Fundamental Map Division: West

Political System: Limited, Non-Elected Monarchy

Societal Type: Strongly Male-Dominant Society

Magic: Highly frowned upon, but some forms of magic are lawful

Racial Makeup - Coastal Cities:

Eiyhirenn 66~78%, Goehirenn 9~12%, Dwarves 7~9%, Aldnr 4~5%, Orcs 1~3%, Dvaifnr 1~2%, other 2~3%

Racial Makeup - Interior Towns and Villages:

Eiyhirenn 79,5~80%, Dwarves 9~10%, Goehirenn 8~11%, Aldnr 2~4%, Orcs 0.5~2%, Dvaifnr 0~1%, other 1~3%

Racial Makeup - Civilized Settlements in the High Mountains:

Dwarves 55~74,5%, Eiyhirenn 20~35%, Goehirenn 3~5%, Aldnr 1~2%, Orcs 0.5~1%, other 1~2%

Religious Makeup- Coastal Cities:

Western Polytheism 88~96%, Kanenism 3~9%, other 1~3%

Religious Makeup- Interior Towns and Villages:

Western Polytheism 95~98,5%, Kanenism 1~3%, other 0,5~2%

Religious Makeup- Civilized Settlements in the High Mountains:

Western Polytheism 95~99,9%, other 0,1~5%

• Mainland Eiarelm has a very wet, temperate climate with relatively little seasonality. It rains on an almost daily basis all year around and the air in the country is often described by visitors as thick, heavy, and laden with excessive moisture. The densely forested coastal regions maintain high temperatures all year around, but the semi-mountainous plains of the interior can get quite chilly in winter due to a mix of seasonality and high elevation. The country is home to numerous streams and rivers, but few of those found in the inland regions are actually navigable by ship and elevation-related obstacles (such as waterfalls) mean that the coastal and interior waterway systems are not directly cross-navigable. The downstream river-systems also have the added complication of being somewhat prone to flooding due to flat geography, strong sea winds, and a particular abundance of rain.

• Most of the country’s large population centers are either situated in close proximity to each other right on the coast or far apart in the deep interior. The latter is also home to numerous villages and hamlets of varying size which tend to disseminate out from each town and city. The forests of the coastal regions are hardly inhabited at all, mostly due to an overabundance of dangerous wildlife and common superstition, but there are some scattered military outposts and minor settlements along the rivers leading to the interior.

• There is a significant wealth disparity between the coastal cities and the settlements of the interior, with the former being much wealthier than the latter. The coastal cities are also more cosmopolitan, trade-oriented, and deeply intertwined with outside politics, while the interior is more ethnically homogeneous, agrarian-based, and concerned with internal politics rather than what is happening in the wider world.

• Another thing that also varies significantly depending on where in the country you are is the character and relative presence of slavery and serfdom. Slaves are not particularly common in the towns and cities of the interior, but they, along with serfs, often constitute an outright majority in more rural areas. Nearly all slaves in the countryside of the interior, regardless of sex, are manual slaves who perform heavy labor or work the crop fields, while the few slaves who do reside in the towns and cities are usually brothel slaves or the personal sex slaves of rich merchants and high-born lords. By contrast, slaves in the coastal cities tend to be fairly evenly split along the sexes in terms of the roles that they perform, with most male slaves being forced to work what little usable farmland there is, while most of the female slaves are used as domestic servants or sex slaves. It should be noted that manual slaves in Eiarelm are usually clothed and often indistinguishable from serfs in most regards other than that they are branded and wear neck collars. By contrast, the sex slaves are nearly always forced to be nude indoors and are typically only draped in thin, full-body cloaks while out in the open. Another important thing to note about slaves in Eiarelm is that most of them, regardless of where in the country they are, are owned by a small number of wealthy aristocrats who live in the coastal cities.