Kingdom of Oates

City-State of Oates

Oates is a small city-state of Novyum, where the Heartlands meet the Plashin Range. It stands at the northeastern edge of the Eastern Petty Kingdoms and is usually clumped in with the region and its politics. The state largely consisted of the hills of Oate Mountain and is centered on the mining town of Oates. The region and the town have a long history, though it is largely forgotten in the modern day. The mines of Oates produce Iron, and their people create Steel from this ore, however, the struggles of the Petty Kingdoms over the last century has isolated the town from the markets of the Heartlands. Steel is still their primary export when trading with the outside world, but the people of the town of Oates and is satellite villages largely keep to themselves, farming and hunting the mountains.

In spite of its name's sake, the farms of Oates and its villages primarily focus on crops that can survive the mountain climate, rather than wheat and oat crops. Root based food like carrots and potatoes are common crops. Goats are common on farms but largely used for fleece, milk, and cheese rather than meats. Hunting the ibex in the mountains is where most of the on tables come from.

Every male citizen of fighting age is expected to serve as part of the militia ready to keep the fighting of the Petty Kingdoms out of their lands. There have been occasions over the last century of the people rising up to defend their valleys, but for the most part, few outsiders bother with Oates, either due to their focus on the lowland enemies around them, or because Oates is the only regional source of iron and steel.