Riebonis

Riebonis is a small country that is a cultural outcast on the southern peninsula of the eastern continent. Though they are a minority in the southern peninsula they have largely open borders, though not with Kigoria. The country has close ties to many countries in the center of the eastern continent.

Riebonis is ruled by the top five contestants in a public trial where contestants are given random scenarios either on a national or local level, and asked to explain how they would handle them whichever of the hundreds the public likes most is voted on to further rounds until the final ten are reached. Once there, the final contestants are randomly assigned a crime and have to be their own lawyer for this case. (See Post War)

With a few cities on the mountain scape of Mount Madrgo most cities are along the coast of the bay. With 232 thousand square miles the country has around 3.4 million people here. The landscape is largely dominated by Mount Madrgo's northern slopes and the volcanic terrain that accompanies it. There are, in the northwest of the country, pockets of forest, wetlands and small tundra areas. These divers biomes lead to diverse lifestyles for those who live in them with wildly different city arrangements.

The country largely has practices Elladan culture and religion. There is spillover of the Nowas and Romian culture and beliefs near the southern borders. Elladan naturally dominates politics, and leave no room for other voices and traditions in the decision making process.

The nation shares its southern border with Kigoria and Dolakia having a more closed policy with Kigoria as they are treacherous fiends. The western border is shared with Jostam.

The country is, at current, involved in a war against Tania. While the two share no land borders and a naval war would certainly be more effective, because Kigoria has already engaged in naval combat and Riebonis has alliances with every country they would need to march through to get the Tania, provided they sail a short trip to Bushia, they instead marched thousands of troops across the lands between them to remind Tania that they do, in fact, have honor enough to defend the honor of their queen's reputation.

History

Through the ages it has been seen with little relevance to the course of history. Many scholars disregard it as a nation with no real power. This has been far from the truth. The country's forces helped to repel an Alikakian advance on the easter continent. Without their might and strategy it would be a very different, and less diverse, world map. Reaching further back into history the rulers of this country have long negotiated peace treaties, secret bargains, and been seen as mediators or impartial parties. They have been called apon as backup units in many important battles and the armies of Riebonis have a habit of making decisive decisions that turn the tide of battle. These histories are forgotten, though as Riebonis claims none of them to the outside world, sharing the history only to those in their nation keeping hidden their true power.

After the 15 year war of Divine Ash

Riebonis was able to gain territory from Jostam, though not as much as they would have liked. It was a fierce competition between them and Dolakia to capture as much of the thin connection to the rest of the continent and they lost out. At the end of the war Riebonis ended up with 337 thousand square miles.

A year and seven months before the war ended, and seven months before the current council was to leave office, they unanimously changed the governing rules so that now it was a contests to see which 5 people could write the best speech for as to why they should be in power. The ruling body then stepped down, and a new contest was held, where only five contestant received any votes.