Drakaesland

"The Drakaesland, also referred to as The Drakaes, The Drakaen or The Drakaes Region (or by a particular person, spelled 'the Drakesland') is a continent within central Eldham. Traditionally the continent has been unrecognized, split between Elestra, Phoros and Valresh on most continental maps, only being recognized as a seperate continent after the First Drakaen Summit."

Discovery & Name
"Further Information: Regnum Drakaes"

Drakaesland was named after Thomas Drake, a humble and charismatic fisherman who lived in The Empire Of The White Raven, which at the time had been home to numerous former bandits, outcasts, exiles, political radicals and revolutionaries, religious leaders and a large amount of refugees arriving from Huitca, Bardonia, and the Aurlûnor Velande.

The discovery of Drakaesland, at first, was initially dismissed by the population of Awm. Thomas Drake had discovered the land by accident, the boat Drake worked on was thrown off course by an unimaginable storm, never before seen on Rathnir. Having survived, the fisherman found himself in a strange and mysterious land, half a world away.

Surviving and escaping his exile, Drake returned to the empire with his tale of his discovery of distant lands, but his discovery went unnoticed by most. However the tale would intrigue adventurers and with the deterioration of the White Raven, hundreds of settlers, adventurers, sages and fools fled White Raven, just two years after Thomas Drake had died of cancer.

In their new lands in Eldham, these Rathnir refugees and settlers founded the city of Aurica and the first Drakesland Autarchy, which would become the predecessor to the Regnum Drakaes.

The Mercantile Republic of Velenu
The youngest nation of the Drakaesland, formed after the dissolution of Aquatos