Iioa

A landlocked country that takes up an aggressive amount of the center of the eastern continent. This nation is one strafed with greed from top to bottom. There is no thing more meaningful or deadly than money in the borders of Iioa.

Iioa is ruled by the most rich and powerful family who has enough riches to pay each person in the country enough to buy their loyalty.

Iioa is largely a flat country, with a single relatively low mountain, Mount Enshmirtz, along its southern boarder. The country has roughly equal parts forest and grasslands in its borders, with the grasslands cutting through the center of the country separating the country's forests. With 783 square miles of beautiful countryside the country holds 18.8 million people.

The vast majority of people are a part of the Romain culture, the only one that matters in their politics. There are a few other cultures scattered through the country. The Portuzian culture has a small pocket in the north west of the country, and Vengrian culture around the southern border. Iioa allows safe passage through its borders to the nomadic tribes of the Vengrian culture. The Astellian culture holds two small areas on the eastern boarder of the country.

Religiously, the Word of Bihn is the major religion of the area and holds political sway in the country. With the Agustian Church and Tallian pantheon along the borders to the west and east respectively. The Paszalrian religion of the nomadic peoples is also recognized in the country with a small presents along the center of the southern boarder.

The country of Iioa has many neighbors as it sits in the center of the continent. Forming a shape that similar to a crescent it shares its western boarder with the following countries from north to south: Cadosia, Jostam, and Lasigum. Technically sharing its southern boarder with Lasigum, Iioa also shares a sperate southern boarder with Nghia. Along the eastern side it shares its boarder with the following countries again from north to south: Kihrule, Haia, and a small boarder with Tania.

At current of its nine neighbors it is at war with two, Kihrule and Tania. The war with Tania is a war of convince, they are taking advantage of the other countries at war with Tania and are hoping to secure enough land to have access to the ocean. The war with Kihrule is one of over the rights of the many precious rituals that they have under the control, and that are found often through the area surrounding the boarder of the two nations, and the war is to settle out who can have access to these materials.

History

Iioa is perhaps best know for the epic fights that have marred its grasslands and forests through the relatively few civil wars it has had, numbering only 5 in recorded history. But what is often missed around the history is the number of heroes, wizards and other powerful adventures that have changed the course of history. These adventures are missed as being from Iioa as they always venture outside the countries boarders and find their fame in other countries. Inevitably they become associated with these other countries. Iioa will continue to have a knack for making powerful heroes, though nobody can say why. Maybe it is the history of ancient conquest that has been a part of the culture for millennia, maybe it is the greed that seeps into every facet of the lives of its citizens. But throughout history, every decade among the 10 most influential people one is of Iioa

After the 15 year war of Divine Ash

Iioa, being in a bad spot during the war, was unable to hold their boarders. Suffering attacks from all sides and poor planning, the country was divided up among neighbors