Kingdom of Irossia (Origo Mundi Map Game)
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Kingdom of the Irrosian Isles Timeline: Origo Mundi (Map Game) | ||
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| Capital: | Elchor | |
| Official languages | Exhulan, Xuonaisl, Yannian | |
| Regional Languages | Irrosian, Qeran (Very Rare) | |
| Religion | Hcctaal, Yannian Religion, Unäo, Ulm (Rarely) | |
| Demonym | Irossian | |
| Government | Monarchy as vassals to Exhulan Empire
King: Syrac | |
The Kingdom of the Irrosian Isles, or simply Irrosia, is a hereditary monarchy and vassal Kingdom of the Exhulan Empire, which was founded early in the Third Century. The nation was initially just a series of territories sized by the infamous Pirate and Warlord Rogar Petras at a time when the rulers of the islands he was seizing, the Exhulan Empire, were stretched thin militarily in a major trade war with Qera and fighting a coalition of Makuku, Teninukial, and Kaloma during the First Kaloma-Exhulan War. Exhula had already lost a lot of territory to Makuku and Teninukial and didn't wish to lose control of the profitable North Sea Trade, but Exhula had no military forces to spare to retake the lands Rogar conquered without leaving the Exhulan Core territories undefended. Instead Rogar was offered to become a vassal of the Empire as King of the Irrosian Isles, a title he already held, in exchange for Exhula recognizing him as the legitimate ruler of the area and not eventually crushing him, which Rogar was smart enough to know was inevitable.
Since that time Rogar and the new King, his son Syrac, have enriched themselves significantly through both the massive amounts of trade flowing through Irrosia as a primary part of the North Sea trade and through piracy, which has continued unrestrained against all ships that are not Exhulan or owned by Exhulan allies, with Irrosia's protection as a vassal making it nearly impossible for the other nations to hunt down the pirates, since they will flee back to Irrosia and be under Exhulan protection. Although many of these riches are used on decadent personal luxury it has also been used to significantly improve the isles as a whole, constructing new ports, enlarging and improving the navy, and creating many mighty ports as military strongholds on the island. This has overall made Irrosia more productive and powerful than it ever has been in the past, which has made many of the area's inhabitants fiercely loyal to the Petras and made it a stable area despite being a pirate haven.
It is also starting to become an area that is very culturally distinct from the rest of the Empire, as despite the fact that Irrosia only recently became its own Kingdom and was a focus of Exhulan colonization for many years before Rogar conquered the region, it has in recent years seen heavy settlement by many other groups, making it a melting pot of different cultures and religions, with the Yannian Religion and the Religions of Xuonai having a significant amount of followers among the inhabitants, as well as a minority of Ulmians, in addition to all the Exhulan Hcctaal followers. This is mostly due to the large amount of Xuonaisl and Yannian settlers there, as the many thousands of pirates who served Rogar when he was still an outlaw settled the region and have now spread their own beliefs and customs and intermixed with those of the Exhulan inhabitants to create a unique hybrid culture and many practitioners of those different religions. It is also why Irrosia has its own language despite being so recently created as a kingdom and it's also why Irrosian is made up almost entirely of words, letters, and phrases from other languages, although it's beginning to mutate into a completely different form.