Valle Deep

Valle Deep formally, the Kingdom of Valle deep, is a nation in the north of Rathnir. Valle Deep was established on the isle of Leeps which was formerly under the control of the Sterling Crownlands.

Valle was formerly a monarchy, however after members of the VDF returned from exile they established an oligarchy with permission from the former king. After they formed oligarchy, they outlawed the monarchy, and they banished the monarch from Valle.

The origin of the Valle people.
The original citizens of Valle found the isle of leeps after their captain shipwrecked them on the island. The crew quickly organized and built a settlement, and decided the island was going to be their new home. After establishing housing, the old captain declared himself king, and the crew accepted this because of the need for organized leadership. Soon the king learned that the island belonged to the sterling crownlands and forged a plan to gain independence.

Independence and post-independence
After they settled in the Sterling Crownlands, they thought they had built everything on the island; the crownlands had done nothing with the land, so why not declare independence, they thought? Soon they formed a militia, they wrote a declaration of Independence, and prepared for the worst. In the end, sterling accepted their declaration of independence and allowed them to live on the island.

After they gained independence, the king began doing less and less and because of his absence a group of Vallian citizens attacked luperkania and declare independence from Valle. The Valle military swiftly crushed their attempt, however the king had returned by that point and allowed the traitors to walk away with all the spoils they had gotten. This event lead to the military disbanding and going into exile.

After the military left the king disappeared and his people so slowly they gave up on Valle, but then one day three former military men returned to the abandoned nation and established the triumvirate and revitalized the nation. They abolished the monarchy and established a three man oligarchy and slowly but surely brought Valle back to life.

Expansion and Empire
After the oligarchy took control of the nation, Valle expanded quickly, it incorporated Askonia and took its claims in sand republic territory. Valle also experienced a population boom during this time as many people journeyed to the rising northern nation during a period of uncertainty regarding the sand republics borders Valle seized another sizeable area and they declared the Vallian Empire. The empire marked the peaceful end of the oligarchy.

Culture of Valle
The culture of Valle differs between the original VDF members and all those who’ve come since, although both groups have lots of similarities. The original members who remain favor military careers and are known for their hatred towards anything related to monarchy and royalty, this hatred is shown with the title Princeps civitatis “First Citizen” they give the title to whoever leads the empire.

Newer members rarely share the same hatred towards the monarchy and are more contempt with peaceful lives. Both groups are very hardworking and all work towards making the Vallian empire a nicer place.