Deyeioni Ideas

Traditions
+1 Colonists
+10% Land Force Limit Modifier

Development of the City-StateFor as far back as our records go, the city-state (the kheion) has always been at the center of the Kheionai life. Many attempts to unify the region have happened in the past, but the deadly Kaydhano sandstorm would periodically kill those caught in its winds and destroy much infrastructure outside of the cities making effective communication impossible. As such we have learned to best utilize all the space we have available.
-10% Development Cost

Traitorous AncestryThe first settlers of Deyeion were rebels from Degakheion, a rival political faction that had tried to coup the state. Defeated in battle, they were sent to the edges of the known world, founding a settlement on the far side of The Devand. While they were forced to work the fields, far from their friends and family, their morale never wavered. Joined by constant shipments of convict laborers, Deyeion would become known as the prison colony. Deyeion’s early history was marked by constant revolts only being barely put down, with Degakheion often having to intervene directly. Eventually, after several generations, the descendants of rebels and criminals would wrestle control of the local government, reaching a compromise with Degakheion, recognizing their parent city as overlord while gaining much autonomy in return. But Deyeion’s people never forgot the injustices dealt to their ancestors, and always prepared for the day Degakheion would return.
+3% Discipline
+10% Recover Army Morale Speed

Foundation of the NékheisWhen the Kheions of Alecand outgrew their wind-warded walls, they looked beyond the storm-ravaged island for expansion opportunities. They founded our ‘New Cities' – nékheis, to both enrich themselves and to keep those riches out of the hands of their rivals. We are the children of the nékheis, and we shall come to hold these riches ourselves.
+15 Global Settler Increase
-1 National Unrest

Tea ObsessionOwing to Deyeion’s position on the far side of The Devand, Deyeion’s merchants had easy access to Taychend. Many goods were found from that land, including tea. While most Kheionai saw tea as a mere delicacy, it quickly gained popularity in Deyeion. Soon, much of the population would fall in love with it, and even the state’s attempts at growing tea at home could not satisfy the demand. The Deyeion state instituted a tariff on imported tea, in order to profit off the tea trade and to encourage the population and the local oligarchs to use homegrown tea instead.
+10% National Tax Modifier

Modernize the Kheionai SchoolsWhile for many centuries education has been a privately funded endeavour, our most prestigious and influential philosophers have come to the conclusion that education, both physical and intellectual, is essential for the continued thriving of our nation and our culture. Henceforth all citizens shall receive publicly funded education during their childhood.
-10% Idea Cost

Memories of the slaughter at VexydhanDeyeion’s colonial efforts were focused on the interior instead of along the coast. Many a barbarian tribe would be defeated in battle, forced out of an area, and settlers would be sent to the area to secure it. This strategy worked well when dealing with the fractured and disunited Basobhar, but once Deyeion pushed deeper inland, it faced problems. An independent group of settlers headed deeper inland than the state had advised, near the land now known as Vexydhan, they were slaughtered. It was not a Basobhar tribe that had committed this atrocious act, but a mysterious group not well known to the Kheionai, the Mteibhar.\n\nUnlike the Basobhar, the Mteibhar were much more unified, and unlike the Basobhar, they could not be easily destroyed. The Mteibhar, seeing the Vexydhan settlers as a declaration of war by Deyeion, began agressively raiding and destroying any Deyeion settlements they could find, with one warband even reaching the walls of the city of Deyeion itself before being turned away. The deyeioni army, in turn, began an agressive campaign of burning every Mteibhara village they could find, and innovated new ways to counter the hit and run tactics the Mteibhara used. Eventually Deyeion, with the help of their allies, would push the Mteibhara back into their home valley, but the legacy of this attritional conflict remains in the new tactics and innovations Deyeion developed.
-10% Harsh Treatment Cost
-10% Land Attrition

The Échate LeagueFounded in the year 1538, the Échate league was the triple alliance of Ameion, Amgremós, and Deyeion, after the alliance’s victory against Degakheion in the Deyeion independence war. The league led to lasting peace and the three member states would slowly merge institutions. A shared trade policy, a common military, defined borders, and much more, the Échate league showed the Kheionai banding together would lead to prosperity for its members. When the great kheions of Alecand united in a great league of their own, it was apparent to many that the Échate League was what inspired them to do so. The league would last well into the 1800s, even after the collapse of Ameion’s empire, showing how stable the league truly was.
+1 Diplomatic Relations
-20% Envoy Travel Time

Ambition
-15% Fort Maintenance