Home to a primary population of Tréigtheoir Sliabh and Yewdi the Land of Giants, as it is commonly referred to is covered in ice and snow. Having little to offer the continent, very few have ever visited the frosty place and know it only through gossip and conjecture. Its deeper culture and traditions are largely unknown, and usually thrown out as frivolous talk even when a native discusses them.
Lesser Known Details
This separation from the rest of the mainland has helped maintain the wild, untamed nature of Gigantov. One of the last places where real giant’s, the offspring of Hormus still reside. The people’s roots run deep in a nation where their deities still walk the tundra, and there is a fierce unseen loyalty here that perhaps only the Rugadh Sliabh of Darkmount understand.
Government
Functioning primarily as a swath of semi-connected tribal groups that maintain minimal contact, there isn’t an overall governing body. Usually one or more chiefs preside over a number of sprawling villages and homesteads. On some rare occasions you will find larger towns in which a wealthy power hungry individual has set himself up as “King” or “Lord” of the local populace.
Political Status
Most other nations see the people of Strana Gigantov as a bit behind the times. They aren’t entirely wrong, and the small disjointed nation really only owes its longevity to the undesirability of the land it sits on.
Cultural Quirks/Notes
Palms
The palm is considered the most sacred part of any Yewdi’s body. Its lack of fur means that its heat output is higher, and this has created an obsession with the use of palms in Meyda-work and general Strana society.
Snow Palm Readings
The Yewdi people of Strana Gigantov often have shamans who make predictions of varying scales based on the pattern of melted snow when their too-warm hand is placed against it. To some this is but superstition, but others swear by its uncanny accuracy.
Pouch Wraps
Female Yewdi who have given birth, and raised a child until they are weened from the pouch wear a kind of modesty wrap around the now looser flap of skin on their upper stomach. It is a thin band of material usually made from the skin of Pechi. Otherwise all Yewdi traditionally wear no clothing above the torso. When the pouch is not pronounced little difference is found in the general anatomy of a male and female Yewdi’s upper body.