Hashkee (town)

Not long ago, the badlands of the Central Regions were inhabited only by impoverished, disorganized tribes warring over the scarce resources. Among a harsh summer, with water almost impossible to find, two tribes battled over a freshwater spring deep in the mesa. Their brutality was immense, and for refusing to partake, a small family was ostracized from their tribe and cast out to die in the wasteland.

In their desperation, one among them was visited by an apparition of the goddess Taala, who passed down the mercantile and economic wisdom of Kapataalism. Hearing of this vision, the family agreed to survive through trade and commerce, hopefully generating enough wealth to lift their people from poverty and end the constant wars and squabbles.

They constructed the citadel of Hashkee along a river valley near the edge of the mesa, inviting as many of their tribal fellows to live there as possible. As the folk of Hashkee grew in number, wealth, and power, they established an embassy of Kapataalism in the mighty city-state of Apollo, an island of their native architecture and way of thought among that foreign land. Their missionaries spread far and wide, preaching the faith and ideology of Taala to many deaf ears... and a few who would become friends. With the nations of Buhkho, FlippantNerd, and bleeksnoet, a pact of mutual cooperation and free trade would later be signed.

Kapataalism acknowledges many other deities as part of Taala's pantheon, of which the benevolent Moon God is chief. They are currently in the process of converting the other tribes to their religion and thereby spreading their nation across the entire badlands region. In combination with wider international cooperation, this process has led their religion to become extremely complex and fragmented, with a thousand different cults devoted to various tribal heroes and Taala-adjacent gods and spirits.

Hashkee is presently led by a council of equals: Lexicon9999, uby1234, superminerbee, Vara_Satoshi, and JohnnyDouble. They maintain good trade relations with a number of nations, maintaining a policy of pacifism towards other nations and tolerance towards other religions- so long as said tolerance is reciprocated.