Aren

Aren is a city-state on the South-Eastern side of Arlec, holding a very beneficial alliance with the Nirvan Republic.

## Leadership

Aren is led by a simple Monarchy, with succession rights going to either the named heir, or if the case of no named heir, the first child. If the first child is too young and there is no named heir, a regent will take control until they reach the age of 18, and have passed their education at the Octavian Institute.

### Scillo Family

The Scillo family has been in power for over 200 years in the city of Aren, holding a prosperious reign by keeping a strong alliance with the Nirvan Republic and trade deals with the other nations in the world. When Queen Vanna abdicated the throne, her son Abuldo took control, continuing on with the easy time and making many popular agricultural reforms.

## Military

The Arenian Military is next to non-existant, holding it only for defence. With the alliance to the Nirvan Republic they gain defence, but in the exchange of sending a batch of new sons to be recruited into their army every 5 years. The Scillo's believe, that other than having a strong defence of their city, if they were to have an army it could be seen as a threat and their already small land would be quickly invaded.

## Society

The Society of Aren is a deeply peaceful one, with class orders only occuring with what trade the leader of the house conducts. Even if members of the family do different trades or work, the leader of the house's work determines which class they stand in. This has helped for a unique structure in Aren, with certain industries flourishing with experts and a lack of contempt between what would normally be commoners and nobles.

## Geography

Aren has only a small amount of land connected to the Nirvan Republic, meaning there is only a single city that they control and a few small villages. Governance of such is given solely to the Monarchy.

### Climate

Aren is a very Hot-Summer and Wet-Summer Climate. With their hottest periods occuring in July and Augona, while Janu and Febtuary are their colder times. Most rainfall occurs during Novollo and Deamber, though with the lower average temperature they miss a lot of the humid times other cities may suffer from.

## Commerce

Having only a single city and not much land, has required Aren to transform some of their agricultural land to more specialised markets in order to garner some influence in the global market.

### Imports

Being so isolated, Aren imports a large amount of resources including: Wood, Metals, Stone, Ores and Gemstones.

### Exports

With their specialties, Aren has been successful in exporting: Manufactured Goods, Silk and Medicine.

## Culture

The Culture of Aren is a boring one, with many of their citizens simply trying to survive or garner a reputation in their trade. Most conversations are related to either sailing, fishing or the specific industry they are in. With a low level of education, stories can be a form of currency in the city-state, with many workers being enthralled by the fantasy world they can create in their minds. Thus, bards are very popular when they visit, though they have no bardic college themselves.

### Lazers

A unique sub-culture in Aren which has spread to the world are a group called Lazers. They are a culture of people whom are incredibly good workers but when outside of work are uninteresting and mainly laze around, mostly sleeping. Others believe they use all their energy for work so there is nothing left. Lazers often designate one of their family members to do the outside work for the day, such as cooking and cleaning, while the rest of them simply rest. Lazers are in high demand workers.

## Sports and Entertainment

Within the city of Aren there are some avenues for entertainment, and what some would call sport. With such a focus and dedication to their work, many Arenians compete with one another to either garner bragging rights or win a contract. Thus, many stations have been created for this to continue, gathering a fair amount of spectators when they are not otherwise occupied.

Bards and singing are also a form of entertainment for the city, falling for the stories and talking about them for days or even years to come afterwards.

## History

**479PR** - Invaded by the Nirvan Republic in the Arenian Campaign. Battle of Palebasso. Siege of Durolipons.

**480PR** - Battle of Acela.

**481PR** - Battle of Brindicci.

**482PR** - Aren surrenders to the Nirvan Republic, becoming allies and giving a tribute of men every 5 years.