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==The People of Prolia==

===Society===

There are three classes of people in Prolia.  The nobility which are the Jarls and the families of the Jarls.  The regular citizens of Prolia who do the bulk of the labour. There are also a small number of slaves.  Slavery is accepted and practial in Prolia.  Criminals are typically slain or put into slavery.  Captured enemies or people captured in coastal raiding are also made to be slaves.  Males slaves are castrated, (human, half orc, or elvish) females are often taken as wives.  Children from these mixed unions of slaves are integrated into Prolian society.  Because of this practise, there are no second generation slaves in Prolia, and their numbers are quite small.

===Law===

In times past there was a King, and the King's Law put restraints on the powers of the Jarls. In present times, Jarls are the rulers of all they see.  Their word is law and all justice comes from the judgement of the Jarl.  Where two Jarls meet there is either diplomacy or there is war.

===Race===

Humans and Half-Orcs are the most common races of Prolia, although there are small numbers of half elves and elves, some full blooded Orcs, and a very small number of half ogres and half giants.  Race has no bearing on social status within Prolia, although family history is very important.  Usually only the paternal line is considered.  Being the son of a Jarl is prestigious whereas being the son of the Jarl's sister has little meaning.

===Warriors and Heroes===

Prolia does not have a standing army or a tradition of knighthood, however it does have a tradition of heroic warriors and users of magic, and has great respect for those who take up the sword or the staff.  The Jarls of the towns follow a warrior tradition where their children are trained in the arts of war.  The Jarls friends and companions during their younger years are accepted as their sworn protectors, heros and fellow armsmen.  The number of sworn warriors that a Jarl has is usually around 50 men.

Life is hard in Prolia, and in rural areas, about 1 in 40 of the population are capable warriors or have class levels in a heroic class.  These are free men who fight for themselves, for their villages or for glory. A call to arms by a Jarl or a renowned hero may gather between 10 and 80 percent of the region's population of warrior-heroes and between 0 and 10% of commoners.

Given the population of the region of about 330 thousand, there are about 8200 warrior-heroes, and during a time of conflict Prolia could muster 6500 of them and as many as 33000 commoners.  Given the current political situation in the country and the lack of instracture to support and feed such and army, it is unlikely that Prolia could actually put together such a force or if it did, feed them form more than a few days.