Hantou is hot, Hantou is sticky and most of all, Hantou is gorgeous. Both the natural tropical jungles and sculpted cities seemed to be carved of pure beauty. — Hajar Stoutsong, famous adventurer
Demographics
- 83% Human
- 6% Dwarf
- 6% Elf
- 5% Other
Hantou is a very human country. It has small populations of Dwarves, mostly situated around the mining regions of Hantou. There are also tribes of Jungle Elves that reside in the jungles. Very few non-Jungle Elves exist in Hantou and those Jungle Elves do not leave the jungle generally and so very rarely would be found in the cities. The island country of Nyamene sits off the south coast of Hantou. The home of Feldeni, Hantou does house a significant number of Feldeni that have crossed across the ocean.
Leadership
Hantou is currently run by
Ministar Prima Chen Lian and the Hall of Ministars, a collection of individuals chosen by the
Ministar Prima. The
Ministars (which is the Old Tongue word for servants) deal with the day-to-day running of the country. Each
Ministar is in charge of a different facet of the country's wellbeing.
Climate
Hantou is a warm and humid country. When it rains, it rains. Hantou will take days of searing sticky sun followed by days of torrential rain.
Wealth
After the Great Winter (~5,000BCE), large deposits of platinum were discovered once the ice had melted and the cracked mountainsides beneath revealed themselves. Hantou has relied on these deposits as they were the only large scale seams in the entirety of Axora. This meant Hantou was the only mass producer of the metal. Since platinum is the highest value metal in the monetary system of Axora, the discovery made Hantou the richest nation basically overnight.
5,000 years later and those deposits have run out. Thankfully, under Chen Lian's stewardship, Hantou has invested its vast wealth into agreements with other nations, allowing it to run itself off its existing wealth for years to come even though it cannot produce more.
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