diff --git a/sote/engine/ui.lua b/sote/engine/ui.lua
index 4bdae3fb..c5151ffe 100644
--- a/sote/engine/ui.lua
+++ b/sote/engine/ui.lua
@@ -315,6 +315,59 @@ function ui.image(image, rect, rotation)
 	)
 end
 
+local temp_quad = love.graphics.newQuad(0, 0, 256, 256, 256, 256)
+
+--- Draws a part of UI image at x/y coordinates and with a given width and height
+---@param image love.Image
+---@param rect Rect
+---@param rotation number?
+function ui.image_ith(image, i, rect, rotation)
+	if rotation == nil then
+		rotation = 0
+	end
+
+	local x = rect.x
+	local y = rect.y
+	local width = rect.width
+	local height = rect.height
+	-- Pull data
+	local image_width = image:getWidth()
+	local image_height = image:getHeight()
+	local dims_x, dims_y = love.graphics.getDimensions()
+
+	local quads = image_width / image_height
+	if (i > 0) and (i < 1) then
+		i = math.floor(i * quads)
+	end
+	temp_quad:setViewport(image_height * i, 0, image_height, image_height, image_width, image_height)
+
+	image_width = image_height
+
+	-- Calculate "scaling" factor for width and height
+	local fill_x = width / reference_width
+	local fill_y = height / reference_height
+	local target_x = image_width / dims_x
+	local target_y = image_height / dims_y
+	local scale_x = fill_x / target_x
+	local scale_y = fill_y / target_y
+
+	-- Calculate "proper" x and y positions
+	local position_fraction_x = x / reference_width
+	local position_fraction_y = y / reference_height
+
+	-- Adjust them for drawing offset
+	position_fraction_x = position_fraction_x + fill_x / 2
+	position_fraction_y = position_fraction_y + fill_y / 2
+
+	love.graphics.draw(
+		image, temp_quad,
+		dims_x * position_fraction_x, dims_y * position_fraction_y,
+		rotation,
+		scale_x, scale_y,
+		image_width / 2, image_height / 2
+	)
+end
+
 ---@alias VerticalAlignMode "up" | "center" | "down"
 --- Draws text at x/y coordinates in a given width/height quad.
 --- Texts first line will be centered vertically.
diff --git a/sote/game/entities/pop.lua b/sote/game/entities/pop.lua
index bd311b61..2e0f90ea 100644
--- a/sote/game/entities/pop.lua
+++ b/sote/game/entities/pop.lua
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 ---@field leader_of table<Realm, Realm>
 ---@field rank CHARACTER_RANK?
 ---@field former_pop boolean
+---@field dna number[]
 
 local rtab = {}
 
@@ -90,6 +91,11 @@ function rtab.POP:new(race, faith, culture, female, age, home, location, charact
 	r.dead = false
 	r.former_pop = false
 
+	r.dna = {}
+	for i = 1, 20 do
+		table.insert(r.dna, love.math.random())
+	end
+
 	setmetatable(r, rtab.POP)
 
 	return r
diff --git a/sote/game/entities/realm.lua b/sote/game/entities/realm.lua
index 2d7e0142..4a208ca2 100644
--- a/sote/game/entities/realm.lua
+++ b/sote/game/entities/realm.lua
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ end
 ---@field realm_id number
 ---@field name string
 ---@field budget Budget
+---@field tax_target number
+---@field tax_collected_this_year number
 ---@field r number
 ---@field g number
 ---@field b number
@@ -151,6 +153,9 @@ function realm.Realm:new()
 	o.tributaries = {}
 	o.paying_tribute_to = {}
 
+	o.tax_target = 0
+	o.tax_collected_this_year = 0
+
 	o.provinces = {}
 	o.bought = {}
 	o.sold = {}
diff --git a/sote/game/raws/race-loader.lua b/sote/game/raws/race-loader.lua
index a138757c..42200618 100644
--- a/sote/game/raws/race-loader.lua
+++ b/sote/game/raws/race-loader.lua
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ function ll.load()
 		g = 0.4,
 		b = 0.3,
 		icon = 'beaver.png',
+		portrait_description = {
+			folder = "beaver",
+			layers = {"cloth_behind.png", "base.png", "over_1.png", "over_2.png", "ear.png", "cloth.png"},
+			layers_groups = {
+				cloth = {"cloth_behind.png", "cloth.png"}
+			}
+		},
 		description = 'high beavers',
 		males_per_hundred_females = 108,
 		child_age = 4,
@@ -89,6 +96,14 @@ function ll.load()
 		g = 0.5,
 		b = 0.1,
 		icon = 'woman-elf-face.png',
+		portrait_description = {
+			folder = "null_middle",
+			layers = {"hair_behind.png", "base.png", "neck.png", "cheeks.png",
+						"chin.png", "ear.png", "eyes.png", "nose.png", "mouth.png", "hair.png", "clothes.png", "beard.png"},
+			layers_groups = {
+				hair = {"hair_behind.png", "hair.png"}
+			}
+		},
 		description = 'elves',
 		males_per_hundred_females = 100,
 		child_age = 5,
@@ -233,6 +248,14 @@ function ll.load()
 		g = 0.7,
 		b = 0.1,
 		icon = 'goblin.png',
+		portrait_description = {
+			folder = "goblin",
+			layers = {"04.png", "05.png", "055.png", "06.png", "07.png", "08.png", "09.png", "10.png", "11.png"},
+			layers_groups = {
+				ear = {"04.png", "07.png"},
+				hair = {"055.png", "10.png"}
+			}
+		},
 		description = 'goblin',
 		males_per_hundred_females = 102,
 		child_age = 1,
diff --git a/sote/game/raws/race.lua b/sote/game/raws/race.lua
index 6ec7c047..eec819b6 100644
--- a/sote/game/raws/race.lua
+++ b/sote/game/raws/race.lua
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 local JOBTYPE = require "game.raws.job_types"
 
+---@class PortraitDescription
+---@field folder string
+---@field layers string[]
+---@field layers_groups string[][]
+
 ---@class Race
 ---@field name string
 ---@field icon string
+---@field portrait_description nil|PortraitDescription
 ---@field description string
 ---@field r number
 ---@field g number
diff --git a/sote/game/scenes/asset-loader.lua b/sote/game/scenes/asset-loader.lua
index 2e9a6bf4..527e1e68 100644
--- a/sote/game/scenes/asset-loader.lua
+++ b/sote/game/scenes/asset-loader.lua
@@ -129,6 +129,30 @@ function asl.load_assets()
 	end
 	coroutine.yield()
 
+	asl.message = "Loading portraits..."
+	print(asl.message)
+
+	---@type table<string, love.Image>
+	ASSETS.portraits = {}
+	local fs = love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems("portraits")
+	for _, folder in pairs(fs) do
+		print(folder)
+		ASSETS.portraits[folder] = {}
+		local folder_content = love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems("portraits/" .. folder)
+		for _, image_name in pairs(folder_content) do
+			local c = love.graphics.newImage("portraits/" .. folder .. "/" .. image_name)
+			ASSETS.portraits[folder][image_name] = c
+			print("portraits/" .. folder .. "/" .. image_name)
+			-- Make sure to yield every now and then so that we don't hang the core!
+			yield_counter = yield_counter + 1
+			if yield_counter == 25 then
+				yield_counter = 0
+				coroutine.yield()
+			end
+		end
+	end
+	coroutine.yield()
+
 	ASSETS.all_done = true
 end
 
diff --git a/sote/game/scenes/game/widgets/portrait.lua b/sote/game/scenes/game/widgets/portrait.lua
index c96bbade..85785312 100644
--- a/sote/game/scenes/game/widgets/portrait.lua
+++ b/sote/game/scenes/game/widgets/portrait.lua
@@ -15,11 +15,42 @@ return function(rect, character)
         ui.style.panel_outline = {r = 255 / 255, g = 215 / 255, b = 0 / 255, a = 1}
     end
 
+    -- TODO: maybe we should draw background images related to current position
+    local old_inside = ui.style["panel_inside"]
+    ui.style["panel_inside"] = {r = 0 / 255, g = 20 / 255, b = 10 / 255, a = 0.3}
+    ui.panel(rect, 2, false)
+    ui.style["panel_inside"] = old_inside
+
     love.graphics.setLineWidth( 4 )
-    ui.panel(rect)
-    love.graphics.setLineWidth( 1 )
 
-    ui.style.panel_outline = style
+    if character.race.portrait_description then
+        ---@type number[]
+        local dna_per_layer = {}
+        ---@type table<string, number>
+        local layer_to_index = {}
+        for i, layer in ipairs(character.race.portrait_description.layers) do
+            table.insert(dna_per_layer, character.dna[i])
+            layer_to_index[layer] = i
+        end
+
+        for i, layers_group in pairs(character.race.portrait_description.layers_groups) do
+            for j, layer in ipairs(layers_group) do
+                dna_per_layer[layer_to_index[layer]] = dna_per_layer[layer_to_index[layers_group[1]]]
+            end
+        end
+
+        assert(ASSETS.portraits[character.race.portrait_description.folder] ~= nil, character.race.portrait_description.folder .. " WAS NOT LOADED")
 
-    ui.image(ASSETS.get_icon(character.race.icon), rect)
+        for i, layer in ipairs(character.race.portrait_description.layers) do
+            assert(ASSETS.portraits[character.race.portrait_description.folder][layer] ~= nil, layer .. " WAS NOT LOADED")
+            assert(dna_per_layer[i] ~= nil, i)
+            ui.image_ith(ASSETS.portraits[character.race.portrait_description.folder][layer], dna_per_layer[i], rect)
+        end
+    else
+        ui.image(ASSETS.icons[character.race.icon], rect)
+    end
+
+    ui.panel(rect, 2, true, false)
+    love.graphics.setLineWidth( 1 )
+    ui.style.panel_outline = style
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sote/game/world-gen/province-gen.lua b/sote/game/world-gen/province-gen.lua
index 43880246..ce6905fa 100644
--- a/sote/game/world-gen/province-gen.lua
+++ b/sote/game/world-gen/province-gen.lua
@@ -271,9 +271,9 @@ function pro.run()
 	print('creating river-like provinces')
 	local riverlike_prov_count = math.floor(prov_count / 8)
 	for _ = 1, riverlike_prov_count  do
-		if _ % 100 == 0 then
-			print(_ / riverlike_prov_count * 100)
-		end
+		-- if _ % 100 == 0 then
+		-- 	print(_ / riverlike_prov_count * 100)
+		-- end
 		-- Get a random soil rich tile with no province assigned to it
 		local tile = WORLD:random_tile()
 		local failsafe = 0
@@ -288,9 +288,9 @@ function pro.run()
 	print('creating coastal provinces')
 	local coastal_count = math.floor(prov_count / 5)
 	for _ = 1, coastal_count  do
-		if _ % 100 == 0 then
-			print(_ / coastal_count * 100)
-		end
+		-- if _ % 100 == 0 then
+		-- 	print(_ / coastal_count * 100)
+		-- end
 
 		-- Get a random coastal tile with no province assigned to it
 		local tile = WORLD:random_tile()
@@ -314,9 +314,9 @@ function pro.run()
 
 	print('create rest of provinces')
 	for _ = 1, prov_count - coastal_count - riverlike_prov_count do
-		if _ % 100 == 0 then
-			print(_ / (prov_count - coastal_count - riverlike_prov_count) * 100)
-		end
+		-- if _ % 100 == 0 then
+		-- 	print(_ / (prov_count - coastal_count - riverlike_prov_count) * 100)
+		-- end
 		-- Get a random land tile with no province assigned to it
 		local tile = WORLD:random_tile()
 		local failsafe = 0
diff --git a/sote/portraits/beaver/base.png b/sote/portraits/beaver/base.png
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diff --git a/sote/portraits/beaver/cloth_behind.png b/sote/portraits/beaver/cloth_behind.png
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diff --git a/sote/portraits/beaver/over_1.png b/sote/portraits/beaver/over_1.png
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diff --git a/sote/portraits/goblin.png b/sote/portraits/goblin.png
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diff --git a/sote/portraits/goblin/07.png b/sote/portraits/goblin/07.png
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diff --git a/sote/portraits/goblin/08.png b/sote/portraits/goblin/08.png
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diff --git a/sote/portraits/goblin/11.png b/sote/portraits/goblin/11.png
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diff --git a/sote/portraits/goblin_2.png b/sote/portraits/goblin_2.png
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diff --git a/sote/portraits/null_middle/base.png b/sote/portraits/null_middle/base.png
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diff --git a/sote/portraits/null_middle/beard.png b/sote/portraits/null_middle/beard.png
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diff --git a/sote/portraits/null_middle/beard_behind.png b/sote/portraits/null_middle/beard_behind.png
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diff --git a/sote/portraits/null_middle/cheeks.png b/sote/portraits/null_middle/cheeks.png
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diff --git a/sote/portraits/null_middle/clothes.png b/sote/portraits/null_middle/clothes.png
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