Felgrande

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Principality of Felgrande
Kneževina Felgrande Felgrande
Government: Principality
Capital:
Area: 12,300 sq km
Population: 1,198,400
Language: Felgrande
Religion: Faminachi Church
Currency: Seiram

The Kingdom of Felgrande is a nation south of Amistra and borders Ganalia to the west.

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[edit] Overview

The Kingdom of Felgrande is a constitutional monarchy ruled by a prince who holds the titular designation of Archduke of Felgrande, in cases that a female becomes the monarch she holds the title of Archduchess of Felgrande. It has an area of ​​12,300 square km and a population of no more than 1,198,400, the main religion of the kingdom is the Femanachi Church.

Internationally the kingdom is known for its universal conscription, high technology, and its capability to hold off attacks from amistra. The official currency is Seiram.

[edit] History

The kingdom was founded on 2234 when the House of Felgrande was founded and their castle was erected, and began to rule the neighboring areas. The monarch is taught to be the representative of the Great Hero of Felgrande, Serapino Felgrande, due to his contribution for the establishment of the country, he was made one of the 10 saints of the Femanachi Church.

[edit] Land

The country is bounded by the sea of ​​Akana to the south. The country is naturally fortified by tall rigid mountains, treacherous terrains, and inhospitable land features. Dry desert regions make up 50% of the nation and further 20% are agricultural lands, 25% are mountainous areas, and 5% are wastelands. Felgrande enjoys a warm to hot climate, the country enjoys considerable amount of rain in the mountains and plains, but very little on the deserts.

[edit] Armed Forces

Felgrande has a small armed forces, as a result the country relies on the policy of universal conscription to boost its military. Under the universal conscription plan all able bodied citizens, male or female, are required to serve the military for 2 years between the age of 17 to 26, otherwise they will face imprisonment. Felgrande is known for having military related subjects from elementary through college in order for them to be ready to be drafted.

The military has 3 branches, the regular, militia, and the navy. The regular army is the nations fulltime military force, made up of trained and disciplined soldiers, while the militia is made up of the civilians drafted for service with little training besides the lessons they learned at school. The combined force of the regular army and the militia is 19,000, the navy has a size of 2,500 sailors, and the military police has 1,200 members. In other towns they tend to have a small town watch force which protects their town against attacks, the town watch is under the militia's command.

Felgrande navy operates from 2 bases and has 8 surface combatants.

[edit] Currency

The official currency of the kingdom is Seiram.

[edit] Religion

The state religion as decreed by the 24th Archduke to be the Faminachi Church and it is because of these that the church made the first archduke one of the 10 saints of the Faminachi Church. The patron saint of the whole nation is St. Serapino Faminachi. The archduke do not have authority over the churches of the Faminachi religion even if it is within his jurisdiction, these arrangements were made and can be found in the Lapeul Treaty of X643 when the archdeacon meet with the archduke to ask him permission to establish a church there. Regions and other locations

[edit] Ghandal

Main article: Ghandal

Ghandal is an autonomous county in the northern part of the kingdom of Felgrande, and is very near the Amistran border. Though autonomous it is still a royal subject of the kingdom. The county is governed by the house of Rougan, with its current head is Count Voulden, 6th Count of Ghandal. The entire county occupies an area of ​​1,150 sq.km and is home to 186,500 people of the Darmein race, the capital is at the walled city of Roughan. The topography of the county mostly includes high lush green mountains to hot arid desert areas.

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