Continent: Pendria
Capital: Aertael
Government: Monarchy
Dominant Religion: Norse
Typical Physiology: The typical appearance in this country is brunette hair, light skin, sharp features, slim to moderately heavy build, height around average for world population.
Language - most speak a Norse tongue known as Alkyran; many traders, nobles and the like speak the common 'trading' tongue that is useful over most of the three continents.
This is the name of the country the players live in. The name of the continent is Pendria, from an ancient time when there were only five real kingdoms on the continent. (Disclosure - for a long time, the continent was also referred to as Attellaria, but I retroactively changed that, as it made little historical sense. )
The country of Attellaria is several hundred years old, and is one of the oldest countries on the continent. As the years have passed, the borders have gradually reached out in all directions; you can see this from the various castles and small towns that are found on the borders. The capital city is Aertael. The country is ruled by a hereditary monarchy and a web of noble families.
Attellaria is the largest and most populous country in the southern half of the continent. It is ruled by a benevolent monarchy, passed on to the eldest child of the present ruler. The country subsists on farming, trading, shipping, and other similar businesses. The wealth generated by adventurers contributes somewhat; Attellaria has the largest number of resident adventurers on the continent. The population belongs to a diverse selection of religions, in order of size: Nose, Celtic, Greek, Finnish, Egyptian, Central American, and a scattering of others. Demonic and Melnibonean worship is officially illegal, but is rarely actively pursued unless behavior crosses the lines of the law in other areas.
Attellaria and Tharn have fought for many years, dating back to the early years of the country's founding; the most recent conflicts were in 1118 and 1119, when Tharn made one last attempt to seize lands in southern Attellaria, employing mercenaries from Tharia; then-Prince Nimlaure Aglarion led armies in a number of battles over a two-year period that crushed the country's armed forces once and for all. Tharn now is a hollow shell of a country, and has abandoned many inland towns, with all the population living on the coast now and subsisting on fishing for the most part.