Alfheim

While Alfheim is one of the founding members of the Imperial Trust it has always been considered the weakest of the founders, though one of the most important. This is in large part due to the fact that it is an Agri-World, and that like most Imperial Agri-Worlds it had an almost entirely agricultural economy until the formation of the Imperial Trust.

That has changed in recent years, with King Zaren building a heavy industrial base on the northern continent Eregion which is the domain of the Adeptus Mechanicus and building several hives on the main continent. While Alfheim bases half of its economy on its farms, it has expanded into other areas in recent centuries.

## Environment

Alfheim is an agri-world, and as such the vast majority of its highly fertile land is constantly being used for food production of some form. This is aided by the highly reliable weather and the temperate climate, making Alfheim one of the most pleasant worlds that you know of to live on.

Despite the heavy industrialisation of various parts of Alfheim in recent centuries a great deal of work is being put into preventing and cleaning up any pollution that could damage Alfheim's environment, and the food industry that the planet still relies on.

## People

There are three distinct cultures on Alfheim, the Adeptus Mechancius on Eregion, the farmers and the urban populations of the major cities and hives. The Adeptus Mechanicus are pretty standard for the Trust Adeptus Mechanicus, though leaning slightly towards the conservative end of the spectrum.

The farmers of Alfheim are a rather self contained group, focused entirely on running their farms and living their lives and mostly unconcerned with events happening outside of their immediate environs.

The urban populations are different, being formed out of those who want a faster paced life then they can get in the farmlands or those with ambitions to push beyond their current station. They have a reputation for always striving to do better, and for being touchy over Alfheim's reputation as a planet of farmers in the rest of the Imperial Trust.

## History and Government

The Government is a combination of elected majors for the town and hereditary nobles for the cities and regions with a royal family. The nobles of Alfheim are rather comfortable in their positions of power and rarely abuse them, a fact that combined with the paradisaical nature of Alfheim has led to Alfheim being traditionally peaceful. Despite this Alfheim has a large, well trained military, though that is a recent development with the army growing massively since the formation of the Imperial Trust. Historically Alfheim has had close ties with either Asgard or Vaneheim and relied on them for protection, though by the early years of the Imperial Trust it had turned to Midgard, which would have trouble feeding its massive population without food from Alfheim.

King Zaren has spent his time in officer greatly reducing the role and powers of the nobility replacing them with a mix of Administratum Adepts, soldiers and elected representatives. While this has faced much opposition he has always been able to keep a lid on it due to a combination of his unopposed right to rule and the support of Midgard, and the massive armies that Midgard keeps on Alfheim to protect it.

## Military

Until the reign of King Zaren the military of Alfheim was a joke, treated more as a toy for nobles to play with then an actual military force. After inheriting the crown King Zaren started to change that, working with trainers from the Midgaridan Iron Guard to form a professional army worthy of the name. This effort only gained more impetus after the Death of the Emperor and the founding of the Imperial Trust. At this time King Zaren started to supplement the trainers from the Midgardian Iron Guard with Avernite Helltroopers for the elite Royal Guard formations.

These days the military forces of Alfheim are still below average quality for the Imperial Trust as a whole, though not by a massive amount. The elite Royal Guard formations are the exception to this, being above average for an Imperial Trust Grenadier formation, thought still behind the Midgardian Chosen let alone formations such as the Avernites.

All in all while the Alfheimer military is no longer a joke, it is still not exactly good.