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<blockquote data-quote="Emperor Valerian" data-source="post: 1700149" data-attributes="member: 15043"><p>I'm a history grad student, so I tended to base the nations in my realm on historical places...</p><p></p><p><u>The Holy Santoric Empire</u>, the largest human nation in my campaign world, is about the size of medieval Europe, and is a combination of the Byzantine Empire, medieval Germany, and medieval France (depending on where you go). It has massive cities (the capital is a city of one million), a huge tax base, and some stability issues (tends to happen when there is a standing Imperial army, and each noble also has their own army, as well as some of the churches...)</p><p></p><p><u>The Empire of Ak Konylu</u> is loosely based on China during the 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms.' Save that there are ten kingdoms... and that after three hundred years of fighting, they've managed to get along a little... enough that instead of fighting everyone, they merely gang up on each other. Another thing I added for flavor is that all the noble families in this realm are descendents of invaders that broke up the original Ak Konylu empire... a tribe of hengeyokai tigers.</p><p></p><p>This realm as has a few tributary kingdoms I've based loosely on medieval Japan, Korea, and SE Asia.</p><p></p><p><u>Kara Kitain</u> combination of Middle East and Asian Steppe. Windswept steppes populated by nomads, and desert oasis cities home to world famous artisans.</p><p></p><p><u>The Northern Tundras</u> - Scandanavia anyone? Want to muck around with Norsefolk? Here ya go.</p><p></p><p><u>Moramin</u> - realm south of the Holy Santoric Empire, and refuge of the elves (driven out by aforesaid Empire years before). Based in Celtic lore and early Saxon England.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emperor Valerian, post: 1700149, member: 15043"] I'm a history grad student, so I tended to base the nations in my realm on historical places... [u]The Holy Santoric Empire[/u], the largest human nation in my campaign world, is about the size of medieval Europe, and is a combination of the Byzantine Empire, medieval Germany, and medieval France (depending on where you go). It has massive cities (the capital is a city of one million), a huge tax base, and some stability issues (tends to happen when there is a standing Imperial army, and each noble also has their own army, as well as some of the churches...) [u]The Empire of Ak Konylu[/u] is loosely based on China during the 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms.' Save that there are ten kingdoms... and that after three hundred years of fighting, they've managed to get along a little... enough that instead of fighting everyone, they merely gang up on each other. Another thing I added for flavor is that all the noble families in this realm are descendents of invaders that broke up the original Ak Konylu empire... a tribe of hengeyokai tigers. This realm as has a few tributary kingdoms I've based loosely on medieval Japan, Korea, and SE Asia. [u]Kara Kitain[/u] combination of Middle East and Asian Steppe. Windswept steppes populated by nomads, and desert oasis cities home to world famous artisans. [u]The Northern Tundras[/u] - Scandanavia anyone? Want to muck around with Norsefolk? Here ya go. [u]Moramin[/u] - realm south of the Holy Santoric Empire, and refuge of the elves (driven out by aforesaid Empire years before). Based in Celtic lore and early Saxon England. [/QUOTE]
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