The Balance is a concept used in Illirian diplomacy to describe how the five major powers threaten each other militarily. It is primarily used by civilians as a term when talking about why everything is safe, but it is actually discussed heavily in military circles, with military strategists even using the concept to predict how best to defend against the other powers, even though the concept has very little basis besides stories and very rough numbers. Though there are variations from place to place, the Balance is generally referred to as follows:
The Empire
The Empire of Evermore has Numbers and Diversity. The Empire can field more soldiers than anyone else, and no matter what you throw at them, somewhere in the thousands and thousands of settlements within they have an answer for it.
The Republic
The Republic of Kuasta has Ingenuity and Naval Supremacy. The Kuastan factories can produce more mechanized vehicles than anyone else faster than anyone else, and their navy is unmatched in either numbers or strength.
The Confederacy
The Confederacy of Elvish Tribes has Alchemy and Mounted Superiority. Langite alchemists produce deadly admixtures on a scale only suitable to total war, and produce the finest cavalry on the continent with powerful beasts as their mounts.
The Alliance
The Alliance of Dwarven Clans has Unity and The Defensive Advantage. Without failure, the Dwarf clans will unite when presented with a common threat, and they have never lost a defensive war. The mountain fortresses of the Alliance are historically impenetrable.
The Gwelin
The People's Republic of Ter Eira has Endless Preparation and Extraordinary Training. Since it's inception, the Gwelin of Ter Eira have been preparing for what they view as an inevitable Imperial invasion, and a full half of their population receives daily training from childhood to serve the Republic in the defense of it's people.
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