Ireland
Structure
Ireland is split into 12 counties each ruled by a count or countess each with their own alliances and enemies the islands population are united under a cooperation agreement to protect against the Kingdom of England.
Culture
The Irish people have a strong connection to the earth and celebrate an annual harvest festival where in the people of the community enjoy sports, games, and drinking. In their normal lives they work subsistence farms with some skilled crafts people making anything that is needed. This and a cultural drift from their elven cousins on the mainland have politically isolated Ireland
Public Agenda
Protect the ancestral lands of Ireland from outsiders, primarily England while trying to procure strong allies.
History
The written history of Ireland and its people begins near 400 AD when the first catholic priests arrived to the island. The people of Ireland were slow to convert for a few reasons: one of which was the prevalence of hidden villages withing the forests of the island. Secondly the religion of the prehistoric Irish was deeply ingrained in there society. the next 400 years sees human settlers from modern England coming over and settling towns.
From 800 AD to 1166 viking raids hailing from Norway started to become more prevalent. These raiders did just that in the early years, but 956 AD with the founding of Dublin started the settlement of larger trade hubs to help Norwegian merchants find and move more goods safer.
By the 12th century, Ireland was divided politically into a shifting hierarchy of petty kingdoms and over-kingdoms. Power was exercised by the heads of a few regional dynasties vying against each other for supremacy over the whole island. The first Norman knights landed in Ireland in 1167, followed by the main forces of Normans, Welsh and Flemish. All this adding to the confusion at the time with independent Irish kingdoms holding small pockets of territory. The Normans holding most of the island started to construct castles and towns to consolidate and exert control on the people.
1171 AD saw English Barons placed in charge of Cork and Limerick, leading to English ownership of Part of Ireland for the next two hundred years or so. The English presence on the island made it easy to help assert Norman control over the island.
The Black Death arrived in Ireland in 1348. Because most of the English and Norman inhabitants of Ireland lived in towns and villages, the plague hit them far harder than it did the native Irish, who lived in more dispersed rural settlements. After it had passed, Gaelic Irish language and customs came to dominate the country again. The English-controlled territory shrank to a fortified area around Dublin (the Pale), whose rulers had little real authority outside (beyond the Pale)
From 800 AD to 1166 viking raids hailing from Norway started to become more prevalent. These raiders did just that in the early years, but 956 AD with the founding of Dublin started the settlement of larger trade hubs to help Norwegian merchants find and move more goods safer.
By the 12th century, Ireland was divided politically into a shifting hierarchy of petty kingdoms and over-kingdoms. Power was exercised by the heads of a few regional dynasties vying against each other for supremacy over the whole island. The first Norman knights landed in Ireland in 1167, followed by the main forces of Normans, Welsh and Flemish. All this adding to the confusion at the time with independent Irish kingdoms holding small pockets of territory. The Normans holding most of the island started to construct castles and towns to consolidate and exert control on the people.
The Black Death arrived in Ireland in 1348. Because most of the English and Norman inhabitants of Ireland lived in towns and villages, the plague hit them far harder than it did the native Irish, who lived in more dispersed rural settlements. After it had passed, Gaelic Irish language and customs came to dominate the country again. The English-controlled territory shrank to a fortified area around Dublin (the Pale), whose rulers had little real authority outside (beyond the Pale)
Demography and Population
1 million permanent residents
A large majority of Elves, fallowed by Humans, and then Halflings and Gnomes.
A large majority of Elves, fallowed by Humans, and then Halflings and Gnomes.
Territories
Covers all of the island of Ireland except the English controlled territory of the Pale.
Agriculture & Industry
There is no real industry in Ireland, and most farms grow wheat and barley for the people and the cows and sheep raised on the island.
Infrastructure
The roads that cross the island are remnants from English and Norman conquests of Ireland.
Type
Political, Confederation
Alternative Names
Éirinn
Demonym
Éire, Irish
Economic System
Traditional
Currency
Pound Sterling
Official State Religion
Official Languages
Neighboring Nations