Moving east, tribes tend to be more selective about who can vote (only warriors, only women, only mothers, etc.). For example, in the northwestern tribes, it is common to allow voting within the tribe, essentially installing a direct democratic system. The constitution grants tribes the freedoms to self-govern and decide how the chief arrives at his/her decision. Where tribes exist, the chief is allowed one vote to represent the entire tribe in national matters. However, it also allows for a tribal system to remain in place in the north. Under the Northlandic constitution, the country is a republic. A chief is selected by the previous chief based on character, leadership, and diplomacy skills. The average northern tribe is made up of 1400 members, but they may be anywhere from 20 to 10,000 members. In the south and on the southern peninsula, this tribal system gave way to more capitalist cities in the 15th and 16th centuries as trading with border countries became more institutionalized. Northlandic citizens in the north two-thirds of the country have organized themselves into tribal governments since prehistory. Tactical and strategic positions are reserved for men (15%) and women (85%) with families, whose decisions are seen as wiser and less selfish. While it is not uncommon for women to take battle roles in warfare, it is more likely that these positions will be taken by young, usually unmarried men. Men occupy caregiver, family, medical, and educator roles. In tribal society, chiefs, shamen, and hunters are almost always women. The current president of the Northland, Kåoli ott Vauä, and the Head of Senate, Epattä Epattä, are both female.
Women, especially mothers, are the traditional assumers of leadership roles in government, religion, and warfare. Northlandic society is traditionally matriarchal. Greenland shark ( Somniosus microcephalus) (žvalokk) Society Wild reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus) (kåoliott) Wild reindeer in its native tundra environment, Northlandic southern peninsula. Polar bear crossing sign in Northlandish. Sea ice jets from the northern coasts and extends into the arctic circle. Permafrost is the main landcover (90%) and is covered by snow and ice most of the year. The mainland is surrounded by ocean to the north, west, and east. The country's southern-most point is located on an island off of the southern peninsula. Most of the Northland is situated directly below the Arctic Circle. A majority of these traders live in the southwest, where trading is facilitated by the southern peninsula and bay. The Northlandish language is the language of 100% of the northern tribes, and 97% of the southern cities, with the remaining 3% speaking trading creoles as their first langauge or being of foreign nationality. After a few generations, multiethnic Northlanders almost never have heterochromia, as it is a recessive trait that would be dominated by outside genes. In the case of the latter, many Northlanders with foreign trader ancestors also have Northlandic blood. The remaining 7% of Northlanders are migrant traders and their families or their descendants. Northlandic people are usually born with strawberry-blond hair which turns medium- or dark-blond at puberty. It is common for Northlandic people to have complete heterochromia of the eye, a genetically recessive trait creating eyes of two distinct colors. These people are typically short and stocky, with olive-colored skin, light hair, and broad features.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, inter-tribal turmoil has roughly ceased.Ī majority (93%) of the Northland population are ethnicnally Northlandic people.Įthnic Northlander man of typical stature. On Janua constitution was ratified, creating the Northlandic Republic. After this time, the Northland considered itself one country of many tribal governments, united in the face of foreign danger while fighting internal battles amongst its own tribes. Historians consider the time of the unification to be 200 BCE. According to legend, the tribes of the Northland have been unified as one country since shortly after the beginning of time. For the most part, it is difficult to distinguish true fact from legend. The history of the Northland is largely documented through oral tradition.