Nomadic Tribes of the Western Plains

The Nomadic Tribes are each led by a Chief who is elected by the rest of the tribe and a council of four to seven usually elder people but some tribes also appoint younger people as councillors if they have proven their capabilities.
Besides the chief and councillors other roles are astrologist, ritual specialist, healer and chief herder.
The Astrologist observes the movements of the stars and interprets them in relation to the tribe. They advise the chief in when to take or reject trade deals, when to move places and where to hold burials as well as more personal things. The astrologist often works together with the ritual specialist and sometimes their functions overlap and they can each perform a part of the other's job.
The Ritual Specialist appeases the spirits for safe passage, tends to the sick on a spiritual level by trying to do the best for their soul, conducts the seasonal rituals for prosperity and tells the tribe's fortune with cards, animal bones or milk spills. The Astrologist and the Ritual Specialist divinate the fate of the tribe independent of each other, but they need to be in agreement of the fate in order for the chief to follow their advice. If they aren't, the tribe is believed to be cursed by a malevolent spirit and a ritual to cleanse the curse needs to be performed before they can divinate again.
The healer not only checks all the herbs and plants the tribe gathers for trading, but they also are in charge of healing anyone who is injured or sick with herbs and sometimes magic. The healer often cooperates with the ritual specialist to take care of the physical and the spiritual level at the same time and to ensure the quickest and best healing process possible.
The chief herder overlooks the horses (or other lifestock) at all time and is responsible for the herd to stay together and that no horse is lost. They are also responsible for the health of the horses, that is to say they are held accountable if a horse becomes sick, even though it might not have been their fault directly.
Some tribes also employ a strategist and commander for times of war, but many have since abolished this practice in favour of more peaceful practies.
Another role most of the tribes still do employ is chief trader, someone who is in charge of making the best deals with buyers and sellers, but this role is often mapped onto the chief of the tribe themself.
  A tribe usually consists of one big extended family, but there are also tribes that have fused together to help each other.
Those who do not hold a special position or role usually help herding the lifestock, gather herbs and plants, cook, sew, look after the tents or make tools.

The Nomadic Tribes are a collectivist and cooperative people who value honour and respect.

The nomads herd lifestock, mainly horses but some also herd sheep, which they then sell to other nations. They not only sell the life animals but also their meat, milk, hides, wool or things made out of leather. In addition to that the nomads collect special healing herbs as well as herbs that can be used as spices and sell these or products made from them.

There aren't too many nomads in the Western Plains and most tribes consist of about 30 people who are all related to each other and there are about 34 tribes, so around 1020 people living as nomads in the Western Plains. There are, however, people who live a semi-nomadic lifestyle and even a few who have settled down at the edges of the Plains to trade with others or do agriculture. They also serve as safe havens for the nomads to get resources and shelter, especially during winter, which is very cold in the Plains because of the strong winds.

The entirety of the Western Plains.

None. They used to have soldiers and lots of weapons, but nowadays they only carry weapons for emergencies and prefer more diplomatic ways of handling things.

There are some magic users among the nomads, mostly the ritual specialist of a tribe or the chief, but they don't usually use magical technology or any of the more advanced dwarfish technology.

They do worship spirits, but their spirits aren't the same as those of the Kaatin religion Spirit Worship, the nomads much more worship local spirits or deities (the nature of these beings isn't always certain) that are inhabiting the Western Plains. There is the great spirit of the Plains, also called the grass spirit, which is thought to be an embodiment of the entire location of the Plains, the sky spirit, the water spirit (which bears a lot of resemblance to the spirit of the Feyr Wàmàr worshipped in Drifeyer and Deya), the spirit of the hearth fire and the fog devourer, which is thought to be a spirit who is evil in nature and who comes into being through the people's negative feelings and ill will.
In addition to these five there are the ancestor spirits who are all underlings to one of the five great spirits and who oversee smaller parts of the territory of each spirit. These ancestor spirits are quite ambivalent and can be angered just as much s any of the five great spirits.

The Nomads have a few treaties declaring the borders of their territory with other nations, as well as several non-aggression pacts and they also trade with them. Especially with Deya, Ahhot and [Country Name].

The Nomads trade with life animals, mainly horses, meat, wool, leather, hides, medicine herbs, spices, healing balms and wooden ornaments and jewellery, sometimes also made from animal bones. They also offer services such as fortune telling.

Knowledge is passed down from one generation to the next, each tribe has knowledge unique to it but there are also some outside influences on their knowledge they gain from the people they trade with. There is no school system or anything similar to it though.

There are a few ancient paths that lead through the Plains safely and the Nomads believe that straying from the paths of their ancestors is bad luck and will anger the spirits and that the great fog in the middle of the Plains will devour them otherwise. They also have to deal with the shifting forests, but the ancient paths seem to be able to avoid the seemingly unpredictable shifting in and out of existence of the wandering forests. There are a few tribes however, that try to solve the mystery of the shifting forests and they are chasing them down.