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>The civilisation gets +0.03 Militarism.
>The civilisation gets +10 Cohesion.
>The civilisation gets +5 Education, Equality, Security and Happiness.
>The civilisation gets -5 Prosperity and Productivity.
In the end, the council encourage the saint and the chieftain to use some of the wealth that they earn through taxation to fund this system, and encourage more tribesmen to serve as couriers. By expanding this postal service, it could be used to fulfil its current purpose as well as the roles that both Rachal and Pashaban intend for it.
The result of this is a decrease in the population of labourers, as many of them turn from the backbreaking work of hauling goods, mining ore and farming crops, to the lucrative business of rowing all around the Croglatol with a sack full of scrolls. There is a slight hike in the tithes required by the chiefdom as well, to pay for this expanded service.
However, these detriments come with a number of boons. The Croglatovic people are better connected than ever before and for the next few days, they take great pleasure in sending each other messages all around the lake, for all sorts of purposes. The warrior caste coordinates more efficiently, village heads are able to settle disputes without ever meeting, merchants are able to strike deals with each other over great distances – though the economic benefits of this are outweighed by the tax hike – and the common people are able to frivolously chatter with relatives who live on the other side of the lake.
Some clever Croglatovic, who admire ducks and other birds for their ability to navigate the Croglatol from above, seek to train them to serve as couriers. So far, this has been met with limited success – some species, when released from a wicker cage, tend to return to their nests, even across great distances. None of these messenger birds have seen widespread adoption, but their usage is a common pastime among the well-travelled.
A generation passes.
It has been over five hundred years since the chiefdom was first founded. It has grown from a little over twelve thousand tribesmen to almost forty-five thousand and has engulfed the entirety of the Croglatol, and almost half of the Choslitol. Despite the trials and tribulations they have faced, the Croglatovic people have grown strong and wise, and earned close friends in the form of the Bladrek. It is believed that it is only a matter of decades until the wing-stitchers seek some sort of union between tribe and chiefdom, similar to how the Protavic and Rodac united so long ago.
It is a time of relative peace and prosperity.
<span class="mu-r"><span class="mu-s">Entering a Special Situation: The Deluge.</span></span>
It is a dull and damp day in the middle of spring. The sky is overcast and the clouds are watering the land below with a light shower. There's nothing unusual about this day, certainly nothing that justifies the sudden and catastrophic rise in the water level of the Croglatol and Choslitol alike.
