Meya Bâsu Mudâ

Meya Bâsu Mudâ (/weɪ/ /ˈbɑsu/ [Propername] [buffalo]) is a temperate Large City located in Lujememu County, Napesia Earldom, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Meya Bâsu Mudâ is derived from the Goblin language, as Meya Bâsu Mudâ was founded by Sindiel, who was culturaly Warrenese.

Climate

Meya Bâsu Mudâ has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 18°C (64°F). Meya Bâsu Mudâ receives an average of 156 cm/y (61 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Meya Bâsu Mudâ covers an area of nearly 276 km² (110 mi²), and an average elevation of 944 m (3097 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Meya Bâsu Mudâ was founded durring the early 12th century in summer of the year 1105, by Sindiel. The establishment of Meya Bâsu Mudâ was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Sindiel struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Meya Bâsu Mudâ as a prison colony.

Meya Bâsu Mudâ was built using the conventions of Warrenese durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Meya Bâsu 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.

Meya Bâsu Mudâ is buildings are arranged within a network of broad packed earth streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. Meya Bâsu Mudâ's millitarily questionable fortifications has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

Right off the bat Meya Bâsu Mudâ 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

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

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

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

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

Meya Bâsu 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.

Meya Bâsu 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.

Meya Bâsu 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.

Meya Bâsu 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.

Meya Bâsu 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.

Meya Bâsu 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.

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

Meya Bâsu Mudâ has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Meya Bâsu 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. Meya Bâsu Mudâ's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

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

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

Meya Bâsu 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.

Meya Bâsu 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 Meya Bâsu Mudâ's natural decorations nor waterways.

Meya Bâsu 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.

Meya Bâsu 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.

Meya Bâsu 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.

Meya Bâsu 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 Meya Bâsu 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.

Meya Bâsu Mudâ's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used embraces individualism and experimentation. It emerged as a movement against traditional, classical styles and sought to make buildings dynamic and fun while breaking the rules. The style incorporated elements of previous architectural styles in exaggerated and whimsical ways. Traditional, conservative leanings were void in this era, with most scholars of architecture agreeing it was a time of “anything goes.”.

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is short in Meya Bâsu Mudâ.

The Spider, Ogre (Huge) near Meya Bâsu Mudâ are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Meya Bâsu Mudâ's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Mysticism energies of tier 1 via guttural bellowing.

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.

Meya Bâsu Mudâ Census Data: Year 2000

24847 of Meya Bâsu Mudâ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1475 work in Agriculture
• 5619 work as Craftsmen
• 2029 work as Merchants
• 3685 work as Service Workers
• 2579 work as General Laborers
• 1029 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3550 work as Civil Servants
• 2250 work in Cottage Industries
• 1331 work as Artists
• 1300 work in Produce Industries

38336 of Meya Bâsu Mudâ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1954 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Meya Bâsu Mudâ is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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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 Meya Bâsu Mudâ's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History