The people of the Viszudar are a multifaceted people, living in a cold, arid desert. Their agriculture primarily consists of brinewheat farms, in the shadow of the Viszudar itself, on the shores of the salty river Glimmer. The properties of brinewheat are similar to what the name would suggest - it is a salty grain, which thrives near salty water. Brinewheat is made into flour with all kinds of uses, from eating as a gruel, to roasting as a salty seasoning, to being used to make breads or Shindri feed. The resourceful Xola process brinewheat into a rough, unpleasant brew known as Brinebrew Scalder. A longstanding tradition of Vardo youths is to serve as the millers of the Viszudar. Brinewheat porridge, flour, and bread are ubiquitous staples of the diet of the people of the Viszudar. Cave chicken, as it is called, is a dense, meat-like mushroom grown in the western caves of the Ningopo. In color and texture, it resembles chicken. In taste, a bit less so, and a bit more like rubber. Nevertheless, cave chicken caps finds its way into stews and Shindri feed, and the fibrous stalks of Rhane craftsmen are made into textiles and ropes by Vardo weavers. Salt for preservation and seasoning, and fresh water for drinking are needed for civilization to flourish. The great monolithic stills of the Xola provide both. Each still, dotting the Xola quadrant like needles, is fueled by Rhane manufactured fuel bricks. The bricks of fuel are made of waste, dried Shindri sheddings unsuitable to be used for cement, and brinewheat straw. Fuel bricks, likewise, are ubiquitous to the society of the people of the Viszudar. They are found in street vendor stalls, manufacturing, household hearths, and everywhere in between. The most fibrous stems of cave chicken caps are used how one would traditionally use wood, in lieu of being used as fabric. Xola craftsmen make a ukulele adjacent handheld fiddle called a " dipseyzum". In piecemeal quantities, this fiber is used for Xola-made dwellings, with Rhane-made mortar. Living between two mountains, stone is in no short supply. Naturally, many buildings in the Viszudar and the platforms themselves are made in part by stone. The Xola particularly are often stonemasons and bricklayers. The people of the Viszudar practice slavery. It is not permitted to mistreat slaves, but in practice, things can be more murky. Slaves are most often acquired through raids to the east, hitting outlying settlements of Ishkhar-Yog. The Thal house are, with few exceptions, the keeper of slaves. The direct sale of slaves is not permitted in the Viszudar, and most are owned directly by the Matriarch of the Thal, Kiristiana. Slaves, are, of course, lent out to whomever can muster the coin. These can be paid in yearly sums or monthly, like a subscription service. This practice is not forbidden, so to the Thal it is permitted. Surreptitious citizens may try to sell slaves to foreigners, but this is punished by banishment, so is only attempted in the utmost secrecy, with the utmost care. Slaves are used most often for the acquisition of iron and stone in the mines of the Eastern Wall. The iron is collected by the Thal, who oversee the slaves, send the ore to the Xola for processing into grades of iron and steel. The refined bars are sent back to the Thal for skilled crafts, such as everything from kitchenware to bodkin bolts, and everything in between.