Continent: Westria
Capital: Ninevah
Ruled by:
Government: Democracy
Dominant Religion: Norse (Tyr)
Typical Physiology: Taller than average, physically large, tend towards blonde or red hair, green or blue eyes.
Notes: While Meest might be more properly viewed, geographically, as a large island which is part of Pendria, all of the population centers are on the western side, which causes most of its trading to be with countries of Westria, so it is generally thought of and treated as a country of Westria.
In 709, Folaria and Meest began a war that lasted eleven years. In the end, Meest was defeated and conquered. Large numbers of Folarians moved to Meest to rule it, and many thousands of Meests were forcibly relocated to Folaria. While the Folarians, generally tall, light skinned, blondes and redheads, thrived in Meest, a plague ravaged Folaria in 522-523, killing most of the natives, while having little effect on the transplants. The end result of this is that Meest, originally a country that had a thriving Egyptian culture, is almost completely Norse, with people who physically reflect that, except the city names and geographical feature names still mostly have an Egyptian flavor; Folaria, on the other hand, is people by mostly smaller, dark-skinned and dark-haired population, but the religion and place names are more Nose in nature. Several decades of abuse of the native Meests reduced their numbers to the point where they represented only a tiny minority of the population by EA 650, and still have few places in society of any wealth or importance.
Marriage Types: Pair bonding, multiple wives, multiple husbands – couples, polygamy, polyandry are the only legally recognized marriages.