Fiction:Empire of Man/Grand Principality of Mannazia

The Grand Principality of Rauthberg and Eastern Mannazia, otherwise known as simply the Grand Principality of Mannazia, the Grand Principality, and simply Mannazia, Imperial Mannazia or Eastern Mannazia, is a comparitively young, expanding human civilisation residing within the Eastern Plains and a founding Rebellion Nation of the {{fiction|Empire of Man}: one of the eldest of human states, Mannazia and its predecessor-tribes maintain an expansive history with the various races and factions across the surface of and is highly treated with a combination of respect and caution due to both its military prowess and size and its considerable cultural expansion across the continent, with the country being the ancestral homeland of various other human kingdoms - including those unaligned with the position of the Empire. An advanced nation of sorts, the Grand Principality maintains a militant emphasis and is renowned for the quality of its soldiers, assets, and stratagems of warfare due to archaic warrior-tradition and a fervent history of violence and external, as well as internal, conflict.

The Grand Principality is ruled by a High Furst; a monarchial role inherited from one generation to the next that retains an automatically-reserved seat within the Imperial Table of Governors, while the many cities and other territories within the borders of Mannazia are governed by Grafs, who are members of noble houses that are either favoured by the High Furst based on reputation and merit or strong enough to usurp the previous governing noble family. While bearing an ancient grudge for elvenkind, Mannazia is a surprisingly tolerant state towards nonhumans although, as most Imperial nations do, suffer a distrust of magic and sorcery which pertains to their shattered relationship with the elves of the, whom were once the enslavers of mankind and whose ruins Imperial Mannazia is built upon. Mannazia retains the largest military of any Imperial member-state in the form of the Iron Legions and a large majority of knights across Imperial territory identify as either Mannazian or of Mannazian ancestry.

The capital city of the Grand Principality is Rauthberg, located in the northwestern range of Eastern Mannazia, which was built upon the ancient elven city of Sublime Radiance' which was the capital-settlement of Dryannei - the Sovereignty territory that stood and fell where Imperial Mannazia now stands high. Descendants of rebels and opponents to the elven slaver domains, including the likes of , Mannazei the Red, and the first Grand Monarch of the Empire, Ermenrich Stormsword the First, the people of Mannazia are as proud as they are battle-hardened, deriving great pride from their cultural history and constantly maintaining a firm and steady guard in order to defend it alongside the future that they seek to carve for themselves and their allies.

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