Eltermere

Eltermere was a small republic on the Spurnian River during the early 1st Century CE.
== History ==
The town of Eltermere was founded during the Age of Migration by the English carrack Kinsale. As with most settlements, it enjoyed several centuries of peaceful growth as the population on the continent was not yet large enough to warrant conquest.
The Republic of Eltermere was formed as a reactionary movement in 45BCE when the town council of Eltermere recognised the growing threat of the Gotar, a nomadic Basque tribe in the northwest who were heading in their direction. The council felt it necessary to develop a militia to counter this threat. This militia was deployed along with that of the town of Assar to the south, and a force from the Republic of Ocary to the west, in 42BCE. The combined force defeated the Gotar at the Battle of the Gotar Plain, securing their safety and setting back the Gotar for another hundred years.
The councillors of Eltermere present at the battle were impressed by the leadership displayed by the Ocarese contingent, and decided it was time for a change. Over the next three years, the Eltermerian council was reformed into a proper republic in the Ocarese style. Assar pledged its allegiance in 35BCE, impressed in turn by the speed and efficiency of the new Republic of Eltermere and its transformation.
Over the next fifty years, Eltermere flourished as it began to tighten regulations on merchants sailing down the Spurnian River. It further fostered relations with Ocary, also establishing contact with Botaland to the northwest, and with the many city-states of the Spur.
In 14, the Republic of Ocary was shaken by a serious diplomatic error, and resolved this crisis by placing power in the hands of a single councilman, who would later become the monarch of the new Kingdom of Ocary. The people of Barkville refused to accept this new monarch, and declared a monarch of their own. This new Kingdom was dominated by the aggressive Waltham family.
The Walthams steered the new Kingdom of Briawicke toward the Spurnian River. Realising this new state meant war, Eltermere raised its militia and prepared to defend itself. The short, sharp Eltermerian War only lasted three months from Waltham forces crossing the Spurnian River to the capitulation of the Eltermerian government. The national militia was dissolved and the towns of Assar and Eltermere were absorbed into Briawicke.
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