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== Geography ==
==== Location and Climate ====
Teod is located on the northern continent, although it is one of the more southern nations on this continent. Teod is separated from [[Sycla]] by the [[Sea of Fjorden]].{{map ref|Sycla}}
Teod’s climate is relatively cold, although not insufferably so.{{glossary ref|Elantris|T}} Due to this cold it snows and freezes often.{{book ref|Elantris|17}}
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|She remembered the way the snow settled on the landscape. One morning she had awoken to find everything outside coated in a beautiful film of ice; the trees had looked like jewels sparkling in the winter daylight.
|Sarene thinking about Teod{{book ref|Elantris|17}}
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== Government ==
=== Monarchy ===
Teod is a monarchy, with the current king being [[Eventeo]]. It appears that the king has absolute power.{{book ref|Elantris|2}}{{book ref|Elantris|17}} While the king does hold court, it seems that at least some of the ruling is done by ministers.{{book ref|Elantris|2}}
After the death of the monarch the crown is supposed to pass to his eldest child, although this doesn’t always happen, instead a different child may assume the throne if the eldest one isn’t in Teod.{{book ref|Elantris|58}} The current Crown Prince of [[Teod]] is called [[Teorn]].{{glossary ref|Elantris|T}}
=== Foreign Policy and International Relationships ===
==== Fjorden ====
The Teo have antagonistic relations with the [[Fjorden|Fjordell]].{{book ref|Elantris|6}} The Fjordell are the archenemies and historical rivals of the Teo.{{book ref|Elantris|5}} Teod is also the homeland of Shu-Korath, while Fjorden is a Derethi nation, further fueling their rivalry.{{book ref|Elantris|6}}
Ten years after the [[Reod]] the Fjordell began closing their borders to Teo merchants, it got to the point that several ambassadors disappeared.{{book ref|Elantris|17}} Eventually they invaded Teod, sailing their navy straight to [[Teoras]].{{book ref|Elantris|62}} The invasion was rebuffed when [[Elantris (city)|Elantris]] was restored and an army of [[Elantrians]], the allies of the Teo, arrived at Teoras.{{book ref|Elantris|62}} The invasion significantly worsened the relations between the Teo and the Fjordell.
== Culture ==
=== People ===
==== Ethnicity ====
==== Marriage and Relationships ====
==== Fashion ====
==== Sports and Arts ====
The Teo love their sports, although men and women often do different things. The Teo women often spar together using a [[Syre]], a type of sword, although they are strict in calling it fencing instead of fighting as even the most understanding of Teo men gets a bit uncomfortable when he thinks of women ‘fighting.’{{book ref|Elantris|17}}
A lot of people also play [[Leky stick]], a [[Svorden|Svordish]] game. The game makes use of points, and has at least one goal.{{book ref|Elantris|2}}
=== Script ===
==== Aonic script ====
=== Religion ===
it was expected that both partners would be present when they were married. The time between a person’s death and their funeral is short. the lecturers at her father’s academy had been skilled at saying nothing with lots of words, Leky Stick as a child—borrowing the name of the tall thin post that marked the goal line in his favorite sport
“It’s rather low-cut, my lady,”
“I’ve seen much worse, even here in Arelon.”{{book ref|Elantris|14}}
Both things had set her apart from the other women—not that some of them weren’t intelligent; they just had the wisdom to hide it until they were married.
Not all men wanted a stupid wife—but there also weren’t a lot of men who felt comfortable around a woman they assumed was their intellectual superior. In a land where nearly every woman was at least engaged by the age of eighteen, she was an old maid by twenty-five. A very tall, gangly, argumentative old maid.{{book ref|Elantris|17}}
Teod's martial strength exists mainly in the form of its navy, which dominates the northern sea, protecting Teod's borders from the Fjordell Empire.
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