Asterism

Asterism is a state of the Lunari Empire, founded and currently led by Luna Maris Argentea. It is located on the island of Myrtana to the west of Nox Aeterna, and it aspires to develop into a bustling maritime economic hub that will become home to a multitude of different cultures and species. Its capital city, and currently only city, is Lucida.

Cultural Influences
As of now, Asterism's main cultural influence is that of the leviathans, as that is the species and culture that their leader and founder hails from. However it is without a doubt that as Asterism grows into the multicultural area it desires to be it will develop all culture all its own.

Architecture
The general architectural style Asterism ascribes to is a temple-like style of architecture. Constructions tend to be of primarily stone and frequently possess circular and rounded shapes in their footprints as well as domed roofs. There is a notable lack of wood in the buildings excepting flooring and furniture, and an obvious love of colorful materials.

Cuisine
Main Article: Asterismi Cuisine

In general, Asterism's cuisine primarily revolves around seafood and whatever can be grown locally, though there is much less sushi to be found than in much of the rest of the Lunari Empire and more cooked fish and shellfish. The most typical spices utilized by people are sea salt and locally grown fennel. A common snack among Asters is seaweed crackers, known as sea star crackers due to being shaped into four pointed stars, garnished with local cheeses, meat, and preserves. The crackers can be seasoned a variety of different ways, but the most common form of seasoning, colloquially known as "standard seasoning", is a mix of sea salt and fennel, either ground or whole seeds.

Asterism's staple foods are sheep dairy products, potatoes, barley, fish, shellfish, and seaweed. While sheep dairy may seem like an unusual choice when they are perfectly capable of farming cows, but it is a practical choice due to Asterism's expansive textile industry. If you're going to farm a large amount of sheep, why not make all the use of them that you can?

Economy
Asterism is a prolific exporter of various luxury goods, mainly textiles, mother of pearl, and actual pearls. While regular silk is not yet a product they produce, Asterism wools are known to be the finest in Plagos, and they are one of the only producers of an extremely expensive fabric known as sea silk, produced from a fiber secreeted by the pen shell, in Rathnir, as well as being the only commercial producer period of a class of textiles, known as yosalvi, distinguished by the fact that they experience very little fluid or air resistance and are almost completely waterproof. These fabrics were once only produced by leviathans, but Luna decided to entrust a select few most skilled and most trusted weavers and dyers, all employed under her company, the Moon Sea Company, of course, with the secrets of how to make and dye them. The processes remain a closely guarded secret, and the weavers and dyers are paid handsomely for their silence to such a degree that it has become the most reliable way to make a high level income in the whole state.