Elbonia

Elbonia is a small kingdom consisting of a group of sixteen islands in the Diamond Sea. The largest island is no bigger than Cornwall and is just 100 miles across at its longest point. Once it was a very powerful nation with trade ports on 99 year leases all over Nillimandor. However it is starting to decline now, not least because of the weakness of the current king.
(not on size - the map I just made makes it out to be 500 x 500 miles or so, which is probably better)
Culturally Elbonia can be equated to an almost Victorian style of little England, but of a slightly more medieval bent. Place names are mainly English sounding however since the islands were once invaded by Vegans (northmen) many settlements have the -ban ending, signifying a fort in the old Vegan language. For instance the capital city is called Oban.
The eastern three islands were once owned by Styke and as such, most of the settlements here have the -smalle (pronounced 'smayle') ending, meaning town or village.
Original settlements often have names ending in -hom, signifying 'home' or 'hum' for hall, such as Polhom and Terhum.
The Queen is a shrewd old bird who is at the head of a ring of spies who work all over Nillimandor gathering information for her.
People from Elbonia are known as Elbonians and have the nickname of 'Elbows'
The Queen is only ever referred to by the others and is not an active character.
Elbonia has its own language although it borrows a lot of words from Styke. There is no he/she in Elbonian or past/future tenses. There are no plurals, you simply say the word twice to designate a multiple.
Category:Kingdom
Category:Places
Category:Islands of the Diamond Sea
Category:The Diamond Sea