[b][color=yellow]Itheraen General History[/color][/b]

The Itheraen government, founded in 1709 after a large unification movement swept through the originally fractured lands, was a republic founded on the principles of ancient Itheraen traditions where all citizens had a say. All citizens had the right to know what their government was planning to do for them to better their well being and continue to keep them unified as one people. However, not all Itheraens could join the cause when the Tyro-Redian emperor had inherited a large sum of Itheraen lands from a few local lords who wished to keep themselves safe only two years before the unification had been set in motion. That is how over half of the Itheraen population had been lost and placed in the hands of prestigious empire who seemed to accept the people. Yet, the fact that half of the total Itheraen populace was in another empire had always been a cause of a certain resentment towards the Wolframs, but the government accepted it despite continuing to yearn for the return of their people.

The government always held an interest for those lands, it was hard for them not to when there was such a large density of Itheraens. Time and time again, it could be found that the nation government had attempted to fund independence groups, those before the Triple I, within the Tyro-Redanian Empire. Reasoning behind this was a simple one, the Itheraens lacked the manpower in order to properly fight a war to reclaim the loss of that many people, only numbering in the tens of thousands while the Wolframs had a horde to fight for them. Hence there had always been the question if the government should ally themselves with the Oslads to the the north or the Kalpians, a more than powerful republic. Of course none of these options had been chosen, Itheraen isolation becoming their primary foreign policy up until 1845 where they began to communicate with the Tyro-Redanian Empire and other bordering countries once again. 

In the time between 1776 and 1845, the Itheraen military had grown in both training and nationalistic zeal as they prepared for a war between the Republic and the Wolframs. The war never came and instead the sense of urgency within the republic had stayed, keeping the Itheraen armed forces in top condition for any sort of crisis that might come to their doorstep. The government encouraged this act as well, wishing nothing more than to be seen as a formidable and independent country. Economically insignificant and lacking in interesting resources, it was hard for them to be seen as a true interest to any other lands. That was until 1847 when large quantities of oil had been found within the land, while the substance had limited use, it allowed their economy to grow and the importance of Oil to flourish within the Itheraen markets.