Tysdia

Overview
The nation of Tysdia is one of the descendant nations of the former Empire of Aradunia which covered everything west of the Whitecap Mountains from the Dwarven lands in the Vale all the way up to and actually into the southern reaches of the elvish Silavere Forests. Ruled currently by His Grace, King Abernathy Olorin II, sixth monarch of the Olorin Dynasty, it was once the inland provincial territory of the Kingdom of Calas, which was defeated 80 years ago by the Great Dragon Khan of Qidir and his barbarian hordes that invaded from another continent in seven waves of troops and settlers, livestock and monstrous humanoid allies.

Tysdia is landlocked and struggling because of it. The Whitecap Mountains are generally impassable with a few noted exceptions here and there but never reliable for regular trade crossings because of the fantastic heights and forbiddding weather. Since Calas fell three full generations ago, almost four now, Tysdia has struggled to remain solvent, although it makes enough in terms of resources to keep the population happily in denial as to its imminent collapse and decline.

The Capital City is called Lake City, and it is situated on an island in the middle of a crystal freshwater lake of considerable size, fed regularly out of the streams and rivulets of glacial runoff in the Whitecap Mountains which frame its eastern border. The Mithril Lake drains off and forms the source of the Great River, which flows almost due west and once connected Tysdia's inland provincial capital with the shining city of Calas which was built at the mouth of the Great River. Since Calas fell and was burnt with magical fire, however, the old port city of Calas has shifted to the northern banks of the river among marshes and estuaries and is now 'controlled' by three feuding Pirate Lords and is known simply as 'The Dregs'. The South bank is now dominated politically and militarily by the regular patrols of the Qidiri Khan.

The official religion of Tysdia and former Calas is based on the D&D 5e Fantasy Celtic Pantheon, and they grow sacred groves and build henges of stone or wood to serve as their holy sites. It is known in the lands now as 'the Old Faith'.