The Republic of Virisea

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The Republic of Virisea

Table of Contents:

• Government
  
• Virisea At War
  
• Geography
  
• Virisean Magic
  
• Commerce

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~Government~
Virisea is ruled by an elven woman whom goes by the name of Niamh Abonde who inherited the throne from her father, Arwel Abonde who took over the formerly scattered territories of Virisea and set up monarchs to rule over provinces. He chose monarchs from amongst the people, instead of his own advisors, which made his advisors very displeased with him. Virisea prospered over time, the people happy and thier work productive.

A plot was formed by his daughter, Niamh and one of Arwel's advisors, Crevan. The two pooled thier resources and poisoned the king, not killing him, but paralyzing him and to this day the rightful king of Virisea, betrayed by his own daughter is seated upon his throne, staring into nothingness while in suspended animation.

Niamh took to ruling the country right away, disposing of those who opposed her, including members of the royal families her father had established in the country and sent her own personal guards and spies to keep watch over the nobles in case of treachery.

-Virisean Royal Families
Abonde
Adlam
Arsea
Barre
Caltross*
Flynn*
Garvinen
Maxime
Mikari
Nowotny
Paudel
Rawlg
Shamari
Suibhne*
Thapa*
Tomoca
Vlandiver

(Families with an asterisk (*) have been completely eradicated due to the conflict with Bettel and Licentia.)

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~Virisea At War~
Ever since Queen Niamh rose to power, there were constant tensions and wars between Virisea and her surrounding countries, wars reaching as far as the island country of Turteus to the North. Virisea's most famous conflicts are those between itself and Bettel, as well as it's constant struggle with Licentian rebels.

-Bettellian War
Virisea was once allies with the country of Bettel, it's eastern neighbor but at the time of heightened military activity in Virisea, the forts along the Bettellian borders were reenforced to the point where it seemed perhaps an invasion was in the making, the Bettellians responded by adding to thier own forces, the chain reaction having been set off to start the 'Scientific War' between Bettel and Virisea. Over the course of this war espionage was put into great use in order to gain knowlege of the other country's scientific advances, making it so that this day the two countries have very similar magics and sciences.

In the end, the war ended as a draw, Virisea having problems controlling it's latest expirements which had become more of a hassle than a help and Bettel had lost much of it's money on failed expirements. The two redrew thier boundaries though a conflict is likely to arise in the near future as soon as the two recover to thier full strength again.

-The Licentian Conflict
Virisea has to deal with the constant issue with the Licentian Rebels, having thier base hidden behind the borders of the country of Bettel, the Licentians steal technology from both countries in order to get thier goals achieved and liberate Virisea. A common tactic utilized by the Licentian Rebels was to kidnap nobles and put them to death using various methods of doing so, little is known on the Licentian's though, considering they are a very secretive people.

Virisea still struggles with the Licentian threat to this day, making more urgent calls for weapons and supplies to be produced by the people, which raises questions as to whether or not the rebels are helping the country or not.

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~Geography~
Virisea is a country covered mostly in large stretches of plains, a few forests remaining, though they are being harvested in order to keep up with the economic progress of the country. To the south of the country the terrain grows rockier and dryer untill eventually reaching to the desert lands of Santosai, a neighboring nuetral country of nomads. To the west it borders the Ocean of Lands that stretches on endlessly to the sunset, yet to be fully explored, to the north of the country lay Bettel, towards that direction, the terrain grows more hilly. No mountains lay in Virisea, considering it's a relatively flat country, prone to flooding in many areas, limiting the amount of space that may be settled.

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~Virisean Magic~
Virisea has a wide variety of magics that are native to itself, such as Virisean Tattoo Magic.

Virisean Tattoo Magic involves cutting the shape of the desired tattoo into the flesh and pouring an enchanted acid into the wound and healing it over. The tattoo will never stop burning the flesh of the wearer but it gives anyone who knows the correct codes the ability to controll the wearer of the tattoo so the Virisean Government overlooks the pain.

Virisean Tattoo magic is often used to controll Virisean Armies or is even used to aid in torture. Often people released from torture in a Virisean prison or facility are barely reckognizeable due to the number of tattoos they may have aquired.

There are other kinds of magics unique to Virisea, including "The Extraction" magic, used to replace the soul of a being with special traits in order to absorb the powers of those they kill- the entire soul is never taken from these beings because that would render them without the ability to do anything and send them into a comatose state, but mostly it is unnoticeable if they have any soul. Those who undergo 'The Extraction' are almost always female, since they seem to cope with it better and they are usually covered in very manny Virisean Tattoos in order to be controlled. These special soldiers are most often called 'Dolls' seeing as they are normally very beautiful, though still terrifying beings.

These magics, though origionally from Virisea were duplicated by the neighboring country of Bettel, though it's debateable who's magic is better, the Virisean or the Bettellian.

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~Commerce~
Virisean commerce is at a virtual standstill, there is no increase of wealth, but ther is no decrease, either. The rich of the country stay rich and the poor of the country stay poor. There's a big gap between the two classes of people, but it seems that there's no way to blur the gap untill the rightful king is returned to his throne.

Each town in Virisea specializes in one certain kind of manufacturing, whether that be clothing, weapons, or food. The issue with that is that one town may have weapons that sell for very cheap, but there is limited trade between cities so they would be in a position where they would be near starving due to the lack of food. Meanwhile a city with plentiful food would have little protection from outsiders and a town specializing in clothing and fabrics may be well clothed, but they are without protection or food.