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==Appearance and Customs==

The common people usually wear very simple and practical clothing, usually made of undyed sheep’s wool. Jewelry is scarce, if it exists it is made of wood, bone or, more rarely, copper. There are many kinds of people among the commoners, but in the west and south people are generally lighter in both skin and hair color than in the east and north. However, all members of the people are usually weather-beaten and sunburned in the summer. 
 
Wealthy merchants differ somewhat from the rest of the nation, as they can usually afford finer fabrics and jewelry and to stay indoors when the weather is unpleasant.
 
The common people tend to shake hands when meeting each other and then look each other in the eye. It is an honor to keep your clothes and body as clean as possible (which is often not all that clean) and so people bathe or sauna at least once a week. Bathing is important especially in the winter, as the sauna is often the only place where a commoner will actually feel warm. 
 
Most of the food is bread and porridge, and root vegetables (rutabaga, potatoes, carrots). A well-off household will, with some luck, have some fish or meat several times in a month.