Country Name: Colloquially "Graeg", after the Graegii culture that rules the majority of it. The King is officially declared "King of Rock and Sea" rather than ruler of any specific nation. 

Government type: Semi-feudal, clan-based society. Monarchy has very little in terms of power. 

Ruler: King Bergen of the Stoenclif dynasty. 

Location: [img]http://i.imgur.com/oIe0eOh.png[/img]
(Slightly large because the area is sparsely populated, and the government is loose. The area to the north marked off in dashes is a de-jure vassal of the King, but is inhabited by a different race who's unique oaths leave them virtually autonomous. 

Capital City: Not applicable. The court reigns alongside the King, and the King has more than one holding. 

Language : Graegian

Species: Human

Army: No real standing army. Capable of (poorly) outfitting all able bodied men for short term campaigns if absolutely necessary. Land owners expected to be able to outfit their own levies. The family of major land owners are at the core of the regions marshal ability, but their number is 5,000 in the best of times. Most citizens are expected to be able to defend themselves if necessary, and militias of women and children have not been unheard of in times of desperation. 

History: The black goat came down from the Mountain of the Wind and mated with river wolf, thus was born Graeg Godskin. The legendary hero has an endless number of stories attributed to him. Even his name is an uncertainty - many say that he was simply related to the Gods, while others say that he slew the greatest of the mountain gods and wore his skin for a cloak. Whatever he did in life, the Graegii say that he mated with wild women and giants, rivers and goddesses, giving birth to the many clans that would form the Graegii people. They take pride in this heritage, and every clan argues over who their first-father birthed first. 

The Graegii are a mix of folk in truth. Most are short in stature and dark of hair, possessing dull colored eyes and strong bodies. Similar to them are the more thinner coastal folk, who have mixed with foreigners enough to have gained a larger variety of traits. The third people are the Skrael, a tall and wild people who armor themselves in thick furs, have eyes of blue, green, silver, and gold, and hair of blonde, red, and pure platinum. The Skrael do not consider themselves Graegii, but many of them have mixed with their neighbors enough to have introduced their traits. The purest Skrael live in the land to the north, and give special oaths to the King of Rock and Sea. 

The Clans predate the Kingdom. The Suerfoots of the deep mountains and the Wetbreeches of the seaside bogs, the Worgs of the North and Saltruks of the South, are just a few of the families that ruled their lands before the Kingdom was formed. According to their lore, Graeg ruled as "The King of Rock and Sea" until his death. This is where the title comes from, but there is little evidence that such a kingdom existed. Some more cynical folk have pointed out that only his children and grandchildren would have existed to be his subjects, making his kingdom little more than a young clan. Still, when the Rockrills married into so many other clans that they had direct relations with half of the other families, Daril Rockrill made use of it. He pushed the territorial claims of his friends and family, ripping at old feuds and bringing to light ancient borders based on vague descriptions of the land. His enemies unified to fight him, but their defeat at the Battle of Bald Mountain caused Daril to shift from being meerly a major force, and made him a power that could not be questioned. His allies loved him for what he had given them, and they declared him King of Rock and Sea. When he died shortly after, it passed to his daughter Bena, who would become Bena the Trueblood when she took the loose alliance and brought it into true unity.

The Rockrills ruled for centuries, conquering the Skrael to the north and building the first castles. It was in one of these castles that the paranoid King Rascal had his entire family murdered during the new years feast, including their friends and spouses. The families of those caught up in the slaying besieged his castle, and he tossed himself from the battlements in grief. With his death, the Rockrill throne was passed on to a surviving decedent - the daughter of one of Rascal's bastards and wife of Bryn Tophills. The Tophills ruled for another century until a series of impotent monarchs brought the family to a halt. It was another bastard who took the empty throne, a distant relative named Brennar Stoenclif. The Stoencliffs have ruled ever since. 

Graegii culture is on the cusp of what some in the south would call barbarism. Some of its inhabitants are still nomads, moving from valley to valley as need suits them. The tending of goats, hunting for wild game, and fishing the seas and rivers provide nearly as much food as agriculture, as the rocky soil and summer freezes make growing plants limited to the heartier crops. 

Unlike many foreign lands, the Graegii do not favor sons in succession. An elder daughter will inherit over a younger son, just as an elder son would a younger daughter. They do not view women as natural warriors, though female warriors are by no means unheard of. Female rulers are seen as bringers of prosperity, whereas male rulers are seen as bringers of glory. Like the Bare-rock mountain and the biting salt sea, both are seen as necessary and good.

Heavily armed warriors are rare, as the Graegii prefer to go lightly armored. This makes sense in the context of warfare in their lands, as agility and sight are very important when fighting in thin passes or on the sides of mountains. Horses are virtually never used in battle, and even the nobles fight afoot. 

Under the Stoencliffs, the Graegii have began to open themselves up to the world beyond. What that means for the future is hard to say.

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Religion : A loose form of pagan animism

Population: ~100,000