[b]Nation [/b]
Southern Malvine (Southern Archipelago)

[b]Government [/b]
Republic
- [b]Bonus[/b]
Universal Suffrage (Decreased Unrest)
- [b]Penalty[/b]
Laissez-Faire (Decreased Income)

[b]Ruler[/b]
Chancellor Pastiss Soldar II

[b]Trait[/b]
Progressive

[b]Prominent Terrain[/b]
River Valleys
[b]Secondary Terrain[/b] 
Forest

[b]Prominent Race[/b] 
Satyrs (Diplomacy Bonus)  
[b]Secondary Race(s) [/b]
Humans, Cynocephalusi (Combat Bonus, Diplomacy Penalty)

[b]Biographies[/b]
A distinct satyr culture emerged in what is now the southernmost extremes of the Thangian Empire, millions of years ago. Within a matter of decades, human tribes from neighboring savannas moved into the region, bringing agriculture, pottery and the working of soft metals. At some point prior to the founding of the Irodein Empire, Cynocepahlusi and similar peoples crossed into these fertile coastlines from both the west and east, supplanting the aforementioned humanoid inhabitants. Around the same time, voyagers from nearby islands established trading posts and settlements. When the now-defunct Satyr Kingdom gained control of the area a couple thousand years ago as a result of the Great Race War, the Cynocepahlusi communities resisted the kingdom's rule from its fortresses in the west until these comparatively primitive tribes were at last suppressed within a matter of months. 

As the kingdom declined, several human populations arrived from the north once again to what were now war-torn remnants of a once thriving cradle of life. There they settled on a series of islands not far from the coast, annexed whatever few Cynocepahlusi colonies remained, and overran the rest of the region. They in turn were supplanted by rebel satyrs, who after a period left the area only to succumb to the nearby deserts' extreme weather. As the Great Cataclysm neared, the Satyr Kingdom had been completely dismantled and its king sacrificed himself to the Cynocepahlusi; but the subsequent monarchy was weak and divided, plagued by decades of unrest. When Sanfure forces invaded, the only serious resistance was centered on a small fortress of a couple hundred exiles. Within two decades, the Sanfures overran the entirety of the satyrs' homeland. Within a matter of months, the planet's entire satyr and Cynocepahlusi populations had escaped to the nearby archipelago now known as Southern Malvine. 

Born into the aftermath of a dynasty characterized by tragedy and madness dating back to the Satyr Kingdom, the human Patiss Soldar II is undoubtedly Southern Malvine's most contempt leader in years. Following his father's stroke and the subsequent assassination attempts on his original heir Hastifet, whose reform methods were brutal and came at the cost of personal liberties and freedoms, Patiss has vowed to return the nation to a time of stability and tranquility, as evidenced by his recent interest in promoting patronage of the arts and construction projects.