Medren

The Folk Regency of Medren, or Medren, is a sovereign state in the north-east of the Tamarian continent. It is a moderately sized country of long stretches of grass and highlands. It is bordered by the Hantis Empire in the south, Estrasa in the west, Obra in the north, and tall peaks of the Boean Mountains in the east.

Medren is governed by the Volksregent in council with the elected Executors - as chosen by the members of the Great Assembly of the Free and Just People of Medren, or “The Assembly”. The Assembly is split in two chambers: the High Chamber, elected among the aristocratic families, and the Common Chamber, elected among the landowning common people of Medren.

= History =

The Yndalian War
Medren was brought into the Yndalian war through the Marriage Alliance between King Abelbrand I of Medren and the daughter of King Jon II of Yndalia, Princess Consort Amila III.

It is rumoured Adelbrand had little appetite for a war, others blame the late mustering of the Medrenian levies and mounted nobility on incompetence. In any case, the forces of Adelbrand and his nobles were involved in little of the bloody warfare emblematic of the war, and suffered few casualties.

As the war turned sour for King Jon, he accused Adelbrand of dishonor in letters delivered by his daughter Amila, as well as in public, and threatened dire consequences if Adelbrand's forces remained absent. Rumors began to spread in the capital Skalaholt that a grand mustering of the forces was to take place.

Furious with the idea of taking part in a war to subjugate the common people of Yndalia, as well as afraid of being forced into military service, the people revolted. Large sections of the capital were barricaded by citizens, and bands of rebels roved the highlands.

In secret, King Adelbrand met with members of the Medreian rebels, the aristocracy, as well as representatives of the Hantis Coalition. The results of these meetings was a new set of laws that would ensure the say of common people in government, and that King Adelbrand, and large swathes of the nobility, would remain in power. These laws were to be known as “The Just Accords”.

In execution, the Accords dissolved the Medrenian state into all it’s consistent baronies and dukedoms, which immediately agreed to join together into a new state with Adelbrand as it’s new Volksregent, with great power put into the hands of the elected executors.

This move pulled Medren out of the war, as there was no alliance between Yndalia and this new Medrian state, as well as appeasing both the popular insurgency and the Hantis Coalition. The new state was neutral on parchment, but trade through Medrian territories favored the Coalition, not the now desperate King Jon II of Yndalia. Soon after, the war ended.