Some civilians you can find in a Zhong Western Colony (From left to right)
-A Policeman: before the arrival of the Zhong, the cities of the west generally had (or have in those areas in which Zhong Rule has not yet spread) no proper law enforcement, instead they generally had gate guards and randomly selected men with torches and clubs without training to deture drunks and deal with the occasional exscaped animal, occasionally bringing in soldiers against riots. In responce to this glaring shortcomming of the Barbarians, soon after the first western cities were taken over, thousands of policemen and their families were brought in to settle this newly claimed land. Armed with a Gun staff and a revolver and clad in lightweight armor made of silk and bamboo and their conical helmets, forces of professional policemen patrol the streets and keep the peace, generally enjoying a hot cup of tea from the local shop. The Bulk of the established police forces in the west remains Zhong Humans, although increasingly westerners including non humans are brought into police forces
-A construction worker: There is always construction going on in the newly conquered cities, the agriculture of the western Barbarians is apsolutely archaic and the development of an industrial infastructure in the newly conquered provinces requires additional people in cities. As such, more and more people are moving into cities as mechinization displaces surplus agricultural workers to move to cities in search of work, as well as colonists being brought in from the Zhong Homeland. Factories, marketplaces and lodgings are constantly being put up.
-Dwarven Engineer: Conquered Dwarves on the whole have adapted fairly well to Zhong Society. Dwarves tend to be more mechanically inclind, have skillsets (such as rune magics) which remain useful after industrialization and have a system of ansestor worship. You will find a suprising number of Dwarven Mechanics and engineers working on various projects.
-Clerk: A new generation of westerners have been brought up and out of Barbarism thanks to the introduction of a proper education system, some of which are employed as Clerks, like this fellow. Clerks like these are low level Bureaucrats that are the backbone for the administration of infanstructure, and might very well ascend to high posistion by passing the exams.
-Resteraunteur: Eating establishments, once a rarity beyond taverns and inns in the West are now becoming more common in cities which have been liberated from there own barbarism. From noodles and meat dishes to pastries with hot cups of tea (the prefered on the job meal of Policemen), men and women (generally colonists from the Zhong Homeland) have been brought in. In recent years, a increasing number of resteraunts providing Western Fare have been opened although these are under tight scrutiny and are generally taxed more.
-Dark Elf Gang Member: Dark Elves are still a rarity in Zhong territory, but there are a few enclaves of them in a couple of the Urban Centers of the Fifth Western Province. Dark Elf armies have been sent against Zhong held territory and armies and various occasions and while the Dark Elves have cultural beleifs that makes this comparitively rare, prisoners of war are often taken. Some of these Dark Elves are released at a gradual rate and are pressed into joining Zhong society. As Dark Elf armies are mixed gender affairs, the result has been the creation of small enclaves of Dark Elves, including starting families, although they often find themselves at the lower end of the social ladder in they generally have limited skill sets for industrial ecconomies and due to distrusts among large segments of the population due to slaving raids against Human territory by Dark Elf forces before the Zhong Invasion (which is being minimized to as much a degree as possible).
Many of said Dark Elves try to find honest labour in various feilds, although a good deal of these dark elves retain at least some ideas of their precieved superiority, including passing it down to their children. This has resulted in the creation of several subcultures among Dark Elves, generally rejecting Zhong Culture. Writing in Dark Elven script when they can get away with it is the most common aspect of this, as is the manufacture and sale of items in dark elvish styles, the most visiable of which is Dark Elf Clothing which is worn when not at government fuctions or at work. This can cause incidents and unease as well as amplying existing problems. An number of Dark Elves have been involved in the forming of dark elvish crime syndicates and street gangs which tend to make use of Dark Elf clothing and imagry. This has only made ethnic conflicts worse, although the Zhong do beleive that these issues can be dealt with and Dark Elves can be fully integrated into the rest of society.
