Ubrekt

Name:The Kingdom of Ubrekt
Adjective: Ubrekti
Capital: Seat of the Ubrekti (Ubrekt City)

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Although Ubrekt is the smallest nation on the mainland, it boasts quite possibly its richest history. The kingdom is named after a single city, the Seat of the Ubrekt, which has served as the nation's capital through its various incarnations, from antiquity to the present day. The gentle hills of the Plains of Wraith dominate the south of the nation, while the north is thin woodlands that eventually give way to the Crestfall Forest, with the Stormchalice to the south. The land is fertile, with bountiful rainfall, and is largely agrarian inland, with the only major cities being the various provincial capitals: Havredil, Turstram, and Sherdam. On north coast of the Stormchalice, however, there are several mid-sized trading cities, collectively known as the Emperor's Pearls. The nation is a mix of original Ubrektis inhabitants and the Hakni who were forced migrated there beginning in 19 BI, along with various refugees and displaced peoples from other nations drawn to Ubrekt's central location and its Pre-Alexandrian history of cultural tolerance. Despite fourteen intervening centuries, the two plurality populations have remained remarkably distinct, and pockets of other nationalities have proven to be quite resistant to assimilation, as well . This mixing has led Ubrekti in Post-Alexandrian times to be a tense and dynamic place, equal part cultural powerhouse and pot boiling over.

Government and Politics

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At various points, Ubrekt has known itself as monarchy, democracy, republic, empire, theocracy, and most recently, a legislative monarchy. Political power is wielded in tandem by the Ubrekti King and the Senate, an august body that has existed in one form or another since prehistory. It is a contentious relationship that has proven to be surprisingly resilient, notwithstanding the occasional civil war every century or three.

The royal family, currently headed by King Luthor Megual, was installed by Alexandria Omnity herself after her own assumption of the title Empress of the Goodly Races and the fall of the Demi-Pantheon from among the Hakni nobility being migrated. As such, the crown has remained in Hakni hands for the vast majority of its existence, and is generally seen at this point as a birthright by the Hakni people. The Senate, on the other hand, is almost exclusively Ubrekti in character, and made up of the kingdom's most wealthy and powerful landowners and aristocrats.

Economics and Industry

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The economy of Ubrekt is not a strong one, nor is it equitable, but it has proven itself to be remarkably stable over the years. If that is good or bad, of course, is an open question.

When Alexandria assumed the Omnity, and the various churches of the Demi-Pantheon collapsed, she claimed for herself all of the lands they had formerly owned. In Ubrekt, that land was given to the new Hakni Royal Family, while the Ubrekti aristocrats were allowed to keep most of theirs. This decision, and demarcation, would prove to be the defining characteristic not only of Ubrekti politics, but also of its economy. After the Alexandria's Crusade, the Hakni returned to their new homeland only to discover there was far more of them than there was land to work, leading inevitably to a system of landlordism that plagues the nation to this day, with Hakni peasants and sharecroppers working Ubrekti farms.

Within the Plains of Wrath, frequent rains and fertile soil mean Alexia can always count on Ubrekti grain and Ubrekt can always count on Alexian coin. In the south, a thriving trade exists along the Stormchalice with Flannary and Celstia exporting gems and ore wrested from the Kathrasian Range to the west. In the far north, the Crestfall Forest is a source of hides and lumber, although both are strictly controlled, as the forest itself is considered sacred.

History and Culture

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Ubrekti of Note

(Most Of) The Ubrekti Emperors

Ethnic Hakni of Note

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