits a great many consumer goods to function within the Large City. Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ 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 Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ's natural decorations nor waterways.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ 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.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ 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.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ 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.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

While Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ has a public leader, the real authority is hidden from outsiders. This ruler may draw their authority from rationales unacceptable to outsiders, they may have cowed the public authority into obedience, or they may have a mutually beneficial private arrangement with the official ruler.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ'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.

In Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ there is always just enough rain to be annoying.

The Ice Elemental, Large near Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ are known to be quite timid.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Transmutation energies of tier 3 via mimery.

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.

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ Census Data: Year 2000

36041 of Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 2189 work in Agriculture
• 8005 work as Craftsmen
• 3011 work as Merchants
• 5410 work as Service Workers
• 3701 work as General Laborers
• 1489 work as Skilled Laborers
• 5027 work as Civil Servants
• 3292 work in Cottage Industries
• 2012 work as Artists
• 1905 work in Produce Industries

55003 of Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2815 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ was attacked by members of a peasant revolt. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ lost 217 people, 173 livestock, and 86 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 103, when members of Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ's militia enacted an operation to secure a particular strategic location to utilize it for a specific task. The operation was complicated by the army being put into a position where they could only choose between two terrible options. The conflict ended with needing to break through the enemy's lines, which ended in victory for Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Gumà Chyûbi Mudâ's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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