Brudewer

Brudewer is a wealthy trade nation in the south of the Immerras sea. It is situated on the Immerran archipelago and Brudewer's main island is shared with many of the Thallan city-states. With Thalla being the main rival of Brudewer. The country's capital Beverdam can also be found on the main island. A massive city where hundreds of thousands of souls go about their day. Except for Thalla and the warlords of Tuzul Brudewer has good relations with pretty much all countries on the Immerras and beyond. The country's location is ideal as a trade-hub and makes itself rich on that fact.

## History

### Years as a colony

Brudewer started out as a colony of Romrik who tried to settle the islands to gain more maritime influence in reaches beyond the Immerras. During this most of the few Dragonborn diaspora that lived here were removed. Eventually during the third age of heroes Romrik didn't see the southern archipelago as profitable colony anymore. The cost of expanding the settlements was incredibly expensive as most of the islands were made up of many marshes. Plus their political crisis did not give them the space to invest in the colonies. Therefore, the troops retreated and the constant stream of supplies were halted and the colonies were left on their own.

### The free years

Over the next age the settlements in the archipelago entered a dark age where the contact between them was pretty much lost. It took a long time before they had properly expanded and populations had grown to the point where maritime business started rising again and communications between the islands picked back up. In the later age of the free years the cities on the islands became mighty enough to claim their own territories and build princedoms led by stadhouders. The free years also saw many incursions by other countries like Les Colverdants or Thalla.

### The confederacy of stadhourders

During the great Daemon invasion many countries, especially in Occidacia, put a great amount of resources into stopping the Daemon threat. While Brudewer didn't participate in the defence, they did feel the repercussions the war had on trade. During this time of poverty a man named Willem de Vaarder united the stadhouders of Brudewer with the promise to make the archipelago wealthier than ever. The stadhouders were united in a parliament and would discuss matters of state with each other. Willem introduced there the 'far from home' initiative where the country would seek trade partners from far away realms. More critically from realms that weren't affected by the great Daemon invasion. However, a large investment had to be made upfront for the development of ships that could tread the treacherous waters of the Korcinmir. The investment payed off incredibly a vast amounts of wealth came flowing into Brudewer which launched the country into a golden age. Willem was immortalized as the first king of Brudewer as a reward for his deeds. Now he is mistakenly more well-known with the cognomen of 'de Vader' instead of 'de Vaarder' with de Vader meaning the father.

### The golden age

After the great Daemon invasion had been quelled was the moment Brudewer got truly rich. Brudewer opened up the world to the countries who fought in the invasion. Large amounts of exotic goods now found there way into Occidacia and Brudewer's wealth and influence became immense. With a mighty navy they were also not an easy target anymore and no nation dares threatens them.