Temacan

Having arrived on the peninsula some four thousand years ago, the Cuatzal have since diversified, reunited, and prospered under the rulership of various "trade empires"—not based on a single command centre (although this too is frequently invoked), but on a centralized hub for trade.

The highlands in the centre of the Temacan Peninsula, locally called the Tlonquepec Mountains, are surprisingly lush and lively, and the mountains themselves have provided a perfect barrier from the rest of Mocueyoh for tens of generations—as well as between east and west.

The Cuatzal people have long recognized the presence of caste in their society, mainly under the banner of the three primary castes—the tzacac or oracles, the cilque or farmers, and the xenque or messengers. Other castes have variable rank, but the lowest point on the totem pole is that of the yolque (singular yotlen), whose role is to be subservient to particular deities. Ironically, to be a yotlen also allows the potential of being adopted (or favoured) by someone of higher caste, thus allowing for a jump; but for the most part, people are born to their specific ranks, and cannot leave them.