Culture Book Condensation

This page contains a series of tables giving condensed information that is available from the Culture Book. The entire set of tables is available as an archive for download.

• Cultural Parameters
• Perilous Lands Map Index and Map Information
• National Allies & Enemies
• National Population
• Military Information
• National Langauges
• Human Language Families
• National Basic Characteristics, Common Armor and Weapons
• Cultural Attitudes towards Magic and Slavery
• Cultural Calendar info
• Master timeline of all nations
• National Timelines
• Current National Rulers

Cultural Parameters

Civilized Cultures

Table Explanations

G.N.I.

Gross National Income. An approximate estimate of a culture's average yearly income. Each point of this rating is 10,000 silver coins in gross value. The general formulae used to determine it are:

Total City Population x 5SC

Total Barbarian or Slave Population x 2SC

All other population x 3SC

When these figures are determined they are totalled, divided by 10,000 and rounded off to yield the approximate G.N.I. of the nation. They do not include international trade that the nation engages in (which may be a positive or negative factor as indicated in each culture's ECONOMY section).

Align.

The basic alignment of the nation's main religion.

Lang.

The most prevalent language in the nation.

Govern.

The nation's basic form of government. For precise details see the LEGAL SYSTEM section of its description.

Power

An approximate rating of the power of the nation or cultural group. The basic formula is: POWER= (GNI/5(RU))+(A/1,000)*+(NV/10)+(HV/5)+(P/100,000) All values above, unless specified otherwise, are rounded off. * In calculating the value of A above, elite units are double value, solidiers, warriors and trained militia are normal value and militia are 1/2 value (See the Formula Key for further explanationss)

Formula Key

GNI = Gross National Income
A = Number of men in the army and marine formations, number of warriors that can be levied for war.

NOTE - The term MARINE means soliders specifically trained for marine duty. It does not include the normal soliders that most nations include in the crews of warships that are going into combat. Only where this term is explicitly used will nations have ANY marines. In all cases, where they do exist they are elite.

NV = Naval vessels, all vessels that are part of the nation's military establishment including heavy vessels and merchants where applicable.

NOTE - Standard ship crews, if they come into play, fall into the following general ranges:

Ship Type	Number of men
Merchant Ship	10-20
Pirate	30-60
Light Warship	50-100
Medium Warship	100-150
Trireme	250-350
Quadreme	400-500

HV = Heavy vessels. All vessels in the fleet that are rated at Trireme size or larger.
P = The Total popualtion of the nation.

NOTE - Junta is a group of military officers ruling a country after seizing power OR a council or small legislative body in a government.

Barbarian Cultures

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