Xia Culture

The Xia imperial culture, is halfway inspired by ancient Greek, Roman, English, Medieval Japanese, Chinese and the science-fiction Star Wars Mandalorian culture all tied into one.

Honor
The Xia people are an honorable people and keep their word despite being power hungry mad fools and it it honor and bravery that actually keeps them both united and them from killing each other. If you take away a Xia's sense of honor or pride you will either get killed or request to assist the Xia with suicide which is called Hari Kuri which will bring his/ her honor back to their family or kin. If the Xia decides to assult you they will not do so by simply punching you in the face, since that is revealing you got to them. Instead they will have you imprisoned and request a draw by the government in which the government will obey. You will be led out into the palace court yard where you will dual to the death, if you win you are free to go and the challengers family will all be executed since it is now them without honor.

Family
At the age of 5 children are bethrothed and married by age 18, it is a liflong bond that cannot be broken unless one of the partners creates a great offense to the other family. Marriages are rarly loveless ones since both children grow up together in the same house hold and learn the same values, the brides family will move into the grooms household where all 4 parents raise the children together. If the bride comes from the Imperial family the groom will move into her family and take her last name. Xia culture is patrlinial and baring sons over daughters is a high priority, however if the child is a daughter and she is the first born she will become the head of the family (or heir to the throne if royalty). As for last names females always take the last name of the males, unless royalty. And your name is pronounced as follows, person of the "family name." Example: Josephine Smith is "Josephine of the Smiths." For attire, all colors are red and black, if a marriage or birthing ceremony, the couple and offspring will dress in all white and for funerals all black, those are the only exceptions for not wearing either red or black colors. White represents new life and hope, Red represents sacrifice and victory; while solid black represents either honor, death or morning.

Military
When children reach the age of 10 they are enrolled into the Shroud of Xia accademy, where they will train until the age of 21 and become comissioned officers with the rank of Ensign, after graduation. The only exceptions for not enrolling in the military is if they have a mental or disability that prevents them from fighting. Once in the academy the Xia will not be allowed to leave the grounds unless for a family ceremony or marriage, which most marriages usually take place onboard the assigned ship of the grooms. The Xia are born fighters and their entire culture is based off of war, for centures until 200 years ago the Xia used to worship the Heronian God of War "Onaiss", who used to skin his enmies to death and use their bloody skin as a furr coat; which is why skinning to death an enemy is highly praised in xia culture today.

Monarchy
It is generally perfered if the child of a monarch is a male, but in the case of it being a female she wil still allowed to take the throne but her rule beomes a joined one with her husand as Emperor. If a male I the first born and succeeds to the throne, he will not need to share the throne, his wife will become the Empress consort. For females as monarchs the succession goes as following, if the Empress dies then her husband will become sole ruler and not be allowed to remarry, and all heirs fathered out of wedlock will not be allowed to be part of the imperial family or take the throne. After the Emperor dies the next in line is his childrenw ith the Empress, if no children are produced it goes to the Empress's next older sibling or Emperor by blood older sibling. If there are no siblings it goes to the Emperor or Empress by blood's uncles, aunts, or cousins. As Emperor, Empress or heir apparent, they must listen to their people, and be a strong stable ruler. If they are proven weak or a threat to the stablization of the government, they could be replaced. Today there is a current civil war revolting against the current Empress and her husband due to a rival solar system viewing them as tyrants and trying to barr the Empress's younger brother Braxius from the throne since he sympathizes with these rebels. Fear not, this rebellion will soon be put down and Xia culture will return to the way it has always been for 10,00 years!