Harä

Harä is a country sandwiched between the Hurva and Astarciy rivers, and the Huon Range in the north. Harä is much smaller and weaker than Dalfore and Kafetra, its immediate neighbours, and is a member of the Dalforean League to offset and downplay this weakness.
Harä doubled in landmass in the early 500's after it conquered an offshoot of the fallen Tungid nomads in the Hurva region, marking the first and only time Harnese men have marched to war.
== Geography ==
Lying in the foothills of the Huon Range, Harä is a hilly country. There are only two regions: Harä and Hurva; the former in the north and vice versa.
Hurva is fairly prosperous due to its borders with Dalfore and Kafetra; it is governed from Zinthur. Further north are the towns of Baragsel and Serdon. Hurva is flatter than the north of Harä, making it arable land suitable for subsistence farming.
The capital city of Nermohoff is in the northern region of Harä. Other towns in the region are Nala, Ursha and Bränos. This area is mostly foothills, so is used for mining and milling; produce from the region of Harä is mostly exported in exchange for food.
== History ==
Harä did not exist before the Great Gap - the area around Nermohoff was inhabited by Kafetro-Vadyan tribes. The Astarciy River split these tribes off from the rest of the Kafetro-Vadyans, and as such they grew apart. 
After the Gap the country of Harä existed as a duchy centred around Nermohoff. It originally consisted of what is now the County of Hurva, and had icy diplomatic relations with the theocratic nation of Sernuria to the south. 
Sernuria collapsed in 485, partly owing to pressure Harä put on it through trade and leveraging with Kafetran tribes on the eastern Astarciy bank. After this fact Harä sent settlers south and established a settlement at Serdon - an act that split the upper nobility into factions for and against settling the now-vacant city of Zinthur.
This political rift became far worse over time as the factions divided further. The tension boiled over in 499 at the death of Duke Ashger Vagardael - each faction supported one of the Duke's two sons, Herolf and Kalgrim, for the throne. The civil war, styled the War of the Brass Throne or the Tronkrige, blazed across Harä for the next five years, resulting in the ascension of the older brother Herolf.Category:Countries