Eryza

Flag of Eryza

**Eryza** is a small island nation located just off the eastern coast of the world Uruldu's continent of Oranoh.

## Early History

Eryza had once been a larger nation, controlling several islands and a small amount of mainland but a series of wars began to remove those holdings, resulting in a last stand on their home island ending in a stalemate. This caused Eryza to remove itself from international relations for around 900 years. In this time technology advancements were made and by 980 AEI (After Eryza Isolation) Eryza reopened some relations and trade. By 1000 AEI the newly crowned Azrari Arayne III increased these efforts, joining the western shield and resulting in the re-recognition of Eryza on the global stage.

The modern nation of Eryza was founded on June 23rd 2021.

## Government

The government of Eryza is a kingdom withstanding for people born in the nation defined by the family they were born into. If there are migrants with skills that fit a class they may be moved up. Movement between classes is only to be done with the permission of the Kritelos of Eryza, which is the leader of the nation. The nobility of Eryza consists of major houses and minor houses, all keeping the Kritelos in check.

## Classes

#### Elites

* Kritelos → king like figure and religious figurehead

* Cretala → manages the Lecranto and more important day to day operations
* Lecranto → elite landowner/member of society such as merchant or city ruler

#### Commoners

* Khanar → non-elite landowner such as a villa owner or landlord
* Serva → serf who serves the landowners and the elite

## Culture

The Eryzians are a more internally focused and isolated and are split up roughly into the elite classes and the common classes, with more divisions in both general classes. (this will be elaborated further in the government section) They are not very interested in expansion and conquest, and grow by building up in their cities and towns, resulting in the need for very complicated and sophisticated sewage and plumbing in order to prevent the widespread disease which such a city would bring otherwise. The Eryzians heavily focused on artistic works and technological development as they had the defense of the water to protect them.

###### House colouring

One may notice the bright colouring on the houses in the nation of Eryza, these colours represent the family in ownership of the house similar to a crest. Colours in the house's banner represent meaning such as red meaning a connection to the military and purple representing the nobility/riches of the family.

###### House structure

Family houses in Eryza can vary greatly in function and size with some acting like counties or provinces in Eryza, managing groups of people and smaller houses while other (most) houses act like a standard family. Name of the houses usually equates to last name of a member, although the last name can change due to deeds done by an individual. A notable house is the Arayne house which is currently the ruling house of Eryza.

## Ethnicity

Due to it's isolation Eryza consists almost completely of Eryzians, which are human. Few other races or even other humans live in Eryza if at all.

## Towns/cities

###### Eryzia

Largest city in Eryza, dense light stone buildings with wreaths of colour around the top of them, apartments holding large amounts of people fed by the large farm on Eryza's western peninsula.

###### New Lafarpav

Small colony, buildings use the jungle wood of the surrounding area and a fortress, the colony overlooks Achada