The Royal Kingdom of Karkovia
Karkovia is one of nine major kingdoms in the known lands of Plavithen. It is the most northwesterly one and sits on the edge of a wide swath of untamed and unclaimed territory. A medium-sized kingdom of 43 counties, it is ruled by King Marchel Thaladurin the First.
Karkovia is primarily a human kingdom, though you can find a smattering of most of the sapient peoples of Plavithen there. Human houses control almost all of the titles, but there has been some intermarriage over time and half-elves, half-orcs, half-dwarves, tieflings, and aasimar have entered the nobility at various points in time.
Karkovia is a northern temperate kingdom. Winters are long and bitterly cold and summers are short and mild. Much of the kingdom is covered in dense forest, particularly the western side where any open areas represent the deliberate clearing of forest for towns, agriculture, or some other purpose.
The largest of these forests, covering most of the viscounty of Blackwood and parts of Vithold Falls and Stesthford is the aptly-named Forest of Shadows, which is a dangerous and unique place worthy of its own entry.
Other large forests include the White Forest and Sharpstone Forest in the central part of the kingdom.
The south and eastern portion of the kingdom fade into plains and grasslands which have mostly been converted to farmland.
Karkova is a resource-rich land. The southeastern counties are full of rich, fertile farmland and grow a wide variety of crops. Several large forests provide timber and magical plants of varying types, copper, lead, zinc, and iron are plentiful in the hills, and the kingdom is also one of the world's richest sources of pitgran, a useful alchemical substance.
Herders and breeder raise sheep, goats, cows, pigs, sturdy draft horses, and hargen.
The hills also contain granite and marble, and a small section in the south contains a field of volcanic obsidian.
Structure
Karkovia is a fairly standard feudal monarchy. It is currently ruled over by King Marchel Thaldurin.
Assets
Karkovia boasts a fairly large standing army for a kingdom its size, and the bounty of crops and trade good produced by the kingdom ensure that the royal army can remain as a professional army, training and drilling, rather than being sent home. In addition, the nobility can raise significant troops from their holdings when called upon.
In recent years, it has also become a colonial power, growing through conquest in the Shengalvan Archipelago.
Type
Geopolitical, Kingdom
Demonym
Karkovian
Leader
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