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.

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.