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Historically, the Sowaár aristocrats were quite powerful and held de facto power over the king - there was not an absolute monarchy. The modernization of Sóol was mostly led by the aristocrats (unlike in Japan where the shogunate was toppled), and the country was officially made into a parliamentary constitutional monarchy as an ostensibly democratic measure. | Historically, the Sowaár aristocrats were quite powerful and held de facto power over the king - there was not an absolute monarchy. The modernization of Sóol was mostly led by the aristocrats (unlike in Japan where the shogunate was toppled), and the country was officially made into a parliamentary constitutional monarchy as an ostensibly democratic measure. | ||
===Traditional gender norms=== | ===Traditional gender norms=== | ||
*'' | *''Traasi'ół entoódreeng'' (Traasi'ół is a poetic name for Sowaár daSóol; a ''toódreeng'' is a species of Sowaár wildflower) is an archetype of a traditional Sowaár "proper lady". A true ''Ye'láal entoódreeng'' is polite, nurturing and submissive but has a core of inner strength and will and is willing to defend herself and people she cares about when necessary. In fiction such a character will probably be depicted as speaking Amísheg (the cultivated variety of Sowaár). | ||
===Social attitudes=== | ===Social attitudes=== | ||