Velancia

Velancia is not a kingdom but a confederation of fiercely independent city-states bound by shared culture, faith, and centuries of uneasy cooperation. No crown unites them. Instead, an intricate dance of diplomacy, tradition, and ritual keeps the balance, each city with its own character, laws, and pride.
Though they often bicker and even clash, the seven great cities: Venoria, Tarencia, Roscaro, Bravona, Sorezza, Callenza, and Corvina, are tied together by the enduring presence of The Radiant Assembly, the peninsula’s supreme spiritual body. Claiming descent from the long-fallen Golden Covenant, the Assembly serves as moral compass and arbiter, though its authority varies city to city. It wields no armies, but its words can stir peace, or holy fire.
Trade is the lifeblood of the confederation. Venoria's merchant fleets span the known world. Tarencia’s blades arm noble houses and adventurers alike. Corvina's wines and silks smooth diplomatic feuds before they flare. Each city brings something vital to the table, and in this balance lies Velancia’s strength.
Culturally, Velancia is a jewel. Roscaro’s patronage of the arts has shaped generations of poets, sculptors, and musicians. Callenza's scholars still debate the nature of the Powers from marble towers high in the hills. Bravona drills its soldiers daily, while Sorezza remains a place of pilgrimage and quiet power.
Velancians are proud, sometimes to a fault. They argue endlessly, love fiercely, and revere beauty in all its forms. They share a language and faith, though each city colors both in its own way. Outsiders often find Velancia maddening, contradictory… and utterly captivating.
It is a land where no king rules, but where tradition, art, steel, and spirit reign supreme.