OOC: Introducing Saeard

[Ayzek]

Beyond your immediate neighbors, notable nearby players include Severyane to the northeast; Carpathia and Moldova to your south; Florinthus, Nerysia, and Oslanburg to your southwest; and the Holy Lanlanian Empire at multiple points in the south extents of the continent (Brigidna).

Severyane is a recent communist-turned-real democratic and is attempting to establish its new identity on the international community. It's incorporated wayward cousins in the northwest into the federation and is engaged in a police action against Belayzamafsafa, a rogue state, in the far east.

Carpathia and Moldova practices "national communism", which isn't real communist, but a hybrid system where private property is a thing, but the state exercises control over key industries. Despite its leader being called a Dictator, its a democracy. Arguably too democratic, as it gets a little silly sometimes. The country is not very good at speaking softly, but it's far from a rogue state.

Florinthus and Oslanburg are sex buddies in a lite economic union. One is a solid democracy with humanitarian dreams, while the other is a constitutional monarchy that just overthrew a short-lived ultra-nationalist/semi-fascist regime. They're both good, peace-seeking countries.

Nerysia is a monarchy where the monarch is stripping away the rights of its legislature, though hasn't went full blown "grrr, ima servant of evil, grrrrrr." It is trying to be less economically tied to Oslanburg and has joined the Middengard Sea Economic Community to these ends. OOCly, it's supposed to be a country seeking to assert itself and establish a sphere of influence over west Brigidna.

The Holy Lanlanian Empire is the most powerful state in Brigidna, militarily, diplomatically, and economically. Its navy dwarfs that of any other individual state except Nyland's (which only recently begin to remilitarize). It has allies everywhere, and as the largest economy in Brigidna and a key member of the MSEC, it's someone whose economy you'd like to access. However, the HLE (tries to) respects the area of influence of other regional powers and has largely refrained from butting into affairs of your part of the continent (and elsewhere). The country spent the last decade and a half torn by an ultranationalist and independence movements, though has recently re-stabilized under a conservative Sentric Democratic government and is seeking to reassert itself international.

Beyond Brigidna, Nyland is big and scary (but not controlled by any single person).Kvaenna is silly, Ostara doesn't like being touched, Skathia is under Nyland's wings, and Avidna exists.

It should be noted that Siora is /supposed/ to be more socially conservative than Earth, with LGBT and other minorities still being frowned up. The /Holy/ Lanlanian Empire is very religious and conservative and practices eugenics. Sadly, our members can't help but be godless, sinful eurocommie liberals, so conservatism isn't working out too much.