Glenland

Ruler: Prime Minister Margaret Burdet Government: democracy Culture: Halflings
Population: 13,944,772
History:

• year 5 - Stanwin Allen, a halfling, founds the world's first democracy.
• year 20 - Stanwin is famous for having a lover in every port.
• year 27 - Stanwin Allen dies painfully after consuming the wrong wild mushroom.
• year 66 - Ursula becomes famous for averting a war between Glenland and its neighbors.
• year 303 - An army of farmers and landowners attempt to overthrow Prime Minister Susan Notfeld but fail when they cannot conquer the capital of Glenland.
• year 519 - Glenland founds an overseas colony, Warere.
• year 589 - Hildebert Ator is immortalized in song by the bards for his heroic deeds.
• year 749 - The colony of Helgaab is established by sailors from Glenland.
• year 809 - Future Prime Minister Bridget Muldoon's rise to power begins with a scathing political treatise that leads to the resignation of the entire Senate.
• year 898 - Ralph Sumner is marooned on a deserted island by a pirate, but escapes to exact revenge.
• year 940 - Glenland's Prime Minister Alchen Sot announces a ban on any public displays of religion.
• year 954 - Ingulf Halley discovers artifacts of an ancient Halfling people previously thought to be mythical.
• year 1128 - Taldus achieves fame for scaling tall buildings with his bare hands.
• year 1149 - Taldus Cuddon works tirelessly to raise the literacy rate in Glenland.
• year 1164 - Taldus Cuddon has a drink named in his honor, proudly served by every tavern and inn.
• year 1186 - Edith becomes famous due to her uncanny resemblance to the carving of an ancient hero.
• year 1191 - Edith Corbun convinces the Prime Minister to draft all prisoners into the navy.
• year 1195 - Edith Corbun saves Prime Minister Edith Burdet during an attempted assassination, and becomes the Prime Minister's bodyguard.
• year 1200 - Edith Corbun is poisoned at her own wedding.