League of Balúrail: Difference between revisions

|Administrative Divisions=Têr, Ezinco, Gurverde, Gostiria, Ivaiê, Eimbuver, Mifajene Reservation

|Introduction=The '''League of Balúrail''' is a country in the region of [[Balúrail]] on the continent of [[Méniail]]. It was founded in 289 ME, when the [[Tuzquão]] settlements of Balúrail declared independence from the [[Kingdom of Bóinbile]]. It has a population of 1.6 million. Its capital and largest city is [[Têr]]. The League is governed in public by elected officials and in fact by the [[Society of Truth]], a secret society.

The first humans in Balúrail came from the Kingdom of Bóinbile in [[Gosterra]], which was then the only human state in that region. They sailed down the coast and founded [[Saindo]] in 201 ME under [[Saén Hilubaiko]]. [[Têr]] was founded in 210 ME. For the next eighty years the settlements were loosely governed colonial towns of the Kingdom. The settlers became the [[Tuzquão]].

The movement for independence was planned in secret, and the group that planned it became the [[Society of Truth]]. The League declared independence in 289 ME. The Kingdom of Bóinbile was distant and occupied with internal problems, and it let the settlements go peacefully. The League was founded with the District of Têr and the states of [[Gostiria]] and [[Ivaiê]].

 

 

[[Ezinco]] was chartered as a state in 612 ME, and [[Gurverde]], in the eastern highlands, in 786 ME. [[Eimbuver]] was organized as a territory in 790 ME.

 

|Geography=The League covers most of Balúrail, at the southwestern end of Méniail. It borders [[Gosterra]] and, across the [[Mazissage Mountains]], [[Khamria]].

 

The [[Western Lowlands]] are swamp and peat bog, with long freezing winters. Most of the population lives there. The [[Eastern Highlands]] are forested foothills of the Mazissage Mountains, with a milder and wetter climate. [[Lake Arrerem]], in Gurverde, is the largest lake.

 

|Goverment and Politics=In public, the League is a republic. The president, the governors of the states, and the mayors are elected.

 

In fact, the League is controlled by the [[Society of Truth]]. The elections are for show, and the Society chooses every official and issues the orders they carry out. Local officials have some control over local matters. The Society's membership is secret, and its existence is not public knowledge, although it is a popular subject among conspiracy theorists.

| [[Gurverde]] || State || [[Arremíria]] || 786 ME || 75,000

* '''Ivaiê''' is a peninsula in the southwest. It is the smallest and most densely populated state and contains the house of [[Mavai]].

* '''Ezinco''', on the west central coast, has the port city of Ezinco and the naval base of [[Fort Pone]]. It contains [[Lake Tatube]] and the [[Gal River|Gal]], a river that flows from [[Lake Donal]].

* '''Gurverde''', in the east, is the most recently settled state. It lies between [[Lake Arrerem]] and the Mazissage Mountains and holds the sources of most of the rivers of the lowlands.

=== Foreign relations ===

The League trades and maintains diplomatic relations with both states of Gosterra, the [[Kingdom of Bóinbile]] and the [[Heialdyn Stratocracy]]. Gosterra is its largest trading partner. It has little contact with the [[Arânzeni Confederation]], because overland travel across the mountains is difficult. Tuzquão shipbuilding gives the League a wide reach by sea, and it trades with the port cities of [[Arezilur]], with [[Aráinia]], and with the other continents.

|Economy=The economy rests on the resources of Balúrail: peat and medicinal herbs from the swamps, timber, and mining in the Eastern Highlands. Shipbuilding and sea trade are major industries, centered on the ports of Gostiria, Ivaiê, and Ezinco.

|Demographics=The League has a population of 1.6 million. The great majority are [[Tuzquão]], and smaller groups from other regions live in the port cities. About 67,000 are [[Mifajene]], most of them on the Reservation and the rest in free villages in Eimbuver.