The Vetthi Republic is a prosperous island nation which plays a crucial role in trade and international affairs. Its position in the Vetthi Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Sea

The Vetthi Sea lies off the north coast of Ororr, so named because it was traditionally plied and ruled by the Vetthi Republic.

vetth seas north of Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorr

Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage makes it a strategic trade hub between Anrelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnrel Isles

Anrel [ANN-rel], or the Anrel Isles, is the most northerly island group in the Natorn Archipelago. It consists of three major islands and numerous smaller ones. The largest, colloquially if infrequently called Mainland, is divided between the kingdoms of Trésard and Narette. The island, Hartheraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarthera

The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr and Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorr

Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage.

With its fiercely independent culture and strong maritime tradition, Vetth has taken advantage of Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorr

Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage's traditional lack of naval prowess, enabling trade to continue even in times of hostility between the great powers of Ororr and Hartheraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarthera

The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr. Vetth's naval technology has been superceded by Harthera during the past century, but the prosperous Vetthi merchant fleets still control a major share of the trade between Ororr and Anrelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnrel Isles

Anrel [ANN-rel], or the Anrel Isles, is the most northerly island group in the Natorn Archipelago. It consists of three major islands and numerous smaller ones. The largest, colloquially if infrequently called Mainland, is divided between the kingdoms of Trésard and Narette. The island.

The Republic consists of the islands of Vetth and Eirrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEirr

Eirr [AIRR] is an island in the Vetthi Republic, 30 km east of the island of Vetth. Eirr is heavily forested, with plantations of green and virid plants used in the island's major industries: timber production and ship-building.

The island is about 26 km on its longest axis north-south. The northern third of the island is mountainous and wild, but the remaining majority of the island is rolling hills of managed plantations of both, plus numerous smaller islands near the coast of each. Of the two main islands, Vetth is 160 km from north to south, while Eirr is 26 km. Vetth is 300 km from the mainland coast, sufficiently distant from Ororr to have been politically isolated during the modern epochplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigModern Epoch (ME)

The Modern Calendar is a dating system acknowledged throughout the Civilised World. It numbers years from the Modern Epoch, abbreviated ME and BME (Before Modern Epoch). It is also called the Modern Era.

Calendar

This is in a series of articles about calendars and dating systems.OrorrHartheraHMOrorrHartheraOrorrOrorrHMHartheraHMHartheraOrorr. The Vetthi Passageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Passage

The Vetthi Passage is a sea area between the Vetthi Republic and island of Maiyenet, a possession of the nation of Ororr. Foreign vessels trading between the mercantile hub of Toborr to the south, and ports in Harthera and the east, generally favour this route.

The shortest route to Toborr risks the treacherous rocks of Ororr separates it from the Ororran island of Maiyenetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMaiyenet

Maiyenet is an island 120 km from the north coast of Ororr, halfway between the mainland and Vetth, and 100 km northwest of the Guree Isles.

It is claimed by Ororr, but its small population has little contact with the mainland and has closer economic ties to the OrorrOrorr.

Vetth has a generally warm and humid maritime climate, though is subject to seasonal storms which particularly lash the north and west coasts. The island has been inhabited for many thousands of years, so the southern half has a rich and well-established greenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreen

The Green Kingdom of flora and fauna includes humans, mammals, birds, whales, greenfish, and most green plants and crops cultivated by humankind. ecosystem of woods and farmland. The south of the island is densely populated with cities and intensively farmed arable land.

The north and highland centre of the island is mainly viridplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirid

Referring to the Virid Kingdom of flora and fauna, toxic to human life., apart from enclaves around the coast and some highland plantations. In terms of its natural history, in previous epochsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWorld History

Helevos has eight thousand years of recorded history, with archeology, artefacts and myth stretching back much further. There are two dominant views of human history: the theological view that the whole world and humanity were created some thousands of years ago in one instant of creation; the second, that all humanity descends from a race of fallen demigods called the viridEmerald EpochBMEgreenBMEAnásthiasAnásthiasBMEAnásthiasfolkloreMiyarrisGodmenBMEMEOrorrHartheraMEviridAnásthi… Vetth was joined to the mainland, so its viridplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirid

Referring to the Virid Kingdom of flora and fauna, toxic to human life. life is very similar to the mainland, with some local anomalies.

The centre of the island has two ranges of mountains running roughly east-west, the most precipitous being those immediately north of the capital, Mezainplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMezain

Mezain is the capital city of the Vetthi Republic, one of the key merchant ports in international trade. It is the home port of the wealthy Vetthi Merchant Fleet, as well as centre of the Vetthi government.

Name

Mezain means “mouth of the river Zuin”.

Geography

The city is situated on a slightly elevated plateau on the banks of the River Zuin, high enough to be protected from flooding. It lies approximately 6 km from the open sea. The Zuin estuary is unusually deep and navigable eve….

The coastal shelf is rich in greenfishplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreenfish

Term including all red-blooded fish edible to humans and other mammals., with fish and other marine foods forming half of the island's diet.

The island is divided into seven provinces, with the southernmost four, called the “home provinces”, being heavily populated. The valley of the River Zuin is the most densely inhabited region, with a conurbation of towns and market gardens all along its length. The south of Mesain Province is drier, giving way to arid scrub. Though sparsely populated, there are a string of military forts along the southermost peninsula, keeping watch for unwelcome visitors. Beno and Pairen are largely rural and agricultural, Beno specialising in its famous fine linen, Pairen producing staple foods which flourish in its temperate climate.

The province of Napin is more wild, with a mixture of farms and greenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreen

The Green Kingdom of flora and fauna includes humans, mammals, birds, whales, greenfish, and most green plants and crops cultivated by humankind. woodland fading to virid scrubplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirid scrubland

Virid scrubland is a region where low-growing virid vegetation is the predominant life. Scrubland is often the result of thin poor soils and low rainfall. It can also be an intermediate landscape in areas destroyed by fire.

Flora

herbs

This is in a series of articles about and jungle in the north. Lairn, between the mountains, is densely virid-forested and was all but impassable before the completion of the Thatn Road in 1053 MEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigME

ME is short for Modern Epoch, the modern method of numbering years..

The province of Thatn was traditionally only accessible by sea, before the Thatn Road was cut through the virgin virid forest. The province has become increasing important in the past century with the discovery of iron and silver deposits in the Thatn Hills. The city of Thatn has rapidly grown on mining wealth, and its location far inland protects it from the dangers of the storm seasonplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigStorm tides

Storm tides are particularly high tides, often accompanied by storm surges and dangerous flooding, which occur on Helevos every 1.3 solar years when Helevos comes into conjunction with the giant planet Kwato'or. Storm tides are at their peak within a two week period, and at their most severe when accompanied by natural storms. which regularly swamps the coast. The new-found wealth also attracted settlers from farther afield, and within the past century a number of small settlements of foreigners sprung up along the treacherous north coast, particularly refugees from Besoaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesoa

Besoa [BEH-sso-AH], or Bizoa (Hartraan), is the largest island in the southern reach of the Natorn Archipelago. Today it is synonymous with the United Kingdom of Besoa.

Modern Besoa c.1100 ME | Go to world map

Besoa in the Two Nations period, 38-1092 ME

Besoa in the Four Kingdoms period, c.1200 BME - 35 ME BMEHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranMEHartheraOrorrOrorr, fleeing the Hartheranplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHartheran

Demonymn for the modern nation state, the Hartheran Union. occupation.

Vetthi are a classic Issid-ethnic peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIssid People

The Issid people, also called the Issithai, are a West Thalsic ethnic group, traditionally inhabiting the coastal regions of northern Ororr and the Wiyel Basin.

ethnicity. There has been considerable cultural influence from the mainland of Ororr, including some immigration. The largest immigrant population are Reidanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigReidan

Reidan is an Aralsic language spoken in the Anrel Isles, particularly throughout Trésard and Sensatard.

Language

language

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The Lar Vale dialect of northern Trésard is considered Standard Reidan, and is generally intelligible throughout Anrel. The Northland dialects of Sensatard are distinct, with the Eastern dialect being close to standard Reidan, and the Western being more obscure. The north coast language settlers, including refugees who fled Anrelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnrel Isles

Anrel [ANN-rel], or the Anrel Isles, is the most northerly island group in the Natorn Archipelago. It consists of three major islands and numerous smaller ones. The largest, colloquially if infrequently called Mainland, is divided between the kingdoms of Trésard and Narette. The island in the 7th century during the Long Warplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLong War

The Long War (219-263 ME) was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the Anrel Isles, between the allied city-states of the Northern League (now the kingdoms of Trésard and Sensatard), and the Kingdom of Narette. It is often bitterly called the Orphans' War, since it went on so long it was fought by two generations of people whose own parents had been killed in the war.viridAnrelmagicAnrelAnrel, as well as Besoanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesoa

Besoa [BEH-sso-AH], or Bizoa (Hartraan), is the largest island in the southern reach of the Natorn Archipelago. Today it is synonymous with the United Kingdom of Besoa.

Modern Besoa c.1100 ME | Go to world map

Besoa in the Two Nations period, 38-1092 ME

Besoa in the Four Kingdoms period, c.1200 BME - 35 ME BMEHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranMEHartheraOrorrOrorr people who fled their homes during the Hartheranplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarthera

The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr Occupation.

Vetth has retained a largely traditional matriarchal society for many thousands of years, despite changes in culture and government. Under Vetthi custom, males defend and provide for the home, whilst women administer and maintain it. This has become enshrined in the Vetthi state. Women hold land tenure (in Vetthi law land is not owned, only the right to use it), so inheritance of major assets are passed down the female line. Military duties and hereditary honours, as well as weapons and some other status symbols, are passed down the male line. The balance of power between men and women has ebbed and flowed over the centuries, so that today while men dominate many households, women dominate others, particularly in the higher echelons of society.

The majority of captains in the Vetthi Merchant Fleetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Merchant Fleet

The Vetthi Merchant Fleet of the Vetthi Merchant Company is the most prestigious merchant navy in the world, with trade concessions and trading rights in virtually every port throughout the Civilised World. Its influence, wealth and prestige is the pride of the are men, but in recent centuries women officers and captains have become increasingly common. In politics, senior politicians tend to be women, though there are male leaders of minority political factions.

The Vetthi once followed a form of traditional Thalsic animism, with a reverence for nature spirits, vengeful furies and numerous gods of the sea. Theristplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother Church of Ororr (Therism)

The Mother Church is the state religion of Ororr, which combines both religion and government in one institution. It is based on the teachings of the Great Prophet Therion, who in the early decades of the modern era raised an army that conquered much of northwestern OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrMEMEOrorrMEMEOrorrOrorrHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerher missionaries began to arrive on the island from around 220 MEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigME

ME is short for Modern Epoch, the modern method of numbering years., gaining converts in towns and cities all across the island with their claimed abilities to cast out spirits and perform “miracles”. The Vetthi nobility were originally tolerant though dismissive of the new faith, but fearing domination by Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorr

Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage, there were a number of attempts to curb conversions and ban missionaries from doing their work. Therismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother Church of Ororr (Therism)

The Mother Church is the state religion of Ororr, which combines both religion and government in one institution. It is based on the teachings of the Great Prophet Therion, who in the early decades of the modern era raised an army that conquered much of northwestern OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrMEMEOrorrMEMEOrorrOrorrHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerher persisted for another hundred years, local worshippers being separate from the Mother Church. In 323 MEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigModern Epoch (ME)

The Modern Calendar is a dating system acknowledged throughout the Civilised World. It numbers years from the Modern Epoch, abbreviated ME and BME (Before Modern Epoch). It is also called the Modern Era.

Calendar

This is in a series of articles about calendars and dating systems.OrorrHartheraHMOrorrHartheraOrorrOrorrHMHartheraHMHartheraOrorr Ororr attempted a naval conquest of Vetth in order to bring what it considered a corrupt and heretic church back into the fold, but storms sank the Ororran fleet without a trace, before even reaching sight of the island.

Today the majority of Vetthi are Theristplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother Church of Ororr (Therism)

The Mother Church is the state religion of Ororr, which combines both religion and government in one institution. It is based on the teachings of the Great Prophet Therion, who in the early decades of the modern era raised an army that conquered much of northwestern OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrMEMEOrorrMEMEOrorrOrorrHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerher and follow the teachings of the Great Prophetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreat Prophet

The Great Prophet Therion, founder of the Mother Church of Ororr., but the Vetthi Churchplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Church

The Vetthi Church, also called the Mother Church of Vetth, is a denomination of the Therist Mother Church of Ororr.

Belief

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The Vetthi Church is doctrinally very similar to mainstream Therism, but uses the Vetthi language. It also focuses more on collective worship in church temples. Ororr remains politically independent from the mainland.

The modern Vetthi languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi language

The Vetthi language is a modern language in the Issid language family, spoken in the home islands of the Vetthi Republic and parts of the Guree Isles.

Language

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There are also significant ex-patriot communities in Ororr, Harthera and Hesjbagaaia.

languages vetth is derived from ancient Issithaiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIssithai

Issithai is a collective name for the Issid people of northern Ororr., once spoken all along the northern coast of Ororr but now largely replaced with Dorounplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDoroun language

Doroun [doh-ROON, dɒ'ruːn] is the common language of Ororr, the principle language of law, trade, government and the Mother Church.

Language

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Doroun is spoken as a first language in the regions of Dunasanin and Gaskanin, and as a second language in other regions. It developed from the languagelanguagelanguageOrorrlanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage… . Modern Vetthi is still a classic Issid languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLanguages

List of human languages and dialects, contemporary and extinct.

Language

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topics sidebar cult1 though at least a third consists of loan words, mainly from Dorounplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDoroun language

Doroun [doh-ROON, dɒ'ruːn] is the common language of Ororr, the principle language of law, trade, government and the Mother Church.

Language

language

This is in a series of articles about Languages and Communication.

Doroun is spoken as a first language in the regions of Dunasanin and Gaskanin, and as a second language in other regions. It developed from the languagelanguagelanguageOrorrlanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage… but also from disparate parts of the world due to the wide ranging of Vetthi sailors.

Vetthi namesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi naming conventions

Vetthi names are a fiendishly complicated social hurdle for all visitors to the island, and can represent a challenge even to the most socially adept Vetthi hierarch. Vetthi names can be lengthy, since they describe not only family connections, but a history of honours and distinctions both personal and inherited. The longer a person's name, the greater the prestige of the family, and those wishing to curry favour are obliged to remember the entire name of a new associ… can be long and complicated, containing in them not only the person's rank and profession, but their family origins, history and distinguishments. They can seem impossibly lengthy and cumbersome to foreigners, given that use and misuse of Vetthi naming conventions is a marker of class and education.

The Vetthi Governmentplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Government

The Vetthi Republic is ruled by an elected republican government, selected from traditional noble families as well as prominent landowners and business interests.

Governance

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The government is an assembly of forty-three is a republic, with traditions that date to the mists of time. The heart of governance is an elected assembly of twenty-four “peers”, who take decisions on laws and policy. The government is led by a “Teller”, once the official spokesperson of the assembly but now the leader of the nation.

The Vetthi blue ensign was adopted in the sixth century after the island's steady conversion to Therismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother Church of Ororr (Therism)

The Mother Church is the state religion of Ororr, which combines both religion and government in one institution. It is based on the teachings of the Great Prophet Therion, who in the early decades of the modern era raised an army that conquered much of northwestern OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrMEMEOrorrMEMEOrorrOrorrHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerher. The golden triskelion represents the Therist “world” symbol, set in the waves. Gold and blue represent the islands wealth coming from the sea.

The island has evidence of human habitation dating back five thousand years to at least 4000 BMEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBME (Before Modern Epoch)

Used to date years Before the Modern Epoch.. It certainly saw an influx of refugees from the Ves Jaen Warsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVes Jaen Wars

The Ves Jaen Wars was a protracted period of conflict in the Wiyel Basin during the Celadon Epoch, c.3900-3700 BME, the result of refugees feeling coastal civilisations due to rising sea levels.

Conflict

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In a time of cataclysm, with floods and storms laying waste to the coastal, fleeing the mainland. In previous epochs the island was much larger, up to three times larger at its greatest extent, so that the modern landscape was the central uplands, mostly virid-forested excepted around Mezain, an ancient Issid town.

Prior to the Republic, Vetth was ruled by a series of Queendoms, essentially city-states who contested with each other for dominance. Tsepin in the west and Vetsuin in the Zuin valley were the most famed, though both cities were eventually destroyed.