Dominions: Western Bay Marches

West of the Great Bay and east of the Icereach, these are among the wealthiest and most independent dominions in Norwold [Alm-WestBay]. Stat blocks are from the AC 1019 Almanac entries (linked per dominion).

Grand Duchy of Chitine

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Location: Brun, northwest of Leeha.
Area: 4,988 sq. mi. (12,920 sq. km.).
Population: 7,000.
Languages: Alphatian, Heldannic.
Coinage: Alphatian Standard: crown (gp), mirror (sp), judge (cp).
Taxes: 25% of yearly income.
Government: grand duchy; member of the Kingdom of Alpha and the Norwold Confederacy. Said to represent Alpha’s interests among the western dominions [Alm-Leeha].
Ruler: Archduke Ney, Fighter 18, Lawful Good; a Furmy warrior who swore fealty to Ericall [Neri-RBP].
Economy: military, agriculture, mining; horses bred for knights.
Flora & fauna: pine plains rising into western hills and bare Icereach rock; mountain goats, lions, snow apes; frost giants and white dragons raid from beyond the border.
Recent history: none to report.
Further reading: CM1 Test of the Warlords; previous almanacs.

Shire of Leeha

Almanac AC 1019 · leeha5.html

See the Shire of Leeha for the full narrative; the AC 1019 stat block:

Location: Brun, western coast of the Great Bay.
Area: 998 sq. mi. (2,585 sq. km.).
Population: 6,900.
Languages: Lalor, Alphatian (Alphan dialect).
Coinage: mostly barter; otherwise crown, mirror, judge.
Taxes: 20%, collected twice a year.
Government: democracy; elected clanmasters advise an elected sheriff (count).
Ruler: Sheriff Shaedrik Divotfoot, Fighter 9 [Alm-Leeha].
Economy: agriculture, fishing.
Flora & fauna: evergreen, oak, maple, hickory, elm, ash on rolling hills; abundant game; the Fogvail swamp of quicksand and bog monsters near the Gulf of Leeha.
Recent history: a hin expedition toured the Five Shires, sparking Leehan interest in the wider world.
Further reading: CM1 Test of the Warlords; Dawn of the Emperors; previous almanacs.

Kingdom of Siegeria

Almanac AC 1019 · siegeri4.html

Location: Brun, west of Leeha.
Area: 10,475 sq. mi. (27,130 sq. km.), the largest of the three.
Population: 40,000 (90% human, 10% hin), plus 500 gnomes.
Languages: Alphatian, Thyatian, Heldannic, Lalor.
Coinage: its own: siegerin (gp), eronin (sp), judge (cp).
Taxes: 25% of yearly income.
Government: constitutional monarchy, divided into provinces under elected governors.
Ruler: King Sieger von Duwn, Magic-User 20 [Neri-RBP].
Important figures: Baron Uthar Metzger; General Lavim Hollister; Red Ork, High Priest.
Economy: cattle, agriculture, fishing, mining; fertile southern soil near the White Bear River.
Flora & fauna: farm and grassland plains, sparse hill pines; cattle, goats, sheep; few (imported) horses; wolves, bears, boars in the north and east; a dragon and a small giant tribe said to lair in the Jagged Teeth; the former county of Dragonard in the southeast, whose ores draw aurumvorax and dragons.
Recent history: none to report.
Further reading: CM1 Test of the Warlords; previous almanacs.