Southern Goneril

Southern Goneril is the easternmost nation-state on The Nothern Continent. It is ruled by the Lich Queen Rebecc-is of Goneril, the deified daughter of Barron Ganth. Although Southern Goneril is rich in land and mineral supplies and is positioned on the heavily-traded Rilian Sea, it is a very poor country due to economic mismanagement and widespread political corruption. It's capital city is Barrensburg, where the Queen commands much of the country's military and economic development directly. It's main rival is Elderfey Paradise, the faerie kingdom directly to the north. This conflict springs mainly because Elderfey Paradise permits no trade across it's borders, thereby cutting off all of the best routes between South Goneril, North Goneril, and Eldergrin. South Goneril's biggest trading partner is Balder, despite their ideological differences.

Economics
It is nominally a Palace Economy, however the ruling nobles are so corrupt that there is a thriving black market significantly larger and more robust then the legal economy. The entire sum of all harvested grains and mined minerals is considered personal property of the Queen. For many years the government has followed a "Military First" policy, where the Queen's soldiers are fed and equiped before the rest of the country's legal domestic product is redistributed among the people.

Military
Southern Goneril is best known for it's massive and powerful standing army. The primary fighting force consists of four Legions of the Red Flag, each consisting of ten thousand conscripted fighters, warmages, lay clerics and engineers. Most of this fighting force is nonmagical. Each legion is commanded in tandem by a Queen's Tribune (who assures the legion remains loyal) and a Legionary Princeps (who makes tactical choices).

The capital city is defended by the elite Hextorian Guard, which consists of professional warriors, battle clerics, warmages, and beastmasters. They are trained in both land and air combat, and have an airmarine force consisting of one flying dreadnaught and eight flying sloops-of-war.

South Goneril's Imperial Navy is extremely weak compared to it's terestrial fighting forces. It is a green water navy consisting of only one dreadnaught, six man-of-wars and twenty-six littoral sloops-of-war. It's navy is primarily used for moving it's terestrial troops, and many of it's ships are designed for that purpose.

Culture
South Goneril is extremely impoverished except for a very small elite ruling class. Even despite this ruling class, though, South Goneril imports most of its literature, theater and music from other nations. Folklore and superstition  are major passtimes, and a magic-attuned person is more likely to be a druid than a caster of any other type. Many religeons are outlawed with various effectiveness. The vast majority of South Gonerilians are illiterate. Families tend to be extremely small due to high mortality rates and widespread military conscription. Orcfolk are generally more accepted here then in other nation-states, so there is no legally binding concept of marrage. Clothing tends to be very plain, as much of it is imported from North Goneril.