The Duchy of Oradevàsàr
The southern-most duchy in Koszvolòi, it is ruled from Shègèsvar. Aside from the lands surrounding Shègèsvar, Oradevàsàr is made up of several baronies: Ürvak, Margü, Mürès, and Tausend-Thal.
Oradevasar is aligned along an east-west axis defined by the valleys of the Voivodè River (the Vòhai name for the Rhèven River) in the west and the Hraz and its tributaries in the east.
Culturally, Oradevàsàr is a mix of Old Vòhai and Mòvadhi. As in the rest of the Grand Duchy, the aristocracy tends to be ethnically Mòvadhi, while the commoners are of Vòhai stock, but the southernmost duchy is much more mixed, and cultural boundaries are much more fluid.
The Barony to Tausend-Thal is an exception: it is essentially a completely Mòvadhi enclave, with only a minority population of indigenous people. Tausend-Thal was established as a land grant by the Grand Duke some 900 years ago – before the Grand Duchy joined the Mòvadhi Empire – to a group of Mòvadhi settlers and pilgrims who petitioned for permission to do so.
While loyal subjects of the Empire, the Tausend-Thalers are nevertheless fiercely independent, demanding – and receiving, to a large extent – a great deal of autonomy. They nominate their own Magisters, and the capital, Siebentürm, enjoys many of the privileges of an Imperial Free City, for the simple reason that no force has been inclined, let alone able, to rescind them. Tausend-Thal is surrounded by some of the highest peaks of the Raponik Range of the Earthbone Mountains, with only one way in or out that is passable to an army of any significant size.
Tausend-Thal supplies the Empire with some of the finest refined iron in the Empire; and the plentiful silver and copper mines in the northern part of the barony keeps the people in funds. Tausend-Thal also, unique among the rest of the Grand Duchy, maintains its own standing army, a few regiments of which are often far afield as mercenaries in service to the Empire.
Type
Geopolitical, Duchy
Government System
Monarchy, Absolute
Power Structure
Feudal state
Economic System
Mixed economy
Official State Religion
Parent Organization
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Official Languages
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