Latium Regnātum
This article is about the ŋation of Latium Regnātum. For the real-life region of Latium or Lazio, see Latium.
| Latium Regnātum | ||||
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| Capital city | Idanopolis (planned) | |||
| Princeps | Idanicus Caesar | |||
| Official languages | Latin | |||
| Official religions | Roman polytheism | |||
Latium Regnātum /ˈlɐtjʊ̃ rɛŋˈŋäːtʊ̃/ (English: Regnate Latium /'ɹɛgneɪ̯t 'lɑːtiəm/, /'leɪ̯ʃiəm/), or simply Latium, officially Imperium Gnacordiālis Latium Regnātum "The Reborn Nguhcordian Empire of Latium", is a moderately-sized country in the southern quarter of the map.
Geography
Latium is situated near the centre of the Land of Chaos, almost directly south of Amuj and quite close to both Paul to the east and the guardian farm owned by Kozdenen to the northeast. It may be accessed currently by boat across the Amujan Sea; the closest Cenrail station is currently that of the guardian farm, although a line is in progress from Idanopolis to Amuj.
The ŋation itself is mostly comprised of plains and several types of forest, with a few patches of desert and mountains. It is bounded by rivers on all sides, and bisected vertically by a wide gulf filled with kelp forest. There are two naturally occurring villages - Alba Longa to the west, accessible by a smaller bay off the main gulf, and Sabīnum near the eastern border - as well as a pillager outpost to the northwest and a ruined portal floating on the sea. Underground there are also several large caverns including several mineshafts and an area of sculk.
Settlement
The village of Alba Longa was the first to be settled by theidealist, who took over a house as his personal base and dug down to the caverns below from it, as well as turning the library into an enchanting room and establishing an oak plantation nearby and two Nether portals at the centre of the village, the second one going to the Nether roof. A portion of the steep coast was also flattened and turned into a harbour.
Sabīnum was only altered by setting up a lectern and fletching table outside the blacksmith's to produce a fletcher buying sticks and a librarian selling emeralds. This had to be here rather than Alba Longa, because a raid accidentally caused by theidealist had decimated the latter's population leaving only a farmer who then went missing and a nitwit who got stuck in the Nether. Sabīnum seems however to have been looted prior to his arrival, and several bridges and a trail of torches may be found to the east leading out of Latium to the abandoned base known as Paul.
A new capital called Idanopolis is being planned east of Alba Longa, but all that has been built so far is the Cenrail station (not yet connected) and a local railway from there to Alba Longa. There are also the foundations of a planned Temple to Jupiter Agmaschwa on the hills to the southeast.
Culture
Latium is, as the name suggests, a Roman settlement. Its population mostly split from ancient Rome in the early Republican years, and their dialect of Classical Latin, called Regnate Latin, diverged from the Latin of those remaining in Rome; however it seems to have kept some contact through into at least the reigns of the first few Julio-Claudians, as evidenced by the government system and use of "Caesar" to refer to the princeps.
The ŋation is governed by a senate and various other officials as well as a princeps with supreme power, in a similar manner to that of ancient Rome during the reign of Augustus. The first and only princeps so far is Idanicus Caesar, or theidealist.
The state religion is a form of Roman polytheism, worshipping various gods by epithets associating them with the gods of other ŋations by interpretatio romana. The most commonly worshipped include:
- Iuppiter Agmasqua "Jupiter Agma Schwa", the king of the gods. Dedicatee of the unfinished eponymous Temple. Also called by the name "Gna" /ŋɐ/ in invocations, of unknown origin. Identified with Agumashuya of Sharist Ætérnalism. Some claim Bezuv Agma Schwa of Xarslasja is a manifestation of him, but the current consensus is that he simply named himself after the god.
- Mārs Gūsāba "Mars Gu Sabah", the god of war and peace. Little is known of the origin of the name "Gu Sabah", except a recovered historical document naming Agumashuya as his father.
- Quirīnus Aeternālis "Eternal Quirinus", a god of creation. Unlike his counterpart in Roman belief, he is also considered a demiurge who shaped the world on behalf of Jupiter, and is believed to still be active in altering certain facets of reality. Identified with the eponymous god of Ætérnalism.