Inspiration from Aztec history and culture

Introduction and context relevant information
Until the Spanish Conquest from 1519, the Aztec empire came to dominate the Valley of Mexico and extend its power to both the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific shore. This powerful empire is the result of the Aztec Triple alliance which formed a century before and it consisted of 3 allied cities, more specifically Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan, with Tenochtitlan later becoming the capital city and strongest among the two. This alliance was formed in order to defeat their enemy tribe from Azcapotzalco.

''"The Aztec Empire was an example of an empire that ruled by indirect means. Like most European empires, it was ethnically very diverse, but unlike most European empires, it was more of a system of tribute than a single system of government." - from Wikipedia''

Altepel  is the definition of a city-state in Nahuatl language. Each such political unit was ruled by a king and paid tribute to the Aztec king. The empire did not care about their local affairs as long as the tribute was paid.

The Aztecs also had a social division between the nobles, pipiltin, the commoners, macehualli, and the slaves, tlacotin. Other examples of social classification include the  pochteca, who are specialized merchants and who also communicated vital information across the empire and beyond its borders. They were often employed as spies.

Trivia/ Fun facts
-Aztecs had a mandatory educational system. Children until the age of fourteen were supervised by their parents and the authority figure from their calpoli (an organizational unit below the level of the Altepetl "citystate"). There were two types of schools: the telpochcalli, for practical and military studies, and the calmecac, for advanced learning in writing, astronomy, statesmanship, theology, and other areas.

-Aztecs also had a road system build for travelling on foot between the cities within the empire. Usually these roads were maintained through tribute, and travelers had places to rest and eat and even latrines to use at regular intervals, roughly every 10 to 15 kilometers.

-Aztecs used several types of "money" in order to trade. For instance they used cacao beans, which were the smallest unit, standardized lengths of cottons, which were suited for larger purchases.

- Aztecs had a ball game named Ōllamaliztli. The goal was to throw the ball through a stone circle. The players struck the ball with their hips, although some versions allowed the use of forearms, rackets, bats, or handstones. The ball was made of solid rubber and weighed as much as 4 kg (9 lbs), and sizes differed greatly over time or according to the version played. The game had important ritual aspects, and major formal ballgames were held as ritual events, often featuring human sacrifice.