Amsgaard

### Race(s)

72% human, 7% elves, 6% orcs, 3% dragonborn, 7% various species and 5% beastmen.

> *"Centuries of benevolence by my ancestors and even my own father have helped others to prosper.*
>
>

> *We gave them funding, resources, a place to call home and look at how they repaid us....two wars which we won without working as much as a sweat droplet.*
>
>

> *These inferior "countries" we share soil with are pathetic and require salvation.*
>
>

> *I will suffer others' insolence no longer and weed out those that would threaten us before they can fester unto our beautiful Amsgaard"*
>
>

> *We will be the ones to save Hallon, our mandate demands it"*
>
>

> *- Prince Hemmet II during his coronation, 869*
>
>

**About**

The empire of Amsgaard is the third-largest country of Hallon and spans across the entire western coast of the continent.

The country was initially docile in nature but the untimely death of the previous emperor (Grand emperor Renau Flaxenhelm III) in 869 was the catalyst for an aggressive reformation.

His successor and only son Grand emperor Hemmet II however, has always disapproved of his father's 'weak' point of view on the world.

Hemmet II is millitaristic in nature and has seen to it that Amsgaard transformed from a trading economy into an aggressive empiric state to furthen his ambitions with the rest of Hallon's territory.

He firmly believes that humans are perfect copies of the gods and considers anything other than humans unnecessary copies that are better off cleansed from the worlds' surface.

For this the country has adopted the aforementioned mandate and considers it a justification for its actions towards its peers.

#### **History**

Amsgaard was formed in the year 530 of the second Solar flare by First emperor Grunwald Flaxenhelm and was meant to be a strong trading economy that its peers could look up to.

The country has seen little war in the first 290 years of its existence until they had a small-scale war with the island nation of Cambrium in 820(today Cambriae), from this they learned that people are after Amsgaard's wealth and must take measures to prevent further wars from occurring.

This stance continued until the year 843 when the Duchy of Sudholan openly declared war on Amsgaard for the fact that they were a strong economy and were indirectly impoverishing Sudholan by stealing away its largest patrons from overseas.

Amsgaard managed to win every major battle with Sudholan with the help of state-of-the-art weaponry, well-trained soldiers and excellent tacticians, Sudholan was defeated and annexed into Amsgaards' existing landmass in 844.

The battle-scarred lands of Sudholan serve as an example to others that wish to make the empire their enemy.

The previous emperor was benevolent however and decided to welcome Sudholan's wartorn lands and citizens as its own and made sure to properly fund their cities for development. This has helped former Sudholan (from here on referred to as 'Southern-Amsgaard') grow as an area and life prospered for the next 25 years.

The current emperor however found this unnecessary and decided to diminish the funding so he can use this for other purposes. This has caused Southern-Amsgaard to be poorer than the north.

#### **Sociology**

Demi-humans are allowed to live in Amsgaard but with a lower quality of life, higher taxes and certain restrictions since they aren't fully human.

Races such as minotaurs and centaurs are considered barbaric and are either killed or enslaved for auctions in the port cities or the capital of Hazalon.

Regular citizens do not necessarily live a luxurious life although it is more or less fair for them without excessive costs or blatant discrimination.