Goondium

**"I, INVERSE, SHALL ESTABLISH THE GRAND DUCHY OF GOONDIUM!"** - Inverse 8/10/21

## History

### Founding

**The Duchy of Goondium** was founded by Inverse on the 10th of August 2021, the nation was founded when the weak-willed merchant Inverse came to Goonsville and was drawn to a rare artifact **(the staff of the merchant goon)** by the Goon God Gizondal, when Inverse picked up the Artifact he unleashed the Goons and became there leader.

### Lore

For years the goons have been trapped in eternal slumber, sealed off from the rest of the world for fear of their destructive capabilities. But an ancient evil has been stirring deep in the heart of **goonsville** calling to them and demanding them to bring chaos and destruction upon the world.

An innocent merchant by the name of Inverse was one day visiting **goonsville** in hopes of making some sort of trade deal and discovering the land when he heard a voice calling out to him to **"become one with the goons"** the voice in his head alone was enough to alter his weak-willed merchant mind and turned him into a bloodthirsty bandit.

Inverse went on to create the duchy of **goondium** and claimed land for **goonsville** in hopes of spreading the influence of the goons. The God of Goons has once again awakened and bestowed upon it's head goon Inverse the **"Staff of the Merchant Goon"** commanding him to use this holy artifact to wake the goons out of their slumber and bring chaos to the world once again.

### Independence

The Duchy of **Goondium** set up a humble town called **Goonsville** as squatters in the nation of redoriv. The leader at the time, Gorzealion was not very keen to the idea of redoriv land being taken so they went to war over the claim to forcefully remove **Goondium**. The people of redoriv were fine with having them as their neighbors and Gorzealion didn't consult the rest of his government before making this declaration of war. This and lots of other factors led to the eventually stepping down of Gorzealion and the independence of **Goondium**. **Goondium** and Redoriv never actually fought and are now great friends, especially the neighboring cities of Bidwell and **Goonsville**.

## Culture

### Beliefs

**The Duchy Of Goodium** Strictly believe in, **"Goonism"**, which believes that the God of Goons is the most powerful god and that all shall bend to it's will. Their main goal is to cause chaos as commanded by their god and to convert all of the people of Eldham and Rathnir to Goonism.

### Demographics

**The Duchy Of Goodium** is a city state **(at the moment)** that only has the Native population living inside of it, the world is sure that they will soon try to expand because of there hostility to outsiders and their rising threats against neighboring nations.

## Geography

### Geography

**The Duchy of Goodium** is currently surrounded by Redoriv and is the smallest non-Island nation in Eldham. The small city state has a warm climate, as it is surrounded by forest and has a mountain range blocking the cold air from Redoriv.

## Government

### Ideology / Head of State

**The Duchy of Gooduim** is an Oligarchy with Inverse being the Head Oligarch, it has a Council made up of 3 members thus far with Stras#9976 as it's head, the council is controlled by Inverse making it a semi-dictatorship but it mostly has the same ideals as typical Oligarchy.

The **"head Goon"** aka **"head of state"** is Inverse, he is the ruler for life as there are no term limits.