Principality of Inner Peria

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The Principality of Inner Peria was a civilization located in Dimension T-2022 which was later transported to Dimension S-2012 following the Kojiman sabotage of the Device. It was located in the center of Orwald occupying most of the Calypsan Basin.

## History

The Principality of Inner Peria traces its roots back to the Perian Empire, the northern remnant of the Lamiran Empire of ancient times. During the dark ages, the Perian Empire exploited its position of power to fund a successful uprising in the Kingdom of Baijan, a grudge which was inherited by the Republic of Balenj in the 19th century. However, the funding of foreign resurrectionists had been costly for the Perian Empire and disgruntled peasants started opposing the Emperor more and more. In 1011, a failed assassination attempt on the Emperor by a farmer from the western marches of the Empire triggered a large crackdown against opposition forces. This had the opposite effect and in 1012, the Emperor was assassinated by his own guards. Following the assassination of the Emperor, the Perian Empire fell into anarchy, and similarly to the Kingdom of Baijan, it was divided into multiple warring states.

After the arrival of the Kojiman colonizers, the warring states of the former Perian Empire quickly fell to the Empire of the Setting Moon and the zombification plague. Under the Empire of the Setting Moon, a strong local aristocracy was put in place to both appease the locals and increase the Empire's hold on them. When the independence wars took hold of Orwald, the Principality initially tried to remain loyal to the motherland, but when calls for independence became too loud to ignore, the Principality eventually declared its independence under the leadership of its Principe, Tom, and joined the fight against the Kojiman colonizers.

However, loyalties to Kojima never truly disappeared and despite being a founding member of the Congress of Nations, the Principality of Inner Peria did everything to prevent the international organization from becoming a stronghold against Kojima. This would eventually result in Inner Peria's international isolation, exemplified by the alliance between Corellia and Duyn. The weak leadership of the Principality led to raiders becoming a common occurance in Inner Peria's northern borderlands, as well as villages such as Mistelburg developping strong regionalist tendencies. The former would eventually indirectly lead to the rise of Comrade Mariah in the Republic of Balenj.

During the Winter of Discontent of 1856-1858, the Council of Aristocrats of Inner Peria became disillusioned with the Principe. His plans to construct a floating city on Lake Peria, ambitious as they may have been, distracted too much from the issues of Inner Peria's already existing towns and cities. In addition, by allowing Duyn and Corellia to construct a railroad through Inner Peria, the Principe had bowed down to international pressure. Conservative members of the Council of Aristocrats feared that Inner Peria was slowly fading away in importance under the leadership of Principe Tom. As a result, they funded Kojiman spies to sabotage the efforts of Duyn and Corellia to find Professor Prevost in the End Dimension by tampering with the Device. This eventually caused the collapse of Dimension T-2022 and the transportation of Orwald to Dimension S-2012.

Now in a new world, the issues with the Principality's leadership became even more prominent. While climate change had ended the especially harsh winter of 1858, economic relations with Kojima had essentially disappeared overnight. In addition, the city of Peria had become more and more connected to the rest of Orwald through a road connection and thus became disillusioned with the Council of Aristocrats and Principe Tom who were hellbent on constructing the lake city. In the aftermath of the Balenj Revolution, discontent spread south towards Inner Peria and resulted in the overthrow of Principe Tom and his Council. The aristocracy was abolished and a Federation of city councils was established in its place. Instead of a hereditary Principe, the Principe would now be elected by these city councils.

Under the new leadership, the Principality did not fully recover economically, but signs were beginning to show that by opening up to the rest of Orwald, Inner Peria could reclaim some of its former wealth. In 1090AA, the Principality joined the United Nations.