-Imperial Measurments-
The Empire works hard to keep all of its denizens aware of standard measures so that trade, documentation, and construction practices, can all be regulated and communicated throughout the entirety of the Empire. All children of the Empire, during their time learning at the Imperial Academies within the cities, learn the proper terms and relations of these measures. The use of such practices has even extended to the dwarven regions as trade between their kingdoms and the Imperial cities made the use of such universal measures necessary.
WEIGHT:
When communicating weight the Imperial measure is the Stone. The Stone standard was adopted during the First Age and has been held as the standard across the Empire since its inception. The Stone is often employed in trade of raw material such as wool, grain, or metals. The use of scales for such trade requires official weighted Stones that bear the mark of the Imperial Trade Authority, which may be presented in quarter, half, full, or double stones, but may be crafted at higher values. The smallest that a Stone may be crafted is one fourteenth, creating a pondo Stone. The pondo Stone is most commonly used in currency metals and should it be properly measured to be used upon a scale it will become equal to one unit of pure silver metal.
DIMENSION:
When communicating dimension the Imperial measure begins at a single standard. The standard is often a rough measure when casually communicating with others, though there are official rods by which the Imperial Construction Authority may construct for official use. To determine a standard you may use your foot against and object and take a number of steps heel to toe to determine the estimate of a length in standards. To determine a height one may use their hand, stretching their thumb and little finger to create a rough estimate of a standard.
Often, the standard is too short to communicate something in proper detail, and the use of a height is more efficient. The height, when used casually or to explain something in haste, is compared to ones own height. Should a pole be one height, then it means that it is as tall as you. Should a wall be two heights, then the wall is twice your height, and so on. When making official measures the height rod is created to be the length of ten standards.
When one is communicating length it is equal to a height, the official use of a length being ten standards, but to state a length is to mean measuring across or along the ground. When discussing the measure of a landscape, such as a road between cities, it is best to discuss the measure in spans. One span is the collective of one thousand lengths. The word distance is often interchangeable with the word span, both meaning the same measurement, although the Imperial Trade Authority that takes official measures between locations uses span in official documents, leaving the phrase 'distances' to more conversational uses, especially among the Imperial Legion soldiers.