Freehold of Pagonia

## Overview

The Freehold of Pagonia is a Monarchy ruled by UnHallow alongside the Council of Winter. *Pagonia* (meaning *frost)* is a nation in the southern edge of the world, it was founded on January 16th, 2022.

### Government

The government that leads the Freehold of Pagonia was originally founded as a sort of joke in order to better organize the Phoenix Expedition, but would come to be a confederate state organized under a sort of federal government. This decentralization was done in order prevent the consolidation of power and the emergence of tyranny within the nation. Currently, the Freehold is a monarchial state with a pseudo-parliament in the form of the Council of Winter.

The Council of Winter is divided up by 5 state mandated political parties to represent the wills of the people, to which each of these parties has a *singular* councilor that has authority within the government. These 5 organizations are of the following: the Sovereign Party (the King's party), the Dominion League (oversees war), the Weavers Association (oversees the writing of laws & national identity), the Monetary Faction (manages nation's finances and handles diplomacy), and the Freedom Party (focusses upon the needs of the common people/Freeholders). Each party has a set of goals and expectations to maintain in order to help maintain the nation and support the people who live under their jurisdiction.

### Religion

The main religion of the nation is The Divinity of the Forge. However, there is no national religion, as the Freehold of Pagonia does not seek to control what people wish to believe in.

### Towns

The Freehold of Pagonia currently has multiple cities/towns:

* Symfora - The Capital City of Pagonia
* Axiom Mechanica - The Alchemist Haven of the Freehold
* Laotso (formerly Gvozdene Obale) - The Eastern Gem
* Monolyth (formerly Woodville) - [TBD]
* FrostReach (formerly Gwynn) - The Frozen Castle-Town
* Marrhold - Cheimon's Perch
* Nautilore - The Sunken Polis
* Marda - Home of the Enturians
* Lykos - The Ironworks

### Location

Pagonia is at the bottom and middle of the map and is south of the Serene Republic of Ferea & west of the Confederation of Terraorientis.

## Lore

### Founding

Pagonia was founded by UnHallow and is lead by him. UnHallow is a spatial mage who used his magic to transport himself and his friends to Iaddithis. Due to the instability of the former realm, UnHallow and many of the founders of Pagonia decided to depart from their former realm by implementing the spatial magics of UnHallow in order to make a sort of cut into this world. This would begin the Phoenix Expedition, as these intrepid world jumpers would come upon a foreign land and eventually foreign peoples. In order to start anew, these newcomers & explorers decided to form a small and disorganized government, which was the Freehold of Pagonia. The name was chosen based off of the location for which it was founded upon--spruce abundant taiga and the vast tundra.

### Early Expansion

After most of the settlers arrived in Pagonia, the desire to tame the wilderness around it became a major concern, due to the many uncertainties that arose from arriving in a new realm. As the demand for more food, housing, and resources rose, the Freehold decided it would be right to set forth a group of folks to settle a second city. This new settlement would come to be Axiom Mechanica, an industrial city that seeks to produce what is needed for the people of Pagonia. This came to fruition as the newcomers found jobs in Axiom Mechanica in the fields of brewing and the sciences, astronomy especially. Soon after, a new city was created named Woodville (now Monolyth); which saw its purpose to live the Pagonian dream of owning many acres of land to grow the food to feed their compatriots back in Symfora and Axiom. In time, Pagonia's borders grew to slowly encompass the snowy biomes to the north and west and the small seas to Pagonia's east.

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