Enightenliss [e-nie-ten-lis]

Political Status: culturally homogeneous region consisting of 50 independent republics and principalities

Population Size: xx

Racial Makeup: Renn (94%), Miscellaneous (6%)

Religious Makeup: xx

Sex/Gender Makeup: 51% male, 49% female

Hierarchical?: yes (low discrimination, patriarchal)

Racial Segregation?: none

Religious Segregation?: none

Sex/Gender Segregation?: very limited (i.e. only under certain conditions)

Drug-Consumer Ratio: 1~15% depending on country

Prostitute Ratio: 0.25~3% of women and 0~2% of men depending on country

Slave Ratio: 0~4% depending on country

Sorcerer Ratio: 0~1% depending on country

Drugs: of variable legality

Prostitution: of variable legality

Slavery: of variable legality

Sorcery: of variable legality

Enightenliss is a (pseudo-)country made up of 50 independent republics and principalities that together form a loose confederation. They are all immensely rich and highly developed, with fairly large populations mainly consisting of Renn. These days, they rarely engage in war unless directly provoked, but they have a long-standing reputation for being hardy and steadfast in war. All were at one point provinces of the Aydean Empire, but as the outcome of a conflict known as the Enightenlissian Revolts, each of them gained their independence. The inner republics and Princely houses of Da and Mon are still hailed throughout Enightenliss for their successful efforts to free the provinces from Aydean tyranny, while the houses of Ser and Fel (and to a lesser degree, Ven) are mostly reviled for fighting on the side of the monarchy. To this very day, there still exists a vast gap in prestige between those republics and principalities who fought for freedom and those who sided with the Empire. The latter had to be forcefully liberated through brutal means that ended up crippling their economies for many years after the conflict, and the populous in those countries largely view that outcome as a consequence of not siding with the separatists.