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Portia (POR-sha)

A small but wealthy country in control of two of the most valuable seaports in the archipelago.

Assets

Portia is very wealthy in natural resources, featuring swaths of thick forests and a river through the entire length of the country that floods annually, creating fertile farmlands and easy naval trade. The Portian royal family is incredibly skilled at leveraging their resources (whether they be tariffs, port taxes, or exports) to become very wealthy overall. Portia maintains complex alliances with basically all other countries on the Archipelago, many of which require the limitation of Portia's military strength. They have basically no military, save a mid-sized coast guard and a port authority that is mostly run by knights of Lysander. There are also a lot of ancient castles and palaces littered around, some still in use, some in total disrepair.

History

The land on which modern day Portia sits has been occupied by many different countries and rulers since the first passing of the comet. Due to its small size, for a long time Portians were not able to defend their homes (or their valuable ports) from invasion. There came a halfling knight called Yaremin Ambershine who rallied the people and led a charge to beat back invading forces from both borders, valiantly establishing the country lines that have been maintained to this day.