Treva
Treva is the wealthiest state on the Golden Coast and by its own history the least prepared to hold it. It broke from Aescalapea during the chaos of the Fourth Succession War and has settled into an uneasy shape ever since: a generation ago, a wealthy merchant family bought its way into the hereditary rank of Principe at Modegna while the true weight of power runs through the wool halls and counting-houses of the towns bound beneath him. Modegna leads the compact of Trevan towns in name and commerce alike, its finished cloth and lines of credit reaching farther than any Trevan sword could. Northern Trevans watch the militaristic Milosians across the Taddo with unease, an anxiety made stranger by how heavily Milosia leans on Trevan wool and grain to feed and clothe its own legions. Treva commands a different kind of respect too: Monte Ordito, deep in its western mountains, has been sacred ground since long before the Old Empire existed, and its resident oracle now shares the mountain with the Imperial Ecclesia Pontifex of Church of Paelemona, an honor no other Aurean state can claim.
Geography
Broad, fertile lowland runs the length of Treva between the Antasian Mountains in the west and the Aurean Sea. Three rivers define the terrain: the Taddo marks the northern border with Milosia, the Morela marks the western border with Vistria, and the Selvano rises further south along the same range and cuts through the heart of the country down to the sea at Modegna. Treva does hold real mountain ground of its own in the west: rugged and thinly settled but for a scatter of shepherd holdings and, at the Selvano's own headwaters, the ancient sanctuary of Monte Ordito. The old Imperial road called the Via Augustus runs the coast's length north to south, passing through Modegna on its way from Berugia in Milosia to Dracar in Aescalapea, a reminder that Trevan land was a thoroughfare long before it was a nation.
Terrain
Waterways
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