Mictland

"The kingdom of Mictland, located on the northern half of the southmost part of our continent is an interesting look at a particular use for magic. Specifically, they have found themselves quite adept at the use of necromancy, however instead of leaning into the darker side of this power they find more valuable use for it in their workforce. It is, evidently, entirely legal to raise the dead as a worker there. How Ghastly" --Arovionian the Scribe, PME

While it is unknown who first considered to practice, the kingdom of Mictland has distinguished itself from many others by way of its, unique take on death. In this country it is believed that once a soul leaves a body after death, that the body is merely a vessel. With this in mind, and vast fertile land to cultivate in its borders, many of the powerful ruling landlords make use of mages to raise large forces of the undead to work the fields in place of peasants. There are of course a variety of rules to be followed when dealing with the dead, primarily that consent of the deceased persons relatives or kin (easily obtained for enough coin), a waiting period for any previous legal debates to be settled and for mourning, and the strict adherence to three fundamental laws: 1. No undead shall hurt any sentient member of the living, or by inaction allow them to come under harm 2. They shall obey any instruction given to it by a member of the sentient living 3. They shall avoid any actions or situations that could cause it to come to harm itself With this system in place, Mictland has enjoyed a peaceful, if shunned and reclusive existence, with agricultural trade persisting to other nations, and an extremely large defensive buffer should any nation get a bit too, offended by its culture.

This nation is primarily populated by:

• Halflings 
• Wood Elves 
• Kenku
• Humans

Type

Geopolitical, Kingdom

Near War

Hallow-Vault

-100

Mictland

-85

Standing at the precipice of war, one nation seeks to settle what they see as injustice and a plague brought about by disrespect for the dead, the other seeks to defend its way of life, and secure its position in the world, before it suffers the same plague as its unfortunate neighbor.