Falladidrul

Surrounded on three sides by the River Arresadi this Dukedom is centrally situated between four other nations. This allows for a great deal of trade and commerce to come through its borders.

Structure

1. Duke: Leader of the country, and head of the royal family. 
2. Baron: Leader of a barony, head of one of the three great noble families. 
3. Lord: Leader of a lesser noble family, serves the barons or duke directly as administrators of their land. 
4. Gentleman: Member of any noble family, serves at all levels of government.

The duke writes the laws, with input from the barons. But final say lies with the duke. Magistrates appointed by the duke adjudicate the law. High courts adjudicate crimes punishable by serfdom, mutilation, confinement, or death. Lower courts adjudicate crimes punishable by fines, serfdom, or mutilation. If a noble is brought to court, they face the duke directly. The local nobles enforce the law within their own domains and the greater houses send their Sheriffs to ensure that they do so.

Public Agenda

To protect and maintain its citizens and holdings. Dig wells and sewage ditches. Provide security from bandits and invasion. Build, maintain, and secure bridges and ports. Provide courts for high and low justice. Maintain birth and death records for the citizen rolls. Enforce construction standards on homes and public buildings. Ensure doctors and priests make their rounds. Ensure skilled labor jobs are filled (carpenter, smith, weaver, glazer, etc.) Guard against disasters such as famine, fire, flood, and disease. Provide a water mills and fairgrounds.

Military

The Knights Castilian protect these lands with two battalions of pavisers. One banner from each of the great houses, with the lesser houses providing the companies that make up those forces. Towns and villages will contribute platoons and squads to the companies. Bolstering that force is a naval force capable of defending its shores and quickly transporting troops far along the river.

Religion

A single great church serves this dukedoms' religious needs from their one and only major city. From there the clergy spread out and minister to the masses, taking temporary residence among smaller chapels in the towns. The Ban Fellowship has a single guild hall in the same city, and all their members reside within.

Agriculture & Industry

Great farming estates produce wheat, oats, millet, barley, and various other grains. Green, red, and black beans, cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, radishes, beets, carrots, apples, pears, peaches, green and purple grapes, hot and sweet peppers, various berries, and more feed this region and the neighboring ones.

Education

Young boys attend small schools, from the age of 7 until 14, where they learn the basics of language, numbers, and etiquette. Girls learn at home from their parents if at all. Any further learning is done under the auspices of trade guilds, the Ban fellowship, or the church. 
The sons and daughters of noble houses learn while serving the royal court as pages and maids. At 14 the boys go off to universities in neighboring lands to learn the secrets of statecraft, warcraft, medicine, vita, and economics. The girls return to their home baronies and serve as ladies in waiting to the greater houses.

Type

Geopolitical, Duchy

Government System

Monarchy, Crowned Republic

Power Structure

Feudal state

Economic System

Palace economy

Currency

Use copper and silver coins with 1, 2, 3, and 4 denominations. Gold coins have 1 and 2 denominations. Comparable in size and value to Adinerados coinage, the dinar. Many times they will re-stamp a dinar with their own markings for redistribution.

Location

Renscroprec

Official Languages

• Arresi

Related Traditions

• Arres Peerage
• Estates
• Heraldry

Neighboring Nations

• Adinerado
• Adirongua
• Duchy
• Emus Falla
• Fortunado

Related Species

• Human

Related Ethnicities

• Arres