Xam Balam
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::Bioculture::	People are Maya, descended from the Polyasians who migrated through the Seeded Grounds. The language is Mayan.
::Totem::	The Mayan people had made their Covenant with the eagle.
::Religion::	The state is one that is Fundamentalist Heliotheist. Priests, using various pharmaceutical and organic mind-enhancers, have attained the ability to move through various realities. These world-walkers ensure that the Maya maintain strict adherence to the precepts of Heliotheism. A small but significant portion of the population are pilgrims, making their way to the number of pilgrimage sites scattered throughout Xam Balam and the rest of the Americas.
::Government::	Each city has a cadre of priests that report back to the priests of Tikal, the capital. Within a city, priests have dictatorial authority. Politically, priests are expected to support the status quo; however, priests are expected to take an active and benign role in people's daily lives, offering guidance and charity. The capital is at Tikal.
::Gender::	The Maya are extremely patriarchal. Women are considered to be only moderately sentient, and are slaves owned by their fathers or husbands.
::Guilds::	The Maya are somewhat insular and self-sustained. The Mayan guilds trade little, but tinker much. They have perfected the art of miniaturization. The high priests will often bring useful objects back from other worlds, the past, and the future, and give these to the guilds.
::Military::	Xam Balam possesses a military that is quite capable of defending itself, but is not capable of launching foreign endeavors.
::Shashi::	Fundamentalist Heliotheism prohibits factory farming, but shashi are kept as slaves to do hard physical labor or to be sold abroad.
::Geography::	Xam Balam is on the eastern coast of the Americas, between the Aztec Empire and the Paz Incana.