What is Taloren?
Taloren is a member of the Ko-orenite Constellation (the 'Ko-orenite Commonwealth') as a meritocratic territory located on cold steppes in Rushmore. Well, 'territory'? More like 'territories'.
What do you mean 'territories'?
Taloren is basically the collective noun for a long list of steppe peoples, loosely bound by four governments which themselves are loosely tied to four regions. There are:
The Taloreni Khanate, the one that started it all. Unifying the peoples from the steppe to form a sort of collective body of rules to make sure they would be less vulnerable - both in food safety as in defence. The Khanate is dominated by the Meltööröi, a people group with semi-permanent housing and even a semblance of a permanent capital in the form of Tsentsagaan. Other peoples and regions include Laruotlewat, the Khal, Imbak, and Evengamni.
The Talmagoren Nation, to its east, setting up semi-permanent shop along the many lakes and rivers there. Winters might be even harsher but there's far more opportunities to flourish the slightly milder summer, even allowing them to commit resources to agriculture. Fishing remains their main source of food. Five people groups together make up Talmagoren - from cold to freezing those are Mistikowaskîy, Seetka, Poropet, Saqsaarsuk, and Uummanmiut.
The Tarören Elayet, to the west and south of the Khanate, are by far the most organised and numerous. They have their own politics, foreign affairs, and the like, conducting business from their cities, where their culture flowers and spreads. They have as much influence on the other peoples of Taloren as they have on Tarören, and maybe even more than that. They are not concerned with the internal affairs, and that gap has been filled by the diplomatic Khanate. Tarören consists of a single people group - the Tarörenliler - but consider themselves spread along two provinces - sancak - by the names of Anarkan and Samana, with Anarkan more mountainous and rural, and Samana quite urban.
Terähören, with the lowest population, living along the coasts and frequently coming into contact with all other groups, are sometimes seen as the messengers of the bunch. Divided into two rough groups - the Haapme and Sillasi - they're mostly left alone as they pose little threat to any other group, but are nonetheless still invited to important meetings and events given their friendly relations with the others.
Sports in Taloren
Ice hockey has gotten popular given the huge number of lakes and ponds and the long, cold winters. In summer, it depends - Talmagoren is about canoeing and lacrosse and shares archery with Taloren, who also have plenty of wrestlers and equestrian sports. Tarören, as noted, do their own thing and have embraced more global sports like soccer, basketball, and volleyball.
Forwards
Wrestlers from the steppe. They're deceptively fast and tenacious tacklers. Not much in the way of passing skills.
First row
13 Uranbat (Meltööröi, Taloren)
12 Dölgöön (Meltööröi, Taloren)
11 Mönkhbat (Meltööröi, Taloren)
Second row
10 Nergüi (Meltööröi, Taloren)
9 Ankhbayar (Meltööröi, Taloren)
Third row
8 Temüülen (Meltööröi, Taloren)
Backs
The halves are 'rented' from Synephoren, another Constellation territory, as they're the only ones that the Taloreni could think of for actual technical on-ball skills like passing and kicking. The others are tough and from all over the rest of Taloren, all formidable athletes in their own right, but no rugby experience.
Halves
7 Lalema Enipes (Synephoren)
6 Talasa Anakainosis (Synephoren)
Wings
5 Memyl (Laruotlewat, Taloren)
2 Aputsiaq (Saqsaarsuk, Talmagoren)
Centres
4 Tyngagyrgyn (Laruotlewat, Taloren)
3 Qillaq (Saqsaarsuk, Talmagoren)
Fullback
1 Kenran (Khal, Taloren)
