Stärkeia

The Kingdom of Stärkeia, also abbreviated to Stärkeia or Starkeia, is a city-state up north of Eldham.

It is a new kingdom that has avoided too many conflicts for its time. It is ruled by Wilhelm Von Austroph II, who has come from a royal family that is unknown to this day. Austroph II is a Sethrian from the capital city of Avaris. Stärkeia, is a growing kingdom with friendly interests.

Stärkeia is among one of the very few city-state nations in all of Eldham, not being part of any larger nation. Its people are proud and courageous of their homeland. Despite its small size, Stärkeia promotes its diplomatic corps and prouds itself on the quality of its diplomats.

Trade
The main income of Stärkeia is trade with foreign countries. Though all trades have been halted until the end of the construction of the nation and some of its conflicts, trade is supposed to roll in 20-50 grand per month. Stärkeia has blueprints for multiple factories which should help the nation thrive with the help of trade. Multiple nations have to seek products from over-priced trades meanwhile Stärkeia will be able to do it for almost half the price!

Mining
Mining is the second biggest source of income. With 10-30 grand coming per month from the mining industry, there is not enough miners for Stärkeia. With the skill's that every miner will receive, they will be able to gain 4-8 grand a hour. Obviously, they will only keep 40-20% of what they get as all the equipment will be company issued.

Fishing
Fishing is a side-hustle for most citizens of Stärkeia. The fishing industry is Stärkeia does not give much money to the government. However, many citizens are happy with the fishing industry because it is easy money and it fast form of money.

The rose crisis
The rose crisis is a ongoing conflict between the kingdom of Stärkeia and the village of NyrRosevald. The conflict first started out when Stärkeia could not claim land that was crucial to them, as it was too close to NyrRosevald. Stärkeia requested multiple ways to resolve the conflict such as, buying land, direct borders, etc. However, none of these approaches to the conflict worked. NyrRosevald denied any form of treaty, which only escalated the conflict. After Austroph II could not solve it, All of Stärkeia's diplomats and even the chief of diplomatic affairs himself came to resolve the conflict. So far, both sides are just threatening each other, which is only escalating the conflict for the worse. This could possibly end in a war if a solution is not found.

The Ashai conflict
The Ashai conflict is an ended conflict with a neutral ending. It all started when Stärkeia first became a nation. Stärkeia was in Ashai waters, or so Austroph II though. They requested Ashai for independence and were denied. Austroph II, to save his nation, wanted to join Ashai, yet was still denied. Thinking that they were going to get warred, Austroph II made a plead of help which only stirred things up. Ashai though that this meant war. So, with a national announcement, they declared that they were going to end Stärkeia. Stärkeia sent their best diplomats to assure they meant a plead for help, not a plead for war. Stärkeia turned to many nations to help them improve relationships with Ashai. At the end, the diplomats cooled the tensions down and ended the conflict. But Austroph II realized they were not in Ashai waters, not letting Ashai for a good justification for war.

Independence day
The Independence Day is celebrated every December 10th. It celebrates the founding of Stärkeia. It is celebrated by fireworks, beer parties and gifts! It is traditional for people to give each other century long or even millennia long old aged beer. Some people have even given each other houses or rare items.

Beersgiving
Beersgiving is celebrated every January 31st to celebrate the first month of the new year. It is celebrated by people giving each other tons of beer and inviting each other to Pubs and drinking together. Beer on this holiday normally comes in a discount and everyone is happy in this day. Some even give each other fancy or old beer.

Ausmas
Ausmas is celebrated every December. It lasts from December 20 to December 31st. It is to celebrate the coming of the new year. People normally light off fireworks every day during Ausmas. It is common for people to give each other cookies or milk. During this time, A spruce tree is put up and decorated in the town hall.

National day
National day is celebrated every month of June. It usually lasts from June 1st to June 6. It is full of gift giving, Letter giving and beer giving. In june 4th it is traditional for an event in which people gather together to see huge numbers of fireworks being launched. National day is full of peace and Prosperity and the nation cannot go to war in National Day. National day is really on June 4th; however, it is celebrated from June 1st to June 6.

National Animals Day
National Animals Day takes place on August 16. It is full of gift giving and meat giving. People normally give each other Beef or high-quality cheese. It is common to gather up and take down rare cows imported from down south and share it with others.

Life as a commoner
Austroph II has a interesting story. And COG is where it all started. Austroph II was a poor person. A person with a huge creativity inside him, stuck in a new town in COG which did not even see its fate. Austroph II barely got by. He was a talented builder, however he did not have the materials to prove it. After a few years living in COG, his state/town was attacked by another state. Austroph II thought that this was wierd. Two states under one power fighting? Whatever. He could not stop it, so he had to move. It was hard to move and he had to go up north and deal with its cold and challenging weather. Unfortunately he got lost in the cold snow and was found by nomads. The nomads fed him and took care of him, until COG collapsed. After the collapse of COG, Austroph II ran away to Sethris.

The golden life
Austroph II arrived in Sethris and was welcomed by Drako. Austroph then realized that he has won the lottery and had 150 grand in his pockets. He asked the Ex-President for a shelter and a place to stay, which he was given. He was given a nice large 3 story tall house and with no charge! He later on lived in Sethris for a decent time before opening up a bar. The bar failed; however, it gave Austroph a skill he never knew he'd need.

Austroph II before the fame
Austroph II explored the ocean and created an man-made island. He knew Politics, Diplomacy and economics. With these skills handy, he surely could make a nation all alone. Right? Well not really. He figured he needed help. He could not create a whole nation without someone else. So he asked his friend, Buddy, for help. Buddy helped him create the island. After they created the nation, Austroph and Buddy would go on to face much more challenges they could not take on.