The Nations of the World

THE MEDIETAN EMPIRE (also known as Medietus):

SIZE: Largest country in the world

POPULATION: Most populated country

LOCATION: Southernmost part of the known world on the continent of Medietus. The Gulf of Cessabit and the Strait of Calmis separate the Medietan Empire from the continent of Piletus

RULER: Emperor Derisus III

CAPITAL CITY: Medietapolis

ARMY: Largest land army

NAVY: 2nd largest navy

AIR FORCE: 3rd largest air force in the world

GOVERNMENT: Monarchy

ECONOMY: The Medietans had an abundance of all resources, especially water and metal, but not oil. The Jecoba River and Lake Lancaster were the main sources of water in Medietus, and Mount Lagoda was the industrial center of Medietus. The Coleis Plateau in Medietus contained a massive archive that held almost all the information in the world 

HISTORY: The Medietans and their neighbors, the Piletans, had a long-standing dispute over the Sassarian Islands. In a long-ago war with the Principality of Lancaster, the Medietans sacked the Lancastrian capital of Bazantrum and asserted their control over the southern end of the continent

CULTURE: The Medietan Empire consists of many different cultures

THE PILETAN EMPIRE (also known as Piletus):

SIZE: Second largest country in the world

POPULATION: Third most populous country in the world

LOCATION: Middle of the known world on the continent of PIletus. The Gulf of Cessabit separates the Piletan Empire from the continent of Medietus

RULER: Emperor Khartoum

CAPITAL CITY: Piletus City

ARMY: 2nd largest land army

NAVY: Largest navy

AIR FORCE: Largest air force

INNOVATIONS: Piletus was the only country with flying ships, a groundbreaking innovation that gave the Piletans air superiority over the entire continent for a long time. Piletan aviators were known to be the most skilled in the world

GOVERNMENT: Monarchy with a senate

ECONOMY: The Piletans had an abundance of all resources, especially oil, but insufficient food and almost no water. The Ponto Plains were the agricultural heartland of Piletus

HISTORY: In a long-ago war with the Luvosian Kingdom, General Iskender of Piletus expanded his country’s borders to the Pentacaucasus Mountains and captured the city of Iskenderburg, which produced more than half of all the gold in the world

CULTURE: The Piletan Empire consists of many different cultures

THE LUVOSIAN KINGDOM:

SIZE: 3rd largest country in the world

POPULATION: 5th most populated country

LOCATION: Northeastern most part of the known world, on the continent of Piletus, and north of the Kufan Kingdom

RULER: King Luvos IX

CAPITAL CITY: Luvos City

ARMY: 4th largest land army

NAVY: Smallest navy

AIR FORCE: 2nd largest air force

SPECIAL: Luvosian snipers and artillerymen were known to have lethal precision

GOVERNMENT: Monarchy

ECONOMY and HISTORY: The Luvosian Kingdom had an abundance of all resources except water and gold. The Luvosians’ only source of water was an unnamed river that ran from the northern to the southern border of the country. Because of this, the Luvosians had a long-standing dispute with Theoland and the Kufan Kingdom over Lake Kufa, but the Luvosians had to give up their demands after being defeated in the War of the Nations

CULTURE: Similar to Piletus

THE KUFAN KINGDOM:

SIZE: 4rth largest country in the world

POPULATION: 4th most populous country

LOCATION: Easternmost part of the known world, north of Medietus. The Gulf of Cessabit separates the Kufan Kingdom from the Medietan Empire

RULER: King Kufa VII

CAPITAL CITY: Kufaville

ARMY: 5th largest army

NAVY: 4th largest navy

AIR FORCE: Fourth largest air force 

GOVERNMENT: Monarchy

ECONOMY: The Kufan Kingdom had an abundance of all resources. The Kufans also owned much of Lake Kufa, the largest source of water, and the Theolandians, their neighbors, owned the rest

HISTORY: The Kufans had a long-standing dispute with the Luvosians Piletans over Lake Kufa, but they retained control of the lake after winning the War of the Nations

CULTURE: Similar to Piletus and Medietus

THEOLAND:

SIZE: 5th largest country in the world

POPULATION: 3rd most populated country 

LOCATION: Between the Luvosian and Kufan Kingdoms and on the continent of Piletus

RULER: Priest Amal Ialad XVI

CAPITAL CITY: Theopolis

ARMY: 3rd largest army

NAVY: 5th largest navy

AIR FORCE: 5th largest air force 

GOVERNMENT: Theocracy. Priests ruled the country in the name of the gods and goddesses

ECONOMY: Theoland had an abundance of all resources except gold, which it desperately needed in order to build more temples and perform religious ceremonies. Because of this, the Theolandians have had a long-standing dispute with the Piletans over a gold mine on the western border 

HISTORY: The Theolandians and Kufans were allies for hundreds of years and supported each other in most wars. The culture, traditions, and government system of Theoland were extremely different from that of the rest of the world 

CULTURE: Theolandian priests did not receive their position by lineage nor merit; they were elected by the twelve elders of the Supreme Council 

When the priest died and the time for an election came, the twelve elders would travel around the country, looking for the person who the gods told them to choose 

Each elder would bring a boy of age fifteen or younger back to Theopolis and a meeting would be held. Seventy elders of the High Council would then vote for the boy who they wanted to become the next priest, or “Amal Ialad” in the Theolandian language 

The elected Amal Ialad would then be, so as to say, “crowned” in a religious ceremony that required him to spray gold flakes all over his body and dive into Lake Kufa

After having done this, the Amal Ialad would move to live in the Holy Temple and rule the land with the help of his advisors until he was mature enough to rule by himself

THE FREE CITY OF SHEFA (also known as Shefa):

SIZE: Smallest country in the world

POPULATION: 2nd least populous country

LOCATION: On the mid-southern shore of the continent of Piletus, southwest of the Kufan Kingdom. It is separated from the continent of Medietus by the gulf of Cessabit

RULER: None

GOVERNMENT: Vassal-state of the Medietan Empire

The Free City of Shefa did not have an army, a navy, or an air force and relied completely on Medietus to protect it from its neighbors 

In exchange for protection, the Shefans gave the Medietans access to their rich oil fields 

If a certain country wanted to go to war with the Medietan Empire, all it had to do was to send an army to occupy the oil fields of Shefa, and the Medietans would run out of oil and likely sue for peace 

Holmis Island:

Holmis Island was a sparsely inhabited Arctic island that was the second smallest and probably least populated country in the world

In reality, it was not a single country, but a group of several isolated settlements that are situated on the icy shores of the Sea of Peril 

Because it was isolated from the rest of the world, Holmis Island was never colonized by anyone except the Ajenians. The Ajenians had tried to set up a colony on Holmis Island in the time of King Rexius when the weather was much warmer 

Legend has it that King Rexius left his scepter on the island. After the weather became colder and Holmis Island drifted further north, the Ajenians left the island. In the time of Ishida, almost nothing was known of the culture, inland geography, and history of the island 

The first outsider to land on the island after the Ajenians left was Lieutenant Karlos Monte of the Medietan Land Army

Cessabit: ??? Continue reading to find out!

Ajens: ??? Continue reading to find out!

Del Cealus: ??? Continue reading to find out!