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==[[Dominions 3: The Awakening/Nations/T'ien Ch'i, Spring and Autumn|Spring and Autumn]] (Early Age)== | ==[[Dominions 3: The Awakening/Nations/T'ien Ch'i, Spring and Autumn|Spring and Autumn]] (Early Age)== | ||
The Spring and Autumn period ranges from approximately 722 BC to 481 BC -- before the Qin kingdom unified the area and started the first Imperial dynasty over all China. | |||
The Spring and Autumn period ranges from approximately 722 BC to 481 BC -- before the Qin kingdom unified the area and started the first Imperial dynasty over all China. | |||
While details are not clear, one may expect the nation to include both humans and demons. The latter are not evil hellspawn in the Western sense, but fantastic, frequently humanoid entities who may have their own role assigned by the Celestial Bureaucracy. Human masters of this period may aspire to such abilities as flight, alchemy, command over the elements, or even immortality. | While details are not clear, one may expect the nation to include both humans and demons. The latter are not evil hellspawn in the Western sense, but fantastic, frequently humanoid entities who may have their own role assigned by the Celestial Bureaucracy. Human masters of this period may aspire to such abilities as flight, alchemy, command over the elements, or even immortality. | ||
==[[Dominions 3: The Awakening/Nations/T'ien Ch'i, Imperial Bureaucracy|Imperial Bureaucracy]] (Middle Age)== | ==[[Dominions 3: The Awakening/Nations/T'ien Ch'i, Imperial Bureaucracy|Imperial Bureaucracy]] (Middle Age)== | ||
The Imperial Bureacracy period reflects the long period of, well, Imperial bureacracy that followed the unification of China and the construction of the law codes (see the writings of Lord Shang for examples). Much as the Taoist cosmology of the period held the Heavens to be ruled by an Emperor but administered with a vast bureaucracy, the Empire was heavily organized and hiearchical with a civil service. | The Imperial Bureacracy period reflects the long period of, well, Imperial bureacracy that followed the unification of China and the construction of the law codes (see the writings of Lord Shang for examples). Much as the Taoist cosmology of the period held the Heavens to be ruled by an Emperor but administered with a vast bureaucracy, the Empire was heavily organized and hiearchical with a civil service. | ||
While a scholar who passed the civil service examinations would be regarded quite highly, the empire was not unaware of the utility of organized, standing armies. Cavalry and chariots make their appearance here, as do well-trained Imperial footmen and archers. They may lack the heavy steel of Ulm, or the fantasticly powerful giants of Jotunheim, but they are formidable, nonetheless. | While a scholar who passed the civil service examinations would be regarded quite highly, the empire was not unaware of the utility of organized, standing armies. Cavalry and chariots make their appearance here, as do well-trained Imperial footmen and archers. They may lack the heavy steel of Ulm, or the fantasticly powerful giants of Jotunheim, but they are formidable, nonetheless. | ||
