Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka

Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka (/mɪl/ /ˈmɨki/ [youth] [table; counter (flat; elevated surface); bench; desk]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Cǐwjĭèwjĭæzěwěn Zone, Dewlǐq District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka is derived from the Constructi language, as Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka was founded by Thakni Fyëgèj, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka has a yearly average temperature of 32°C (89°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 36°C (96°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 28°C (82°F). Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka receives an average of 187 cm/y (73 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 13532 m (1446 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka was founded durring the early 11th century, by Thakni Fyëgèj. The establishment of Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Thakni Fyëgèj struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka as a prison colony.

Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka is is constructed arround a series of crampt flagstone mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The town is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a town of Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka's size could have. The well-designed, yet cheep has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

A look around Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka 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. This all rests atop the unmistakable impression the town is one of the strictest places imaginable. Everyone’s actions are clearly directed by laws they keep in heart and mind at all times. Orderly byond order is a phrase which Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka 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 Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka's parks.

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

Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka 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.

Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka 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.

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

Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka 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 Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka's natural decorations nor waterways.

Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka 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.

Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka 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

The locals are in a state of despair and dull apathy. They've lost the things that used to give them pride and hope, with the best among them carrying on out of habitual duty and the worst giving ready hands to shameful deeds and ignoble acts. No one really believes the future can be better, and most seek only to satisfy immediate appetites.

Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is skipped in Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka.

The Caypup near Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 2 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.

Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka Census Data: Year 2000

491 of Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 29 work in Agriculture
• 107 work as Craftsmen
• 41 work as Merchants
• 77 work as Service Workers
• 50 work as General Laborers
• 19 work as Skilled Laborers
• 68 work as Civil Servants
• 50 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 27 work in Produce Industries

1028 of Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 30 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka was attacked by a group of nobles with their private armies. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka lost 188 people, 303 livestock, and 74 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 146, when members of Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka's militia enacted an operation to rescue a specific expert from the enemy. The operation was complicated by the officers in charge fight among themselves, weakening the army as a whole. The conflict ended with needing to break through the enemy's lines, which ended in a stalemate for Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Mǐl-mìki Birěkhka's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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