Lote



A small kingdom nestled deep within the Azure Mountains, previously a county known only for its status as a spectacular vacation area. There is far more to Lote, however, than meets the eye. Surrounding the famous palaces are a hundred miles of land full of farming villages, monasteries predating Baz, and private little towns, all nearly invisible to those merely passing through the region. But now that Baz has fallen, the province has banded together to survive both the chaos of the times and the loss of its greatest source of income. To the surprise even of King Veselin Arlote, this quiet, overlooked populace is more than capable of providing for the now kingdom. In fact, many native citizens of Lote have been invigorated by the recent events, proud of their nations new independence and relative stability on its own feet. The native population of Lote is mostly practice Aesthetic Worship, generally of concepts like serenity and beauty. In the capital of the Flower Court, however, the Bazrian Pantheon is featured more prominently, though there has been must questioning of this recently.

As the vacation home of the old Empire, Lote is extravagantly wealthy, but with no empire to trade with and the absolute chaos of its neighbors this is of little meaning. Much more fortunately, Lote has the largest stretches of usable farmland in the rocky and steep Azure Mountain's region, making it one of the few nations facing no fear of starvation at any level of its citizenship. This two boons aside, Lote produces almost nothing and contains almost no useful industry or expertise beyond artisans with no materials with which to work.

Lote's capital and only major city is Lote-Elys. Outside the capital, Lote is mostly farmland and isolated private villas of little use in the current times.