Sharruma (pronounced shar-OO-mah) is a city-states in southern Brightmarch whose mines produce much of the platinum in circulation around the world. The rulers of this highly authoritarian city-state have used the vast wealth produced in the mines to fund the restoration of a crashed aerolith and the study of the lost art of aerotheurgy, in hopes of one day returning to the skies.
Geography, flora, and fauna
History
Demographics
Sharruma is inhabited largely by half-elves, with significant populations of humans and elves as well. Other ancestries account for much smaller proportions of the city's residents.
Unlike effectively everywhere else in Brightmarch, Sharruma maintains a census, and with it confers citizenship to its inhabitants. Though considered unusual amongst those that live near the city but outside its immediate sphere of influence, under Sharruma's laws only those that have been officially registered are considered Sharrumites.
Culture
Religion
Society
Languages
Aserdian and Elven are spoken equally widely in Sharruma. Common is understood by many of the city's residents as well, but by and large is only used when conversing with non-Sharrumites.
Government
Economy
Sharruma's economy is almost entirely dependent on its platinum mines. Resources from these mines are processed, refined, then shipped down the Platinum River to Ammuken, where the valuable metal is then sold to merchants from abroad. These mines are critical to Sharruma and are therefore very tightly guarded. Significant amounts of gold are also found in Sharruma's mines, though it is comparatively less valued by the city.