Jaredon

The Kingdom of Jaredon is a nation state in the UFFRP.

Foundations
Jaredon was one of the handful of kingdoms that existed pre-Treatise that has lasted until the present day. Despite its longevity, its people are still stuck under feudal rule. It is not an unkind leadership, and the Honour makes sure that it stays that way, but other nations see it as an aging system of government.

Leadership
The regent in power is Queen Lauren Hagen, one who historians predict will go down as a Jaredonian legend. Her restructuring of the country's political approach to foreign policy made her many enemies, but all from other nations; she aggressively bargained trade tariffs and won several large debates over territory that had been ongoing for decades previously.

Location and Environment
Situated over a large peninsula that looks out to the west onto a huge ocean, south to a narrow sea and northwards to the edge of a continent, Jaredon is connected to adjacent lands by two short land bridges, the northern of which is dominated by a mountain range and the south of which has mostly crumbled into the ocean; indeed, only a handful of small islands remain. Between these islands were multiple small ferrying services that required little in the way of mechanisation, so short is the distance between them, but Queen Hagen initiated a large civil works project, sending some of her Machinists to oversee the construction of several bridges and sea walls to protect the islands and secure a land route to the south. This provided huge numbers of jobs for the locals and reignited the fires of trading posts in the area.

To the north, a few miles from the northern coast, lies Lanniston, the capital of the nation, where the Honour and the Guilds are situated. A bustling metropolis, it is said to be home to nearly a half a million people, around half of whom migrated to the city once Queen Hagen ordered renovations and redevelopment programs. The local countryside is mostly forested land interspersed with fields.

As one moves south, the forests begin to thin out and fields dominate, growing dryer and dryer with the climate.

The coastal areas are mostly rocky shores, with a handful of beaches and one major port to the east, Harlsport, where most of Jaredon's trade with the western territories occurred.