The one page world pitch: a template to steal

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Worldbuilding is the most fun way to never finish a game. Here is a constraint that helps: describe your world in one page, using this template. If it does not fit, the world is not too big, the pitch is too vague.
The world in one sentence: (Example: "A drowned empire where magic is taxed and the tax collectors are dragons.")

What everyday life looks like: two or three sentences. Not the kings. The farmers.

The central tension: what is about to break? Worlds at rest are settings. Worlds under pressure are stories.

What the player character can change: and just as important, what they cannot.

The one weird rule: every memorable setting has one rule that makes people say "wait, what?" That rule is doing more work than the other twenty pages of lore.

Post your one-pagers here. Feedback culture in this thread: build on what is interesting, ask questions about what is unclear, and never open with "actually, historically..."
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