Helsia

Helsia is, officially the Republic of Helsia, is an island nation situated in the farthest reaches of north eastern area of eldham. Formally founded around 05/13/2021 by Django and Crimson, Helsia was a relatively new nation with plans of grandeur. Other than their founding myth, the origins of Helsia weren’t clear because written documents hadn’t been popularized until recently in Helsia.

Founding
Django and Crimson initially had a chance meeting in a Rathnir TCG game and through a bit of talking their aligned goals emerged and they started to work on a nation together based around the thing that brought them together. Around 05/13/2021 the first city of Helsia, Osmere, was created. Since then Helsia has expanded into a giant island, of the coast of former Ellysian lands, which is their current base of operations.

The Resurgence
Helsia became independent once more on the 22nd of January, 2022, as the Confederation of Garxijos was dissolved in the wake of the CoG civil war and collapse. The newly independent nation quickly faced an existential threat, as the Uraki Imperium, which had annexed most of former CoG, seemed like it was going to attack Helsia. This changed however, when Uraka, prompted by Barbossan members of the government, reached out to Helsia to sign an alliance instead. Helsia accepted and the nations became friends instead. During the same time Helsia also pledged support for the Pirate State of Barbossa, which they had signed an alliance with, in their war against the USSE due to the recognition and alleged support the USSE had granted to the SPG. Helsian troops fought in the Battle of Al-Basaad mainly in a supporting role, defending the castle while the Barbossan mercenaries stormed the USSE war camp. Another alliance was signed shortly after with the Kingdom of Irulan, which Helsia shared cultural ties with through Barbossa.

Culture and demographics
A major portion of Helsian culture is based around the people that live there. They are a highly militaristic nation solidified by their history of struggling to survive. They are a vigilant folk always looking for an opportunity to rise up on the global stage and make a name for themselves. Along with the militaristic side, they seem to have a strong bond between themselves which will quickly get a target objective done faster than normal. Helsia is made up of

Religion
Helsia has religious freedom across all of its territories, but it's main religion is the church of the eye / helsianism. it states that there is a god of gods if you will, one who favours strategy and quick thinking, rather than the senseless killing of barbarians.

Another popular religion is the Cult of Norok ,the majority religion on the island of Nazarath, which worships Norok, the Dark Lord and God of Death.

Geography
Being an island nation, Helsia has very little land to call it’s own. Regardless of this, Helsia is always looking for small islands to snatch up and expand into. They have taken full advantage of their surrounding terrain by building high walls and a great number of arrow slits they use to rain down on any intruders looking to invade their keep.

Founders
The founding fathers of Helsia.

Kings
People elected in to the position of king.

Consul
People elected into the position of Consul.