Murcia

Murcia is a large human nation in the central western region of The Known Continent. Originally founded nearly a thousand years ago as a kingdom led by The Good King Murc, the kingdom underwent a revolution some three hundred years ago and reorganized into a constitutional democracy.

Inhabitants
Most of the inhabitants of Murcia are human. The fae inhabitants are divided into two classes. First are the human-passing fae, which are races like dwarfs, elfs, and anything half-human, as well as humanoid creatures that look human with animalistic features like catfolk, foxfolk, raccoonfolk, etc. Gnomes are considered to be on the border of being human-like and are sometimes excluded. The second class is the monsterfolk, or monstrous humanoids. Including goblins, orcs, trolls, and other non-human races, monsterfolk are often frowned upon or even shunned from Murcian society. In extreme cases, they may even be hunted down and destroyed. This is not without reason, as monsterfolk are prone to not considering themselves Murcian and instead running their own feudal societies on the outskirts, raiding and pillaging whenever they need supplies.

Geography
Murcia is divided into three sections: North Murcia, Central Murcia, and The Fair Wood. North Murcia is sparsely populated and remote, mostly used for ranching and mining, though it does contain the fairly large city of Red Bend. It extends from the ice sheet to the north down to the Hampton River.

South of North Murcia is Central Murcia, extending from the Hampton River to the southern edge of the Iron Wood. Central Murcia is reasonably populated, containing the cities of Locketon and Emerald Bay, the capitol of Murcia.

Even further south yet is the region of Fair Wood, extending from the Iron Wood to the north to the nation's southern border at the equator. Fair Wood is semi-tropical to tropical and lightly forested, and contains a wealth of villages, towns, and cities, including the large cities of Derring, Halfdan's Summit, and Greenwood-Elftown. The Isles of Iomedae are also considered to be part of Fair Wood.

History
Murcia was founded 1,750 years ago by The Good King Murc, under the instruction of the goddess Iomedae, by uniting The Twenty-Four Tribes that lived in the area at the time.

From 124 years ago to 120 years ago, Murcia was split in half by a civil war between the loyalist followers of Vladislavus I and a band of freedom fighters. The civil war ended in the ousting of Vladislavus, the formation of a New Constitution, and the conversion of Murcia from a kingdom to a republic.

From 68 to 60 years ago, Murcia was involved in a religious crusade to Carina known as The Carinaian War.