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@imwritehere1920

Ooh, thanks for tagging me!

@devastate-lasting

Very cool topic!

Okay, I have gone back and forth on whether my WIP is high or low fantasy, and I have reached no conclusion XD

I’d say, in style, it’s similar to Ranger’s Apprentice, but I like to think I added my own flair 😉 (Among other things, it isn’t based on Medieval England/Europe)
There’s no magic and no fantasy creatures or races besides humans, but the cultures are a complicated amalgamation of several different cultures, and the political system is something I invented on a whim and then proceeded to world build to all eternity until it was somewhat plausible.

The main country is divided into seven tribes, two of them nomadic. Each of them has a definite culture, but there are also large amounts of cultural exchange between tribes who trade/intermarry a lot. Each of the tribes has its own political structure, ranging from a triumvirate to elected leaders or monarchies. (Each of them has a slightly different structure because I enjoy making things difficult for myself XD)

Anyway, what I quite like about this is that it forces a lot of conflicts since if two tribes get in a spat, all of them are impacted and have to pick sides or choose not to help either. And since they’re all relatively close to each other, there’s no ignoring the problem until it goes away.

I took a lot of cultural inspiration from the Old Testament, (Often without noticing), the Amazigh tribes in North Africa, and Medieval Mediterranean cultures.

Anyway, for a future book, I’m planning something similar, except I’m planning to merge eras (Edwardian and Rococo) and places (Probably Venice) into something fantasy and interesting 😉