The Great Ice Wall that encloses the capital of the Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Trost is surrounded by Ice and inhabited by giants.With the Ice Queen being their sole leader. As the giant wall of Ice encloses the Kingdom and isolates them from the entire world. Once one of the most powerful empires in Selyria, their technology has become stagnant for centuries due to their isolation, shrouding their Kingdom in mystery.

The Kingdom of Trost has a long and rich history of strength and glory, but now it is lost to history. For you see, this once mighty Empire is but a shadow of its former power. Due to the combination of an isolationist foreign policy and the average intelligence of giants, the Kingdom is massively behind in terms of technological advancement compared to other nations within Selyria. In addition to this, the country is relatively underdeveloped due to its reliance on its leader for all urban infrastructure. 

The Ice Queen is one of the most powerful Cryomancers in the continent of Selyria. Where she reigns supreme in Trost, using her powerful magic to freeze any opposition against her.

The Age of Glory truly began around 3100 BFS, when the forces of Selyria pushed out the Empire of Sau'lari from the continent of Selyria. The removal of this great power left a massive power vacuum that led to what is now known as the 'Centurion Wars.' From the Centurion wars, three great powers emerged: The Elven Empire of Drasek, which used its archers and terrain to maintain its Empire; The Human Empire of Porthos, which could amass great legions and bend fire to their will to conquer much of the south of Selyria and finally The Empire of Giants, Trost. 

The Empire of Trost was not nimble or cunning like their Draseki neighbours, nor could they conjure massive volleys of fire to burn their enemies to a crisp like Porthos. Instead, they preferred the brute force approach. Their preferred modem of war was simple but effective, a method that the Trostian tactical genius can best describe, General Sara Ilyinishna:

According to many contemporary historians, the Age of Decline officially began in 640 FS with the Hreinngarian rebellion against the Empire of Trost. However, one could trace the elements of the fall to the Disaster of the First Sun and the spread of the Reedianite faith.

The Disaster of the First Sun brought about many changes in Selyria. It broke apart the old world order, collapsing the Porthosian Empire and dividing the Reedianite faith into two distinct factions, dividing up the continent. Their long-time rival Porthos's fall affected Trost more than one might initially think. In many ways, Porthos had acted as Trost's foil for the past three millennia. Once their united enemy disappeared, the coalition began to dwindle from having a common enemy. This loss of a common enemy likely resulted in the Trostians turning their blades to each other instead of uniting to face a common threat. 

In addition, the Trostian Aristocracy had not jumped onto the Reedianite expansion, unlike the lower classes, creating a religious divide between the upper and lower classes of the Empire. The higher echelons of the Empire did not see the need to convert their beliefs to that of the lower classes. In contrast, those in the middle rungs of Government, such as regional government officials, did so to maintain control over their regions. This divide would only intensify as time passed, leading to the many nationalistic rebellions seen during the Age of Decline.

Clothing for the Peasantry emphasises function over form. They wear rough and crude clothes made of hide and leather, adorned with steel and bronze, as a means of physical protection and spiritual protection against spirits. These metal scales also signify one's clan and position within the nomadic tribes that roam the Trostian tundra. 

The elders of tribes, a Mir, may have access to crude Dwarven steel scale mail intertwined with ornamental brass plates and intricate carvings depicting important mythical or historical scenes. The battle at the wall or the slaying of Fenrir are famous scenes depicted on these plates. Younglings, on the other end of the local social hierarchy, will rarely have any scales for protection. They receive their scale mail as a hand-me-down from their parents or as a reward for accomplishments during a coming-of-age ceremony called the 'passing of arms.' Parents will pass on their mail to their favoured children, leaving additional children to create their mail or attain pieces for achievements in life.

The clothing of the Bureaucratic Class is more refined than that of the Peasantry. The point of the Bureaucratic Class is to do the tedious and menial paperwork of the Kingdom. As such, their jobs have a different risk than those of the lower Class; however, they also do not have the riches of the Ministry heads. As such, their clothes are a comfortable middle ground between the extravagance of the upper Class and the rough exterior of the lower Class. 

Clothes tend to be much thinner for those of this Class, compared to those of the lower classes, due to their less strenuous lifestyle. Hours of filing papers and writing reports do not give someone a particularly muscular body, and as such, those in this middle Class tend to be far thinner in the frame. 

People of this Class prefer cool and neutral colours on their clothes, usually having light blues and reds, with deep blues, cream and white colours. 

The clothing of the Ministry Heads differs wildly from those of the middle Class. They prefer oversized, cumbersome coats that accentuate their fame, making them appear broader and more muscular than they are. These coats are often embroidered with the symbol of their office in golden, repeating patterns along the silk outermost layer that makes them vividly noticeable from a distance.

Another noticeable feature of the fashion of the Ministry Heads is the tall fur cap, called an Urshaka, that sits upon their heads. This hat is a symbol of their office, proof that they are worthy of their rank. The pelt of a Black Sable Cat composes each Ursaka, a dangerous beast that roams the wilds of the Trostian Tundra. A single Urshaka costs a small fortune due to the production process and difficulty hunting a Black Sable Cat. As a result, only the most essential members of Trostian society may have the honour of adorning their heads with the hat.

The vast majority of the population of Trost are Atheists; however, pockets of religions exist within the Kingdom. One such religion is the Northern Mythology that circulates amongst the Nomadic lower Class that inhabits the tundra, ironically to the North of the Kingdom. With that said, the belief in the faith mainly occurs as stories told to children to invigorate their imagination in the harsh winters rather than any form of organisation or devotion to religion. You can find only one other faith of note within the upper echelons of Trost's political structure, the Cult of the Ice Queen.

Much like Northern Mythology, the Cult of the Ice Queen is not a religion in the same sense that Reedianism or Tariquism is a religion; the Government does not officially recognise the order, nor does it have any priests, institutions or a holy text. Instead, the Cult of the Ice Queen is the name given to the nobles so indoctrinated that they effectively worship the Queen, following her every command religiously and having the utmost confidence in their leader.

Due to the Kingdom's intense isolationist policy, very little is imported and exported out of the country, making it an economic dead zone. Within the nation's walls, people have taken to bartering with objects such as meat and furs from the hunt instead of using money. The only ones that need money are bureaucrats who can afford luxury foreign goods. Infrastructure for the upper echelons within the country is handled by the Ice Queen and her entourage of Cryomancers, resulting in Ice being the primary material used to build the essential buildings of the Government. This fact encourages the reliance on the Ice Queen within the country.

The main export from Trost is Dwarven steel, mined from the North, more specifically, the Free State of Slava area. With their rebellion from the North, the export of Dwarven steel from the country has wholly ceased, partly due to the region being a primary supplier of the mineral and partly due to their reserve emptying to make weapons and armour to fight the rebellion.  

One notable facet of their economy is the Trostian's reliance on the alcoholic beverage of Vodka. A significant part of their economy is based on the production of Vodka and its export out of the country, so much so that Vodka is used instead of coins in some regions. The common belief is that to subdue the population; the Trosian Government uses systematic addiction as a drunk populace is happy. Potent members of the aristocracy are the only individuals who may have the honour of brewing and distributing Vodka, most notably the Ministry Heads.

The Kingdom of Trost has been at an uneasy peace with the rest of Selyria for the past 300 years; as such, the army has not undergone any significant changes during that time from the revolution. Their primary purpose today is to beat unruly members of the populace into submission, ultimately weakening them as they have not fought a properly organised enemy in hundreds of years. 

Due to their modern purpose of crowd control, their military has devolved into their centurion war tactics of throwing wave after wave of their soldiers into their enemies. They obtain their ranks as tribute from villages and nomads across the land. When a tribe cannot afford to pay their taxes, they can send in the equivalent of people as slave soldiers to bolster the ranks of the nation's armies. Fortunately for them, they are allowed to leave service after 30 years.