Lan Politics

For the most part, humans and lailani consider themselves to be part of two separate countries.

humans:
The humans originally had no specific government. Because the first humans on Lan were from many different countries of Earth, everyone reported to their home governments. When contact with earth was lost, there was great political upheaval as the different groups fought for power. Currently, a man named Donavan Blain has proclaimed himself as king. He is relatively unopposed due to the fact that he is in charge of the largest fighting force in the world. Also, he killed nearly a tenth of the human population in the process of bringing the humans under his control.

lailani:
The lailani have an oligarchy style government, as each clan is ruled by a small group. The group consists of a Rikani(storyteller/historian), a Yanani(head mother), a Lanani(head father), and a Tolani(head scout). The clans generally meet twice a year to make policies and solve disputes. ONE is considered to be in charge of all the clans, many claim ONE is a myth.

human/lailani relations:
Donavan Blain has a particular dislike for lailani, and has deemed them illegal in his realm. And, his soldiers occasionally perform raids on known lailani settlements. Of course, the Hawk clan has a tendency to perform raids on any human settlement they feel is too close to the mountains. However, the general human and lailani populations just try to ignore the whole situation and just do whatever they can to get by. Including hungry lailani stealing human livestock, and desperate humans turning in lailani for rewards. The Dolphin clan cut off relations with the humans over 150 years ago, and therefore, humans consider them a myth.

The Species of Lan

All my stories take place in a world called Lan where there are two sentient species: humans and lailani.

Humans:

Humans in the world are similar to those on earth, because humans came from earth. Though, it was about 200 years ago. But, the humans of Lan lost contact with earth about 50 years ago, so the technology level is unique. Lan was mostly a scientific outpost while in contact with earth, so when the contact was lost, so was all new technology. There exists both high and low technology, with all the high technology belonging to a small group of aristocrats, and low technology being used by everyone else.

Lailani:

Lailani are the native species of Lan. They can shape-shift at will between a common humanoid form and a clan specific animal form. There are six clans: Bear, Hawk, Wolf, Raven, Dolphin, and Gull. A lailani can only belong to one clan. Members of different clans occasionally intermarry, but any children will always be the same clan as the mother. Lailani-human offspring are biologically impossible.

There are millions of non-sentient species on Lan, including many common earth species as well as quite a few native Lan species. I'll try to include common earth identifiers when talking about native Lan species, ie. a werlai fish or sholai sheep.