The Tribal Republic

The Tribal Republic was the first wide-spread form of government in Duniya after the fall of the Giant Empire, marking the beginning of the First Age. It was founded by the twelve therian children of the human-born goddess Ungnyeo. They organized the majority of the population into sixty tribes, each a combination of the one of the five Wu Xing elements and one of the twelve totemic animal ancestors of the children. The names of the tribes followed the pattern of "element-animal," as such as the Jin-Sae tribe which venerated the Wu Xing element of metal and was originally founded by Sae, the first avian therian.

The following are the sixty tribes of the Republic and their current status: