Post by El Borak on Oct 5, 2018 10:16:45 GMT -5
Navarre
Gummint: Kingdom
Mythos: Greco-Roman (R) <Basque> <Spanish>
Ruler: Sancho XI
CAPITAL: Pamploma (Pop.: 35K)
Other Cities (and pop.):
Bayonne: 40K
Bilbao: 25K
Loc.: Aeropa (Ibera)
Language: French dialect
Pop.: 450K
Flag/Emblem:
Flag:
A golden lion guardant
on a field parted dancetty
per fess (jagged horizonal
division) blue & red.
Coinage: Francia Standard.
Companions: Duke of Alva, Marquis of Visacaya, priests,
nobles, officials, etc.
Friends: Gallic Treaty, Lantlan Compact.
Foes: Aragon, Leon.
Open Warfare/Skirmishing: None at present.
Intrigues: Marriage to Francian's royal house to join the two states as
a single political entity. Plot to kill Sancho && replace him with a
cousin favorable to Aragon, which Leon has heard of && is in the
process of putting forth their own claimant to the throne.
Various other intrigues.
Artifacts/Relics: Navarre has 2 significant items, the Unyielding
Girdle && Tomko's Chessboard. Some few minor items are also
held by the king && others of importance.
Alignment: Neutral Good <myrikhans>
Thumbnail Sketches: Navarre is a beautiful little kingdom of mountains,
hills, & valleys. 1/3 or more of its territory is wilderness: In
the forests & bush roam all manner of large & small game
animals, & the streams are filled with fish. Pamploma is a quaint &
provincial city, well defended by strong outward castles & a thick
wall, containing temples, plazas, small parks & gardens, & a
fine bullring. It is set in the mountain so as to be the heart of the nation
& its chief citadel.
The people of Navarre are of mixed sort, but unlike the typical
Iberian, they have much of the original Basque blood, intermixed
with Kelltic, Italic, Gallic, Teutonic (Goth), && Francian.
They do not accept slavery but do allow bondage for criminal
punishment or debt. The peasant class has a great percentage of
serfs && villeins, && the upper stratum of the freeman class is small.
In most respects, the social structure of the nation more
resembles Francia than its Iberian neighbors of Leon, Castile, &&
Aragon. Its straddling of the Pyrenees into Gaul is reflective of this,
although the communications between Pamploma and the N
are no easier than they are with Iberian lands to the S, E,
&& W. The folk are very independent && willing to fight to
remain so. This is both to the good in regards to the raising of
forces in times of war, && to the ill as the dream of the royal heads
of Navarre conjoining with Francia is resisted by the commoners,
placing the nation in jeopardy. This is particularly true because the
throne cannot afford to maintain a standing military of any respectable
force, && the number of its nobles && knights is not great.
However, the quality && courage of these aristocratic warriors is
high indeed.
Oats, barley, wheat, buckwheat, millet, hemp, flax, oil seeds,
vines, mulberry (for silk) && apples are cultivated. Livestock of
cattle, sheep, horses, swine, && poultry are raised, && some fine
horses which are of the jennet<> sort are bred in this land. The
forests yield some excellent timber--fir, oak, && chestnut being
exported.
The mineral wealth of this state is great, && mines
produce copper, zinc, iron, lead, adamantine, gypsum, salt, marble,
&& building stone.