Editing Adventures in the Distal Provinces: Gazetteer (section)

==Oceanic Republic of Loshiria==

''Wealthy ship captains who threw off the yoke of the absentee Emperor''

*Capital: Siggog-upon-the-Sea (or just "'''Siggog'''")

The Oceanic Republic of Loshira has given up any pretense of being part of the Empire and view Matan and Moudan as collapsing relics. They are sea-facing, so get a lot of visitors by ship from all over the Distal Provinces and even places off the map. Plus they are the buffer between Matan and Moudan, so they get a lot traffic that way, especially since the Orcs are taking control of the northern roads that used to connect the Aristocrats with the Governor.

The first colonists weren’t sailors, but the vast crooked coastline provided wealth and opportunities to those willing to learn sailing from the locals, Elves, and Lizard Folk. Soon the successful ship captains grew tired of paying taxes to the faraway emperor and decided to tell the Provincial Governor to go hang and create their own country. After years of ignoring the seacoast settlements, now the Governor wants to drag these rebels back under the Emperor’s rule. Too bad he’s got other pressing problems.

The sea route! Why can’t they sail back to the Imperial Core? They can! But sailing south around the vast continent that stretches past the equator would take nearly as long as the overland route. Plus, in the far south are a tangle of archipelagos where the Orangutan Kingdoms are waging war against the Gibbon Principalities. A human ship is likely to get attacked/captured/press-ganged by either side unless you’re clever enough to talk your way through a dozen warring sea states. And then there are the southern hemisphere’s own human pirates to contend with.