Skjoldrbrodir

The lands of Skjoldrbróðir are based off of Norse/Kievan Rus culture as this is apparent in it's buildings, politics, and social gatherings (aka. "Things"). The nation of Skjoldrbróðir may be small and insignificant in it's far reaches to the North-East, but do not be fooled by the size of this nation. The Skjoldrbróðirs burn with a passion that harkens back to the age of Vikings, looking for glory and land to secure for their posterity.

Motto: "Fear not death, for the hour of your doom is set and none may escape it."

Royalty Structure:
High Jarl: The Founder or Leader of the Nation The High Jarl is their Leader and or Founder this status is not to be held with low regard and is the head of the nation; The High Jarl's powers can overrule most if not all things within Skjoldrbróðir.

Jarl: Full Lordship under High King; The Jarl control their city and their land within the control of the wider nation of Skjoldrbróðir under the High King. They act as lesser kings and may the time come one may be chosen to be High King.

Thane: Royal Advisor; Keeps an eye on the Military side and discusses nation/city matters with the royalties based on how the nation or city is progressing.

Military Structure:
Hersir: Only Chosen by The High Jarl; Leading General of military out ranks everyone but Jarls and High Jarl.

Varyags: Strong Elite Soldiers; Their purpose is only known by the High Jarl this rank does not fall under command of the Hersir but is commanded by the High Jarl.

Aesir: Strong Elite members used by Jarls and the Hersir as the personal guards or as elite raiding forces.

Huskarl: Veteran Warrior; has proven his/her loyalty and skills and is considered a trusted member.

Proved Himthiki: Trusted member, in training and has progressed but is not ready to become Huskarl yet.

Himthiki: Basic recruit or Private the normal rank for little to no experience.

Other titles or status:
Karls: Common free folk they are the builders the farmers the miners and make up the bulk of the nation they may partake in raids and wars but in limited fashion.

Common Law:
Every free man is entitled to their natural rights such as the right to live, the right to own something, the right to an opinion, the right to bear arms, etc. Every man is to bear responsibility for their actions no matter the consequence. No man is to attack or seize something from another without proper reason. Every free man may attend a Thing to voice their opinions and legal cases.

Common Disputes:
Both parties will have to settle on one outcome of the dispute, be it an agreement or a Holmgang, or even a different way of settling it that is not written here. An agreement is self explanatory, you agree on terms that both parties will follow through negotiating and talk. Every agreement should have a middleman to witness the agreement being made. The middleman can be anyone but usually should be someone of a higher class.

A Holmgang is a duel between the representatives of the two parties where the victor is declared correct and in favor of the gods. The first one to fall to the ground is usually the loser.

Cities
Ustokol - Capital City ruled by AC0N (Rathnir)

Feneyjar - City ruled by BalloonDwarf718 (Rathnir)

Veneto - City ruled by CosmicElephants (Rathnir)

Narva - City ruled by Eazy8 (Rathnir)

Steinborg - City ruled by PipoH1PP0 (Eldham)

Founding:
(Open for edit)

The Question of Nova Roma
Skjoldrbróðir looked to it's south at the prospect of creating alliances and sewing new land into the stitch work of it's nation. All eyes turned to Nova Roma, a nation which was known to Skjoldrbróðir to be lacking active citizens. Skjoldrbróðir's leader, AC0N, heard the anxiousness in his people's voices and decided to claim Nova Roma as his own. He could do this in one of two ways.

Plan 1) Raise a levy of Karls and have them fight as Himthiki in order to conquer the land by force. This would appease his people, as they were ready to die for Skjoldrbróðir at any given time, but this would also decrease international opinion of Skjoldrbróðir. They could not be seen just as savages who fought for more land every chance they got. So he turned to his second plan.

Plan 2) Through diplomacy and the one true power of the land (money) he would buy the whole nation of Nova Roma. With this plan, he would preserve his public image and negotiate a peaceful solution to the Question of Nova Roma.

AC0N ended up paying 30,000 for Nova Roma and remarked on the trade, saying quote, "All of Nova Roma has been sold to Skjoldbrodir for 30k, this is a legitimate purchase and has been documented in a book signed by both leaders (AC0N [High Jarl of Skjoldbrodir] and CosmicElephant [Leader of Nova Roma]). All land of Nova Roma is now a part of Skjoldbrodir."

The integration of Nova Roma is still ongoing to this day as the purchase was negotiated on May 9th, 2021. CosmicElephant became the first Jarl, as he was the past leader of Nova Roma, set as overseer of the Nova Roma province.

Colonization of Eldham
After the discovery of land east of Skjoldrbrodir, settlers were sent out to claim land for the high Jarl. After a few years Skjolrbrodir would more than double its total size with the newly acquired colonial possessions. Skjoldrbrodir's Eldham holdings are right in the middle of the map, near Lumuria and Regnum Drakaes in the continent of Phoros. After months of searching, the location for modern day Steinborg had been chosen. Steinborg got it's name from it's rocky, mountainous terrain. this grand citadel was to be handed to Jarl Pipo of Alfuna (PipoH1PP0), who chose Sir Breadstic of the Pot (tasty_breadstic) to be Thane of Steinborg.