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Population: 1.3 billion, largely on three major landmasses. About 525 million live scattered on various small island.
Population Breakdown: 36% Psionic, 64% Muted

Geography: Map Goes Here.

Lands

• {HEIMGARD} (The Frozen North--think Finland and Norway--The Crown Jewel of Lampadas. Honor, Homeland, Peace)
  
• {QAIED} (The Arid Desert, the Dream of Jadine. A Hawk Among Lesser Birds)
  
• {DENALY} (The Temperate Forests, The Eastern Paradise. Let There Be Light Across the Land)
  

Overall Culture: Lampadas is three continents and many island, populated by the Psions and the Muted. Psions are the upper class, which suppress the Muted and keep them from making most of the technological advancements a civilization many thousands of years old ought to have made; for this reason, the Muted in Heimgard and Denaly hover around the 19th century in technology level--lacking transportation and weapons technology--while the Psionics everywhere and the Qaied Muted all enjoy modern technology. Muted who are taken into a Land's government structure will be used to modern technology as well, but will not possess their own communication, transportation, and weapons technology.

Capital City: Salmi

Population: 279 million (36% of all continent dwellers)
Population Breakdown: 44% Psionic, 56% Muted

Major Exports:
Precious metals (gold, silver), Ore (aluminum, iron). Precious stones (Diamonds, Rubies, etc). Building materials (Marble, quartz, etc). Lumber (including manufactured lumber goods like paper and furniture), horses.
Manufactured materials: Jewelry, and decorative materials.
Major Imports: Agriculture (fruits, vegetables, grains), Livestock, (chickens, cattle)

Climate: ******** freezing. Literally "Oh my god could it get any colder". For half the year, all but the coasts of Heimdall exist in darkness. For the other half, the sun rarely sets. Expect much fur clothing, and a whole lot of snow.

Geography: Map Goes Here.

Provinces

• {IVALO} (Districts: {SALLA} & {HELGARD})
  
• {KERAVA} (Districts: {RAAVI} & {LOVIISA})
  
• {PAIMIO} (Districts: {PYJARHAAVI} & {VASSA})
  
  
  Government of Heimdall
  EMBLA KYLLI
  Empath-Navigator, the Black Queen of Heimdall
  
  Second in Command: Samuel Kylli, Healer, Queen's Champion
  General Power Structure: Feudal, ruled by the Queen. Since the unstable Embla Kylli came to power six months ago, the system is becoming steadily more unstable.
  
  Notable Affiliates:
  Allied with Denaly's northern provinces.
  

Culture:
Psions
From the top-down, Heimgard is ruled by psions. Opportunities for advancement among those who exhibit Psionic tendencies begin early, with the mature Psions providing the best tutors, Healers, and audiences with District and Province leaders. After their second Testing, they are brought into the political power structure of the Monarchy; independent wealth is created this way, by giving fiefdoms to the most loyal of them. They are considered directly responsible for their Muted relatives, and have free leave to use whatever they wish to enforce their will upon them.

Potential Psions
A first Testing which yields the potential to grow into psionic powers is a precarious position for any young child to be in. Things will be uncertain, especially if the family is poor; they will not receive the lavishing of the education and gifts that a born Psion would. Should they not grow into their powers, all of their opportunities for advancement swiftly cut off, and they will be treated as the Muted are.

Muted
Heimgard is alone in the Realm for its treatment of the Muted. Should they have Psionic relatives, their existence can be fairly easy, and much like a Psion's; if they lack them, well. It is a well-known and well-kept secret in Heimgard that if a Muted person steps out of line with the wrong Psion, they could disappear. The worst is when the Muted are changed in some fundamental way from the person they once were.

The Silent War
The Crown Jewel of Lampadas, Heimgard is at once admired and feared for its high ratio of Psions to Muted. No other land on the planet can claim their power, despite the low population and relative difficulty to farm. Heimgardian secrets, however, are very well-kept. The greatest, most poisonous secret is the Silent War.

This is a war with no weapons, no battles, no declarations of enmity. In the silent war, mothers fight their children, and brothers smother their sisters. This war rips Heimgard apart, not by eye or skin color, nor by language, nor by custom--it discriminates against the whim of the mind and forces children to spy on parents, brothers to mind-wipe brothers, and parents to smother their own children.

This is the war that leaves Muted children orphaned with no parent named. This is the war that splits families in two. No one is safe. Everyone is afraid--because their enemies may be in the next room…

The Rule of the Black Queen
(to come)