Sarmatian Commonwealth
To the far south and east lie two kingdoms united by a single crown: what most Théans refer to as “the Sarmatian Commonwealth.” In the mid-1500s, the King of Rzeczpospolita (more commonly known as “Rzeplita”) was also the Grand Duke of neighboring Curonia. He united the two kingdoms, which also united the aristocracy, leading to a series of compromises, limiting the King’s power, and creating a parliament: the Sejm (pronounced like the English “same”).
By 1667, the Royal Council of sixteen nobles and Vaticine bishops had become bogged down in corruption and petty politics. The aged and dying King had little power. The Commonwealth was dying. But the King’s son found a way to cure the poison coursing through the two Kingdoms: by making all citizens noble. And thus, the Commonwealth has become the Land of Golden Liberty.
Golden Liberty has given every citizen of the Commonwealth the right to vote in the Sejm. This change has caused a dramatic shift in power within the Commonwealth, lifting common peasants to the same relevance as the nobility. Every person has the same voice, the same authority.
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