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SM - Duncan Haylen
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:29 pm


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#1: Jaradin (Brittanica) | #2: Dublin (Eireland) | #9: Muscovy (Kieva Rus) | #10: Hammerung (Scaandiva) | #11: Stockholm (Scaandiva)


Countries of Eurlak

Many countries within Eurlak are the same culturally as Earth’s countries. However, many borders are changed, and the region follows a pattern of fewer, larger countries, rather than many small ones. Great Britain is present, called Brittanica in this world. Greece and Italy are largely the same. Otherwise, the country borders are much different from our world. One country is simply an area of mountains, largely uninhabitable all but for the bravest of souls. It is only called “Mountain Country,” having no formal government or towns. The furthest north area, along the Valkan Sea, is relatively cold, but inhabitable, taking after Norway and Sweden in our world.

Though the countries' placement may differ, many countries in our world have language counterparts in Tarallus. The equivalent of Ireland has similar names; France, Italy, Greece, Sweden, and Norway follow many similar customs as well. Really, the only differences are the shape, size, and location of the countries; the style of naming is the same.


Countries

Kieva Rus
(Russia; extends from south mountain range to north range, touching Valkan Sea)

Scaandiva
(Scandinavia; the northernmost peninsula from Northern Ocean to end of north mountain range)
PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:21 pm


Kieva Rus
Courtesy of Tuatha De

Based Off Of: Russia
Location: South mountain range to north range, touching Valkan Sea

Kieva Rus is a large country, encompassing a kind of rough triangle between the northern and southern Eurlak mountain ranges, and the mountains in the northeast of Otalin. This broad area encompasses a wide range of environments and wildlife, from the steppes in the south to vast stretches of conifer forest and even some tundra in the far north. The seasons tend to be extreme, with very warm summers and bitterly cold winters; spring and fall are little more than brief transition periods between these two extremes.

Kievans in general are hardy, practical, and have a strong sense of national pride. Most of the Kievan people are serfs, working the land under the bolyari, the noble class. Farmers work the land using traditional methods, with little modernization. Others are fishermen, trawling the Valkan Sea or the treacherous, frigid Northern Ocean. More modern technology is mostly found in major cities such as the capital of Muscovy, or the newly founded city of St. Victorinus, built in the western Eurlak style. Major exports of Kieva Rus are mostly timber, minerals, and agricultural products such as wheat and other cereals; the mountains of Kieva Rus are rich in mines, and even contain a few small, extremely precious metal and coal mines.

Kieva Rus has, up until recently, been isolated by both geography and politics from the rest of Eurlak. The Kievans suffered through several periods of political unrest and chaos, with mentally unstable leaders and succession battles throwing the system into disarray. For centuries they have been ruled by tsars, autocratic rulers. The most recent tsar, Pyotr I, has shown occasionally alarming ambition, restructuring the government to his liking and expressing interest in "modernizing" Kieva Rus. To this end, he is fascinated with the other countries of western Eurlak, and has particular interest in obtaining their technology... Whatever he has planned, only time will tell.

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