The Mareltru republic.

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The Mareltru many years ago lived in their seperate kingdoms in relative peace.
more then three hundred years ago the evil kingdom Latillies.
The humans of lattilies despised the mareltru and attacked with the intent of whiping out their entire race.
One after another the Mareltru kingdoms fell and the survivors fled.
After many months of slaughter the Mareltru turned the tides of the war and eventually beat back Latiilles under the united following of a single Mareltru by the name of Mata who allied the remaining mareltru factions into the repulic it is today.
The main reason the goverment was set up was as a mean of creating a larger structure of power and to create a standing military to protect the joint cities.
The Mareltru republic is ruled by a group of Mareltru elders elected from each of the mareltru cities.
The mareltru's system of goverment is set up to prevent any of the larger cities from taking power from the smaller cities.
In truth Mareltru political squables are far and few between, most of the time the Mareltru spend their meetins talking about recent arcilogical digs and other event while things like trade and military support still have their place they dont often come up unless a problem arises.
The Mareltru do help support the Odon's war effort mostly by sending supplies and treating wounded, however 8 of the mareltru's 45 warships have been sent to help the wore effort.

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Golomp. (Metropolis 26,300)
Golomp is what passes for the capital of the Mareltru repulic. While the republic has no offical capital Golomp is where the concil of elders meets as well as were most major functions occur.
Despite its name Golomp is a very beautiful city by any standards, The streets are covered in polished stones and the buildings are covered in murels and artwork can be viewed and purchaced at every street corner, if viewed from above the city itself appears as a a giant work of art.
The Mareltrus appreation for art is evedent here and is said to make even the most stoic man weep.
Golomp has several large waiting swamps where Mareltru enjoy bathing in cool water. Unlike many of the other cities these swamps are larger and fewer and closed off so not to off set the beauty of the city.
Golomp has a previlent minority of Alorians that have taken up residents because of the constant trade that goes threw this city. This occationally creates conflict of beleifs because of the Mareltru and Alorian's diffrent views of life. The two groups seam to be drawn together by the trade and art within the city, even if the Mareltru beleive that the alorians need to slow down and the Alorians belief that the Mareltru need to speak faster.

Thalase (Large city 12,900)
Thalase is a smaller trade city that deals with Archict more then any other city.
Unlike Golomp Thalase is not as beautiful. most buildings are made of mud and swamps are prevelant on most street corners as a place for Mareltru to simply relax.
Thalase recently discovered a flouting rock full of minerals and ore that is currently being mined by a small mining settlement controled by Thalase
Because Thalase is closes to Larin Thalase has a small but prominant underworld.

Marlin (Hamlet 150)
A small town that is otherwise unremarkable except that this is the birth place of Mata the Mareltru who united the republic. In the center of the town is the tomb were Mata died remarkably standing upright, it was said that he died the morning after he looked up at the stars all night to find all the lost souls of every Mareltru that died in the war, this is nothing more then a myth to most.

Caloun (Large city 18,540)
Caloun is a city known for its wizards and study of magic and history
Caloun played a lead part in the fight against lattelies but now is a large city known for its research into the anceint kingdom of Geotia, the magic empire that existed several thosand years ago.
Coloun is built around a ruin of a Geotian city and is in control of an Azure Gate that leads to the Treen continent.

Mardaroon (Large city 16,900)
A city of crafts and metal work by trade Mardaroon is the largest export of weapons armor and air ship parts to other cities of the republic as well as neiboring contries.
Mardaroon is also the only city in the republic that has schools that train solders to fight for their army. Strangly Mardaroon also holds two mareltru schools of martial arts, the School of the empty shell and the school of the flying rock. These schools train Mareltru monks that play a vital role in defending their country.

Cathric (Small city 11,790)
Cathric is mostly known for its trading with its neiboring countries and a port for weary travelers.
Cathric is also known for the harvest of small plants and insects make up the Mareltru diet that grow on the flouting rocks that orbit the city.

Strong back Keep
The loan military base that patrols the boarder of the Mareltru republic.
Strongback appears more as a large metal dome covered in cannons.
Strong back has been in service not long after the formation of the republc as a becon of protection and unity amoung the cities.

The Muck rocks.
Like the scattered feilds of Artitch the Mareltru republic has its own version of flouting rocks. These rocks however are not covered in plant life but rather minature swamps that Mareltru enjoying soaking in. Unlike the scattered feilds these rocks are constantly moving along set paths along trade routes, each rock is tended by a single or several Mareltru druid or ranger.