Post by El Borak on Oct 5, 2018 14:29:45 GMT -5
Castile (Castle)
Government: Kingdom
Pantheon: Atlantlan <Spanish>
Ruler: Alphonso XVII
Capital: Corunna (Pop.: 40k
Other Cities (and pop.):
Burgos: 25k
Madrid: 90k
Murcia: 20k
Seville: 65k
Toledo: 20k
Loc.: Aeropa (Iberia)
Language: Iberian
Pop.: 3,000,000
Flag/Emblem:
Flag: Black tower on a golden field.
Coinage: Iberian Standard.
Important Persons: Prince of Neuvo Castile, grandees of Murcia, Jaen, Corunna, and Seville, various other nobles, priests, officials, etc. <Pyrro Zorro>
Alliances: Iberian-Atlantlan Concord.
Hostilities: Aragon, Granada, Leon, Corsica.
Open Warfare/Skirmishing: Actually none at this time.
Intrigues: Many, ranging from an Iberian imperial state, to the government of new settlements in Vargaard.
Magickal Devices: In addition to some fair number of moderate and minor items of power, Castile holds the Celestial Apparatus and the Rainbow Baton, and as these two objects are complimentary and function together, this makes their arsenal of particular effectiveness.
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Thumbnail Sketches: Castile is the largest & richest of the Iberian realms, & its vast central plateau & mountains & valleys are productive in all ways. About 30% of the land is cultivated in field & garden, 20% is orchards, 20% pasture, & 5% vineyards. Only 1/4 is forested (slightly more than 15%), barren (just under 10%). In struggles against various invaders, many castles were built, & thus the name, Castile, was applied to this land. These forts & the old school & charming cities are great attractions to the TRAVELLER.
The CAPITAL, Corunna, was originally an Atlantlan trading settlement named Cordunal. Traces of ancient work, & the Altantlan architechtural style, still remain.
Madrid, largest of Iberian cities, is very lovely, & the plazas, temples, bull rings, & monuments are great attractions.
The volk of this realm are of Iberian stock. Likewise, their classes & military conform to those typical of the other large Iberian realms, SAVE that Castile maintains a fleet in the Mare Librum & an even greater one in the Lantlan Ocean. (See Aragon, above, for details of race, SEC, & military forces).
Agricultural produce include wheat, barley, oats, rice, maize, rye, buckwheat, millet, sugar beets, hemp, jute, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, flax, indigo (and other dye plants), oil seeds, olives, oranges,
lemons, almonds, peaches, apricots, figs, dates, pomegranates, bananas, & all manner of other fruits & vegetables (berries, beans, garbanzos<>, peas, lentils, onions, peppers, and so forth).
Sheep are the livestock resource ov this nation, but cattle, horse (incl. fine chargers), g.o.a.t., fanny, mule, pork, & all sorts of different kinds of poultry are also raised. Fisheries produce a considerable amount of food for the populace.
The mineral re-sources of the land are headed up by silver in great yield, then mercury, lead, copper, iron, antimony<>, manganese, salt, building stone, && gold (in very small quantity).
The steel produced in Toledo is of exceptional quality, & it is in demand throughout AEropa & Afrik for arms & armor, as are the blades & armors produced in Toledo & elsewhere in Castile as well. Wine is certainly one of the principal exports of Castile, followed by olive oil & livestock. Other industry produces leather & leatherwork, paper & books, pottery, soap, raisins, etc.
* Not to be confused with La Corunna in Corunna, in the extreme NW of Leon.