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Because of the League's censorship, much political thought has developed through the underground presses, where writers have argued about legitimacy and hidden power, often in works whose real argument lies beneath an ordinary surface. | Because of the League's censorship, much political thought has developed through the underground presses, where writers have argued about legitimacy and hidden power, often in works whose real argument lies beneath an ordinary surface. | ||
|Science and Technology=The technology of the League is that of an industrializing state. Printing reached Balúrail around 450 ME. Firearms and cannon have long been used in war; [[Osia]] supplements them but plays a limited part, since it takes years of study and few Osiari serve as soldiers. Shipbuilding is one of the League's strongest industries, and steamships now work its coasts alongside sailing vessels. | |Science and Technology= | ||
[[File:Tuzquao Dress 01.jpg|thumb|Tuzquão in traditional dress]] | |||
The technology of the League is that of an industrializing state. Printing reached Balúrail around 450 ME. Firearms and cannon have long been used in war; [[Osia]] supplements them but plays a limited part, since it takes years of study and few Osiari serve as soldiers. Shipbuilding is one of the League's strongest industries, and steamships now work its coasts alongside sailing vessels. | |||
Railways have been built since 861 ME, and telegraph lines run beside them and to the major ports. Photography, introduced from Elursāde, has been in use in the cities since the mid-800s ME. Electric lighting has begun to appear in Têr, the only city in the League where it is in use. | Railways have been built since 861 ME, and telegraph lines run beside them and to the major ports. Photography, introduced from Elursāde, has been in use in the cities since the mid-800s ME. Electric lighting has begun to appear in Têr, the only city in the League where it is in use. | ||
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Osia otherwise plays little part in daily life or industry. Tuzquão Osiari are few, and most train at the [[House of Mavai]]. The Mifajene build their houses and towns with the Path of Tahami. | Osia otherwise plays little part in daily life or industry. Tuzquão Osiari are few, and most train at the [[House of Mavai]]. The Mifajene build their houses and towns with the Path of Tahami. | ||
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Tuzquão food is built on fish, fresh or smoked over peat, with root crops and rye and barley from the dry ground, game such as the [[Oeinso]], and berries and mushrooms gathered from the swamps. The national dish is a whole [[Lacutão]] baked slowly inside a thick rye crust, which keeps for days and is carried by peat cutters and travelers. [[Lumbage]] tea is the everyday drink; through the long winters the favored drink is a brandy distilled from [[Talme]] berries. | Tuzquão food is built on fish, fresh or smoked over peat, with root crops and rye and barley from the dry ground, game such as the [[Oeinso]], and berries and mushrooms gathered from the swamps. The national dish is a whole [[Lacutão]] baked slowly inside a thick rye crust, which keeps for days and is carried by peat cutters and travelers. [[Lumbage]] tea is the everyday drink; through the long winters the favored drink is a brandy distilled from [[Talme]] berries. | ||