[@Willy Vereb] [@Gowi] [@ethanjory] So, neighbors, want to collab on some collective recent history? Maybe we should start with presenting our nations. I'll go first: 

Dantia is a young confederation of duchies that is basically run by mercheants and mercenaries. They control the inland roads between west and east Lyria. Their one interest in life is money.

My wish for relations is primarily trade oriented; I'm thinking Dantia imports all sorts of resources and raw materials from east and west, and in turn survives on tolls and produced goods. I'm also thinking they've been part of more than one armed conflict in the region (perhaps all of them, in fact), or at least that the mercenary companies located there have.

I also need a foreign power to have invaded them a hundred years ago, leading to the unification of the then independent duchies. Any takers?