Tancas

"'Tancas Major was Gwedalier Cook's stirring pot for chaos. He was an instigator for the ruin of order and that spontaneity is was attracted people to leave Hoft for what was later to be called Large Mouth' ""-Harden Staytzell, Melehtol historian"Tancas or Tancas Major is the former state which was founded by one of the first pioneers of Large Mouth, Gwedalier Cook. It was the first establishment of Hoft on non-Hoft soil, and marks an important landmark in the exploration of Tol as a whole.

Geography
Tancas Major (before being replaced by Nelsonia) covered the southernmost portion of Large Mouth. To its north is only mountains. It borders on Lake Ailo, which had been the subject of many minor battles and tensions between Tancas and Fete Neldë, and continues to be for Nelsonia.

Stirring Pot for Chaos
Tancas Major was at first a very peaceful and docile place. However, as its lifespan went on Gwedalier Cook indulged in socio-political experiments with laws that hadn't been seen before. There were no limits to the speed at which a cart was able to travel, regardless of the size of the street. Only the rich paid taxes. There was no legislative limit on magic.

Tancaetic Purge
The most notable of these socio-political experiments is the Tancaetic Purge. This was at first a twelve hour period during which no laws were in place. Every few years however, Cook would extend the time, and by the end of the life of Tancas (1523) the Tancaetic Purge lasted three days. Twelve hours or seventy-two, it always began on the 25th of Chaiond.