Dolac

Dolac

Government
Plutocracy / Monarchy
Capital
Avale
Cities
Hagae, Taldam, Ultraiectum
Major Worship
Beory, Osprem, Pholtus, Ulaa

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Climate
Temperate
Exports
Almost anything
Imports
Almost anything

This former part of the Miforan Empire became an important nation due to its geographical location. Being remarkable ship builders and having access to both the Tal River and the Sarodin Sea meant it quickly grew into the most important trade hub in the world.

Its people are of a no-nonsense kind (many would say blunt) who take pride in their profession and living a 'proper' life, instead of wasting their time on this world. This is also why worship of Ulaa is common in the country, even though there are no mountains and little mining, the Dolacs appreciate her diligence.

Technically the country is a monarchy with the current queen, Helia, being a direct descendant of Paneg Sevso himself, at least that is what the royal house claims. However, the queen is not much more than a figure head, the actual power in the nation is held by its many guilds.

A sore point with the guilds is that they never had a real far reaching mercantile house, though Dolac citizens form a very important part of both Abraxis Combine and House Ditta.

The eastern part of the country is where most of the wealth is concentrated; the shipyards, textile industry, and distilleries. The poorer western part contains little more than agricultural and fishing villages, some leather-working industry, and peat bogs.

Geography

Sevso Sound

The last fifteen kilometers of the Fiumare river before it empties into the Tal estuary is surrounded by sheer rock faces that rise 1,200 metres or more on either side. Two special rocks can be found along the top, one resembling a heron with its wings spread wide and the other looks like a penguin, many of which can be found here.

Wizards Tower

This butte rises 256 meters from the ground, at the top it is 64 meters in diameter, while the base is 128 meters in diameter. It can be found in the southwest of country, there are no mountains, or even tall hills, anywhere nearby and it is still a mystery how it came to be. The name was given because of the resemblance to the types of towers wizards like to build.

History

Before the Miforan Empire the area of what is now Dolac contained five countries, of which Legre with its capital, Hegio, was the most important. A nation of fishermen and shrewd river traders stood no chance against Avale Sevso and his armies and it was soon conquered. The countries west of the Tal river, relatively poor and uncivilized by Legre's standards, followed a few decades later.

When the empire split, Empress Ateia's daughter Tullia, the second child, who could not be more the opposite of her namesake, was assigned Secus province. She had no experience nor talent ruling anything, let alone a country, and in the first weeks lost a large part of her eastern lands to Mifora. She had to lean heavily on her advisers and mostly ignored her courtiers in favor of generals and merchants.

Soon the province returned to being the powerhouse it had been before the split and it now did the same as Mifora had done to it; a large part of its western neighbor decided to join and the country grew to its current size. When King Allev took the throne he turned out to be even weaker than his mother. He signed off on the country's name being changed to Dolac, "to better reflect a new beginning", and then foolishly signed new laws that severely weakened the royal house in favor of the Council of Torchbearers.

No longer being under Imperial oversight or taxed as much, merchants and artisans formed their own guilds which quickly gained in influence. The army lost out in the struggle for dominance and are no longer part of the Council of Torchbearers. Nowadays there is little that happens in the country without consent of the guilds.