Tandak Prefecture
The wide Tandak Plains stretch east from the Sellen River south of the Verduran Forest stretched all the way to the sea and as far south as the River Porthmaos , but millennia of logging to fuel imperial ambitions reduced the southern expanse of the woods to a mere fraction of its former size and transformed the landscape into swampland along the coast and rolling prairie futher inland. Years of intense farming following the deforestation depleted the prairie's soil, and today little grows there beyond tough grasses, thorny shrubs, and stands of stunted, twisted trees.
Structure
Attending Grand Duke Leonard Centimus.
History
The entire prefecture currently stands on politically shaky ground. The previous grand duke, Forath Bozbeyli, popularized a rumor that he had won his title as a war hero who started out a pauper on the streets of Cassomir and that Grand Prince Stavian III exalted him as a rewardfor bravely slaying an enemy general. While other nobles gound the patently false claims scandalously entertaining--Taldor having not been at war with an enemy for over a century--they won Bozbeyli and his family of their title and lands so he could "embrace the pauper lifestyle of which he seemed so enamored." The underclassess of Cassomir were equally displeased when he was exposed, and the riots that followed saw the disposed grand duke torn physically limb from limb and hung from a yardarm in Cassomir's harbor.
The aristocracy of Tandak Prefecture --and Taldor--now watch breathlessly, hoping this single outpouring of violence is an isolated incident, rather thatn the genesis of a Galtanstye popular revolt. The prefecture's new ruler, Grand Duchess Cisera Tiberan is Bozbeyli's niece. Coming from a a background in academia, she has opted to "forgive" the masses and downplay the Bozbeyli Riots. She has spent the past 7 years nervously inventing crimes her uncle perpetrated against the people to retroactively justify their outrage and make the uprising seem like more and more an atypical exercise in justice rather than a viable tool to unwashed masses of Cassomir could wield against the nobility at any time.
Agriculture & Industry
Abandoned towns dot the landscape, left by residents who drained the region of resources and moved on, often following the receding forest line. The bustling port of Cassomir devours most of the resources produced in the prefecture, much of it carted from the eastern edge of the region across the hazardous Blackwood Swamp which surrounds the city. With its land now unfit for agriculture, Tandak's economy relies almost entirely on Cassomir's shipyards and extensive trade networks. The Imperial Naval Shipyards produce not only the entire fleet of Taldor's own navy but also hundreds of vessels of varying sizes and purposes sold to clients thoughout the Inner Sea region. Taldan law prohibits supplying military ships to other nations--even supposed allies--but the sturdily built vessels of Cassomir's shipyards make fine fighting machines with only moderate retrofitting.
Maps
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Cassomir, Taldor
Map of Cassomir, Taldor.
Type
Geopolitical, State
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Legislative Body
Senator(s): Orlundo Zespire, Charlotte Deschamps
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