History Characters / EquestriaAtWarRiverlands

* FullCircleRevolution: Eadberhta's minarchist libertarian capitalist policies create a Republic that is little different from the Kingdom before it. Only mage-nobles are replaced with merchants, while commoners continue to be oppressed and impoverished.

->'''Full Name:''' Bakaran Republic, Riverlands Republic

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born to a relatively poor farming family in the rural countryside of Bakara, far from the coasts for which the nation is famous, Water Lily surely would not have expected to be where she is today. Moving to Bakara city to pursue higher education, she became a teacher and was able to support herself and her new husband, a fellow university graduate. As a teacher, she became involved in her community and began to see the poverty that surrounded her in Bakara. In an attempt to amend this, she ran for the Mayorship of the city as a dark horse candidate and won against all the odds. It has been many years since then, and now Water Lily, the head of the SDH, must hold to her values and protect democracy and unity in Bakara against huge odds. This isn't just the classroom anymore.[[/labelnote]]

->'''Ideology:''' Communism

->'''Role:''' President-Admiral[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Military coup)
%%->'''Party:'''

!!''Tea Dip''
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Bakarska Stranka Pravica[[note]]Bakaran Party of Justice[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Non-Aligned
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->'''Role:''' Head of State

->'''Ideology:''' Irenic Theocracy[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

->'''Ideology:''' Tyrannical Magocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]] (independent), Esotericism[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]] (Star Father subject)

->'''Role:''' Head of State

->'''Role:''' Head of State

->'''Full Name:''' Greneclyf

[[/folder]]

! Southern Riverlands
[[folder:Barrad Magocracy]]
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->'''Full Name:''' Barrad Magocracy, Barrad Directory (Leopold), Viirad (Viira)
->'''Ideology:''' Tyrannical Magocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Ideology:''' Tyrannical Magocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: In the Count's Non-Aligned path, his sanity gets restored, and he sees the damages his black magic has caused. Thus, he performs a ritual that frees the being inside the reactor, and works to build up Barrad into a proper country with better living standards.]]

* ShoutOut: His name, his NonStandardCharacterDesign, and his status as an [[TheCaligula insane and depraved]] sorcerer-lord obsessed with [[spoiler: a subterranean evil]] all evoke the Ancestor from ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon''.

->'''Role:''' Head of State

->'''Role:''' Head of State

->'''Role:''' Head of State

->'''Role:''' Head of State

->'''Full Name:''' Austurland

->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Head of State

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born second child to a farmer family, Mansu Erba grew in the vast farmlands just outside the capital Seguro, spending her youth exploring nature. Unlike her peers, she and her siblings received basic education from their parents, learning to read and write. As Mansu's elder brother would inherit the farm, she had to find life elsewhere and so Mansu left for the capital, to live and work at a shop owned by relatives. However, this life was not to be as she enlisted in 950 in a Macawian military program which she graduated from in 954. As a sub-teniente, her cleverness earned her the attention of the Skapatoria Programa.\\

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Lûa Ramedi's political career has been defined by his service and loyalty to Mansu Erba. The zebra stallion was born to the political elite of Seguro, coming from a long line and venerated lineage of councillors and bureaucrats. His ancestor had gained fame as Sínora Pon's camp-aide. Through his family, Lûa knew Mansu Erba from his childhood and, in turn, the First Commander found him to be a sharp-minded colt.\\

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]To many in Kása, Pasarinha's life embodies the prospect of individual opportunity offered by the free society. Born in the poorer district of Ilha Rosca, not much is known about his early life. Only thing known for certain is that as just a colt, he worked on various ships as a deckhand until growing into a fully fledged sailor. While his early life was spent on board merchant and cargo ships, he soon was allured to serve in the expanding Kásan naval task force. Pasarinha has himself credits the navy for 'beating the worst out of him.' His naval career led him far away from the safe shores to the high seas and shores of northern Zebrica in pursuit of pirates and slavers. Over time, he showed his prowess as a stallion capable of assessing situations calmly. He did rose to rank of terceiro-sargento in 981 and in an engagement in that same year would lead him to temporarily taking over as a captain of a destroyer. His excellent conduct and bravery in this emergency led him to be awarded. But even as he was given a chance to enroll into a naval academy, to everyone's surprise Pasarinha declined the honour and simply asked to be allowed to finish his tour.\\

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]One cannot always tell a creature's fate based on their origins. Born to a family of Barrad refugees, Yrmthu's entire life has been shaped by events prior to her birth; while her family had been just simple serfs living in the Barrad valleys, the crisis caused by the Pentarchy's rise led to her parents only narrowingly escaping the chaos. Her childhood was spent growing up in Oferclif, where many refugees were settled by Kása. Although originally a Wittenlandic pony, speaking wittenlandic as her mother tongue, young Yrmthu learnt kásan fast, enabling her to pursue rudimentary education in both languages. Despite showing prowess and intellect, she did not pursue higher education even when offered the chance. She instead began to aid her fellow refugees in anyway she could. Over the years her focus moved to coordinating the aid efforts and acting as a middle-mare between the government and camp representatives.\\

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]If a Kásan was asked to name a single poet they know, then with a great chance they would say Áltu Kexa. The zebra mare is well-known and admired for her succinct yet poignant language which has won her great fame despite her somewhat eccentric behaviour.\\

->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

->'''Full Name:''' River Republic, Socialist River Republic (Nova Whirl, Caramel Haze), Riverlands Socialist Federal Republic, Meerland

!!''Wavebreaker''

->'''Party:''' Constitutional Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party
->'''Ideology:''' Centrism[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]], Harmony

!!''Deirdra Skye''

->'''Party:''' Social Democratic Party
->'''Ideology:''' Harmony

->'''Role:''' Regent[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Military coup)

%%->'''Ruling Party:'''

%%->'''Party:'''

->'''Full Name:''' Kingdom of Wittenland, Meritocracy of Wittenland, Republic of Wittenland, High Kingdom of Wittenland, Hoch-Weissland

->'''Role:''' Head of State
%%->'''Party:'''

->'''Role:''' Head of State

->'''Role:''' Head of State

->'''Full Name:''' Nimbusia, Nimbusian Autocracy

!!''Metakeros''
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Reformists
->'''Ideology:''' Harmony

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Diamond Mountain]]
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->'''Full Name:''' Diamond Mountain, Eastern Dogs' Republic (Clifford the Red)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Glory to the Royal Will
->'''Ideology:''' Kratocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

* DugTooDeep: The Dig Deep focus eventually makes the Diamond Dogs pay for the massive resource boon (among other things, turning Diamond Mountain into a crystal producer rivaled only by the Crystal Empire) by potentially turning Kazar-ar-Bark into a demilitarized wasteland with 0 infrastructure. [[spoiler:The only way to defeat the ''20 foot'' tall demon on his throne is to ask the demon slayers of Pònaidhean for help while the other options will cause massive damage to the capital.]]
* FunWithAcronyms: All four parties in Diamond Mountain have dog-themed acronyms; the supremacist party is named [=GRoWl=] (Glory to the Royal Will), the harmonic party is named [=BaRK=] (Bread and Recreation Kinship), the communist party is named WUF (Worker's United Front), and the non-aligned party is named [=PaNT=] (Party National).
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: The Diamond Dogs who make their home in Diamond Mountain are stock fantasy dwarves in every way except for actually literally being short, bearded humanoids. They're greedy, industrious, change-averse mountain-dwellers with a literal king in the mountain, and they specialize in defensive combat, especially in the hills and mountains.
* SlaveRevolt: Diamond Mountain is currently at risk of a major slave rebellion led by Clifford the Red.
* TokenEvilTeammate: They're the only member of the River Coalition that starts Supremacist and maintains a massive system of slavery.
* UndergroundCity: As befits their dwarf-like nature, their cities are under mountains rather than on the surface, and this gives them a significant reduction in factory bomb vulnerability.

!!''Rover Diamondshield''
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->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Glory to the Royal Will
->'''Ideology:''' Kratocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

* HeelRealization: In Diamond Mountain's Harmonic path, King Rover, for the first time in his life, starts to doubt if he was actually doing a good job ruling Diamond Mountain, as the treasure is still lost, the slaves are unhappy and people desire change. He subsequently steps back from rule and names his daughter Molly Princess Regent.
* {{Revenge}}: King Rover wants revenge on Hellquill for robbing their vaults.

!!''Princess Molly''
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->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Bread and Recreation Kinship
->'''Ideology:''' Benevolent Absolutism[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

* ArchnemesisDad: Princess Molly opposes her father and wants to end the slavery system in Diamond Mountain.
* PrincessesRule: In Diamond Mountain's Harmonic path, her father names Molly Princess Regent, endowing her with actual power over the kingdom.

!!''Clifford the Red''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Workers' United Front
->'''Ideology:''' Marksism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* IAmSpartacus: In a direct reference to the scene from the film ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'', when King Rover asks the slaves which of them was Clifford, all the slaves proclaimed that they were Clifford the Red.
* ShoutOut: Communist leader Clifford the Red is a spoof of ''Literature/CliffordTheBigRedDog''.

[[folder:Bakaran Republic]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Bakaran Republic (Supremacist)]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fascism_bakaran_republic.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Riverlands Republic]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/riverlands_republic.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Full Name:''' Bakaran Republic, Riverlands Republic
->'''Ruling Party:''' Stranka Družbene Harmonije[[note]]Party of Social Harmony[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Harmonic Republicanism[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

* TheRepublic: Bakara is one of the oldest democracies in all Griffonia.
* BornUnderTheSail: Bakara has a very strong shipbuilding tradition and is the Coalition's primary supplier of naval power, with an extensive naval focus tree.
* DemocracyIsFlawed: Not quite, but the situation is slowly getting out of the hand. 1007 elections became most violent in all Bakaran history, with communists and suprematists fighting each other and trying to gain power.

!!''Water Lily''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Stranka Družbene Harmonije[[note]]Party of Social Harmony[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Harmonic Republicanism[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born to a relatively poor farming family in the rural countryside of Bakara, far from the coasts for which the nation is famous, Water Lily surely would not have expected to be where she is today. Moving to Bakara city to pursue higher education, she became a teacher and was able to support herself and her new husband, a fellow university graduate. As a teacher, she became involved in her community and began to see the poverty that surrounded her in Bakara. In an attempt to amend this, she ran for the Mayorship of the city as a dark horse candidate and won against all the odds. It has been many years since then, and now Water Lily, the head of the SDH, must hold to her values and protect democracy and unity in Bakara against huge odds. This isn't just the classroom anymore.[[/labelnote]]

* DarkHorseVictory: She was originally just a teacher, but managed to beat all her rivals on previous elections.
* GoodOldWays: Lily is a harmonist supporter of River Coalition, and she will maintain democratic traditions of the past.

!!''Firm Scow''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1007 election)
->'''Party:''' Bakarska Fašistična Zveza[[note]]Bakaran Fascist Union[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Fascism[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

* PresidentEvil: Firm Scow is the leader of a fascist party that participates in electoral politics and can be democratically elected President of Bakara.

!!''Bray Foam''
->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1007 election)
->'''Party:''' Združena Komunistična Stranka[[note]]United Communist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Communism

!!''Cobalt Wind''
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->'''Role:''' President-Admiral[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Military coup)
%%->'''Party:'''
->'''Ideology:''' Stratocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]
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* MilitaryCoup: If the communists win the 1007 election or electoral unrest surpasses 70%, Admiral Cobalt Wind can launch a coup to overthrow the government and install herself President-Admiral of Bakara.

!!''Tea Dip''
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Bakarska Stranka Pravica[[note]]Bakaran Party of Justice[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Non-Aligned
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[[folder:Pònaidhean]]
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->'''Full Name:''' Pònaidhean
->'''Ruling Party:''' The Taoiseach's Coalition
->'''Ideology:''' Tribal Federation[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:If Diamond Mountain takes the Dig Deep focus, the only way to prevent the Balrog {{expy}} they unleashed from destroying them is to call this nation's demon slayers for help. Upon arrival, their leader proceeds to venture in alone and beat it in ''single combat'', returning back to the royal palace triumphant and hailed as a hero.]]
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Pònaidhean, a confederation of many pony tribes called clanns located in the highlands of the southeastern Riverlands, which is famous for its tartan cloth and whose inhabitants speak Gaelic, is a clear stand in for the Scottish Highlands.

!!''Crimson 'Cridhe an Dràgon' nic Heart''
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' The Taoiseach's Coalition
->'''Ideology:''' Tribal Federation[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

[[/folder]]

! Northern Riverlands
[[folder:Firtree Villages]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Firtree Magocracy]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/firtree_magocracy.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Full Name:''' Firtree Villages, Firtree Magocracy (Shinespark)
->'''Ideology:''' Irenic Theocracy[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

* BanOnMagic: The Firtree Villages ban anyone except the Seers from using magic. The former chief's daughter, Shinespark, was exiled for violating this rule. One of their two main political decisions is whether to maintain this ban, or lift it and allow Shinespark to return after the death of her father.
* CivilWar: The decision as to whether or not to allow Shinespark to return can spiral out of control into a civil war for control of the country.
* FaceHeelTurn: If Shinespark is allowed to return, she'll lift the BanOnMagic and turn the harmonious Firtree Villages into either a BanditClan or a necromancer state, albeit a less omnicidal one than the Dread League.
* HiddenElfVillage: The Firtree Villages are one of the most secluded countries on the map, and one of their two main political deicsions is whether to remain that way, or to open up to the outside world.
* {{Seers}}: Seers are the only members of society allowed to practice magic in the Firtrees Villages, and Seer Iorweth becomes the leader of the Firtree Villages if Shinespark is not allowed to return.
* SuccessionCrisis: The big choice facing the Firtree Villages is whether to allow Shinespark, the exiled heir to the Coldmouth clan, back into the clan after her father dies, or to pass rule to Iorweth the Spirit Speaker.

!!''Iorweth the Spirit Speaker''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Ideology:''' Irenic Theocracy[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

* ProphetEyes: After Iorweth goes on his VisionQuest, he comes back with glowing white eyes.
* VisionQuest: If Iorweth becomes the leader of the Firtree Villages and remains isolationist, he can commune with the spirit world, opening up new options on the focus tree and gaining ProphetEyes.

!!''Shinespark''
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[[caption-width-right:156:[[labelnote:Transcendental Shinespark]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinespark_2.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Ideology:''' Tyrannical Magocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]] (independent), Esotericism[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]] (Star Father subject)

* BanditClan: If Shinespark is allowed to return and opens up to the outside world, she turns the country into a bandit state, raiding its neighbors for additional test subjects and resources.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Before taking power, she seems like a relatively reasonable advocate for modernization, ending isolation and entry into the world, and lifting what might be seen as an unfair restriction on the unicorns of the Firtree Villages. Once she actually takes power, she swiftly proves to actually be outright malicious, a unicorn supremacist, an expansionist and wannba conqueror, and essentially everything the more traditional elements of Firtrees ever feared about unicorns being free to practice their magic.
* {{Necromancer}}: If Shinespark is allowed to return and remains isolationist, she can study necromancy in Magehold and spread the secrets of necromancy to her inner circle.
* SorcerousOverlord: Shinespark lifts the Firtree Villages' BanOnMagic, reorganizing the state into the Firtree Magocracy, which may either become an expansionist BanditClan or turn inwards and study necromancy.
* WeHaveReserves: If Shinespark starts practicing necromancy, her acolytes are thrilled about the potential of overwhelming their enemies in a tide of skeletal warriors.

[[folder:Farbrook]]
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->'''Full Name:''' Farbrook, Worker's Republic of Farbrook (Communist), Chiefdom of Farbrook (Supremacy)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Ironhelm Tribe
->'''Ideology:''' Benevolent Absolutism[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

* VoluntaryVampireVictim: 800 years ago, Farbrook Chieftain Fingal discovered the Changelings of Greneclyf and willingly offered up sympathy and affection to the starving Queen Dylis in what both countrues came to know as the "First Sharing" and teaching the Greneclyf Changelings about Harmony.

!!''Hermane Gering''
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->'''Ideology:''' Kratocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

* BloodKnight: Hermane Gering is very warlike and wants to conquer other tribes and countries to demonstrate the might of Farbrook.
* DrowningMySorrows: After being removed from power, Gering would fall hard and become an alcoholic. In the worst ending for Gering, he would turn to drugs and die of an overdose.
* HeelFaceTurn: One outcome of Gering's removal from power is that he decides to use his aggression for good, and goes off to join the Arcturian Order.
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: He's quite obviously based on the infamous Nazi leader Hermann Göring.
* SanitySlippage: One outcome of Gering's removal from power is that he goes nuts, hijacks a plane, and flies off to Haukland where he starts a new life on an tiny islet, while the equally unhinged Graf Herman Meyer of Haukland drops fish on him every day because he likes watching a stallion weirdo do weird things.

!!''Applethorn''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Ideology:''' Equestrian Socialism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* ChummyCommies: Applethorn's socialist policies are overall really positive for the people of Farbrook, granting many useful industry bonuses to the backwards nation ([[{{Technophobia}} at the cost of some stability]]). At the bare minimum, she is not a naive WideEyedIdealist like Hempstrand.
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: She shares similar vanguardist revolutionary politics to UsefulNotes/LeonTrotsky and in one of her endings where the Communists are banned, she gets assassinated by an assassin from Brodfeld with an ice axe, mirroring Trotsky's own death. Her domestic and foreign policies are also very similar to those of UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In the endings where she is removed from power, she gets frustrated at the stubbornness and backwardness of the Farbrook people, and eventually leaves the country for Prywhen (where she learned communism during her travels) or Stalliongrad (if the GLA was defeated), seeking to spread communism elsewhere.

!!''Hempstrand''
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->'''Party:''' Socialist Agrarian Party
->'''Ideology:''' Agrarian Socialism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
Leader of the Socialist Agrarian Party, Hempstrand advocates for a peaceful retreat from the industrial world, creating a world where people can live in harmony with the nature and with each other. [[SchmuckBait Choosing him for leadership is a bad idea, unless you like game overs.]]

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: There is no way for Hempstrand's policies to succeed. [[spoiler:Farbrook will either end up the subject of another country, or suffer hundreds of thousands of deaths, and Hempstrand himself will be removed from office either way.]]
* JokeCharacter: Choosing Hempstrand's route at best makes things much harder for Farbrook and at worst ends the game for them. The absolute best thing he can do is implement none of his policies.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Hempstrand's desire to create an anarcho-primitivist utopia where every living being lives in harmony backfires ''horribly'', as his destruction of industrial tools causes food production to plummet, leading to a deadly famine.]]
* PressXToDie: The focus tree explicitly discourages players to go down Hempstrand's Socialist Agrarian Party tree, and warns that doing so can result in easy game overs. In fact, looking at the tree in detail shows that all of the focuses bar the final one ("Utopia Achieved") provide heavy penalties and ''no'' benefits, incurring heavy political power losses, reducing societal development to extremely basic de-industralized societies, and completely disarming the nation. If the player is still not discouraged and goes down his route... [[spoiler: ...then mid-way through "Utopia Achieved" (which takes 350 days to complete, far longer than any other focus in the game), the famine hits, and the focus tree is completely replaced with a famine management tree that in the best case scenario ends with Farbrook being puppeted by a friendly country, in the worst case scenario causing ''hundreds upon thousands of deaths'' and leaving Farbrook as an unindustrialized, depopulated, and disarmed husk of a country.]]
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Destroy all farming tools, and farming output plummets. When food production plummets, people die. This is still somewhat surprising because due to game mechanics and norms, most focuses and decisions achieve their intended result, even those with completely opposite solutions to the same problem.]]
* SchmuckBait: The focus tree where he is chosen to lead the country very explicitly warns you "It's a bad idea for a human to choose this option, unless you like getting game overs".
* WideEyedIdealist: Hempstrand's pacifist anarcho-primitivist ideals are incredibly optimistic, ultimately self-destructive, extremely utopian, and are entirely at odds with the gameplay of ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIron IV'', which is fundamentally a war game.

[[folder:Watertowns]]
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->'''Full Name:''' Watertowns
->'''Ideology:''' Agrarian Socialism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* EnchantedForest: Despite its normal exterior, the taiga of Watertowns is a truly alien place. The almost dreamlike maze of ancient trees, streams and rivers break apart into tiny, narrow waterways. Giant mushrooms appear from every new corner that weaves into the seemingly endless forest canopy. Noises from typical woodland critters give way to unfamilar crackles and hisses.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Greneclyf]]
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->'''Full Name:''' Greneclyf
->'''Ideology:''' Benevolent Absolutism[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

* DrivenToSuicide: If Greneclyf is unable to open peaceful relations with the mainlanders, Gytha will be driven to despair and take her own life, leading to the ascension of either her brother Moax, or a competing noble and the first queen from a different house in over 800 years, Oiren, the latter of whom can also abdicate to establish a communist state.
* FaceHeelTurn: It is possible for Greneclyf to have a crisis of leadership or open relations with Chrysalis and return to the old ways, becoming emotion-devouring conquerors like their cousins on Equus.
* HiddenElfVillage: While not ''as'' cut off or hidden from the world as the Dread League and Arcturian Order, Greneclyf starts with the Isolationism economy law and almost no interaction with the outside world, save for their OddFriendship with Farbrook. Opening contact with the outside world will have serious consequences for their society, especially as much of the rest of the world initially distrusts them due to being Changelings, and if not handled correctly, this rough first contact with the outside world can cause a crisis of faith for their Harmonious regime.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Unlike Chrysalis's Changelings, Greneclyf's Changelings follow the path of Harmony as a result of the First Sharing 800 years ago, when Farbrook Chieftain Fingal willingly offered up sympathy and affection to a starving Queen Dylis, laying the foundation for co-operation between Farbrook and Greneclyf and teaching the Changelings there about Harmony, and as such have largely eschewed any nefarious use of their shapeshifting abilities.
[[/folder]]

! Southern Riverlands
[[folder:Barrad Magocracy]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Flag of Viirad]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/viirad.png[[/labelnote]]]] %%in-game flag is slightly simplified
->'''Full Name:''' Barrad Magocracy, Barrad Directory (Leopold), Viirad (Viira)
->'''Ideology:''' Tyrannical Magocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

* EqualOpportunityEvil: The Pentarchy are various shades of depraved sorcerers, but they represent all sorts of different races, and whatever their many negative qualities prejudice against one another on that basis doesn't seem to be one of them.
* GodGuise: [[spoiler: The being inside the nuclear reactor, which drove Ambrosius mad and turned Barrad into a hellhole, is actually a corrupted ancient consciousness formed when seven ancient unicorns merged into one consciousness with a primordial spell. They became dependent on magic to survive, and were corrupted by Ambrosius's actions. It pretends to be a god so it can exert control over Barrad and get the magic they need to survive.]]
* HiddenElfVillage: Barrad is extremely isolated from the outside world, notwithstanding the occasional raids conducted by the Pentarchy on neighbouring countries to capture slaves.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: In one of Barrad's first events, the Pentarchy organises a hunting party in which the targets are the adventurers who came to Barrad to destroy the Pentarchy.
* ICanRuleAlone: Most of the time, only one of the Pentarchy's five members can become Barrad's dictator after getting rid of the other four.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: None of the Pentarchy are good people, but [[spoiler: Viira is easily the most depraved of them all]], and if [[spoiler: she gains godlike power]], the surviving members will band together to stop the catastrophe it represents in a turn-based battle minigame.
* TheMagocracy: If it wasn't obvious from the name, Barrad is ruled by a council of five mages called Pentarchy.
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Barrad has a LOT of mechanics unique to itself, which even includes an entire unique "Barrad Research" screen in the place of a Race tech research screen.
* {{Mordor}}: Since Count Ambrosius took over, Barrad has turned into a hellish land wrapped in fog and storm.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The undead portraits of Barradian characters are sketched in a very distinct style from every other portrait in the mod.
* NonStandardGameOver: If the relationship values between the Pentarchy members rise too ''high'', a joke ending plays where the Pentarchy will embrace Harmony and get killed by an angry mob. The focus tree then gets switched to a generic focus tree.
* PowerSource: The construction of an unusual nuclear reactor is the central plotline in the Barrad Magocracy. The plans for the nuclear reactor are retrived from a machine-worshipping cult in Barrad, and the reactor can produce [[RadiationInducedSuperpowers huge amounts of magical power that can turn the Pentarchy's magicians into superpowered beings.]]
* RelationshipValues: Each member of the Pentarchy (except Count Ambrosius) has a relationship meter, reflecting how much they like the other three. These values slowly decay over time through various events, and can be increased through decisions; if they reach 0, the two members in question will fight each other in a duel to the death.
* SorcerousOverlord: The five members of the Pentarchy are twisted practitioners of dark magic who pursue knowledge without ethical strings attached, and are the most potent source of misery for the people of Barrad and entertainment for its Count.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The members of the Pentarchy work together to maintain their grip on Barrad, but all have their own agendas and won't be afraid to betray each other; in most scenarios, only one of them might survive and become Barrad's unquestioned despot in the end.

!!''Count Ambrosius''
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->'''Ideology:''' Tyrannical Magocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

* TheCaligula: The Mad Count of Barrad is plagued by voices in his head, and his periodical shenanigans can be either a boon or a curse for his subjects.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: In the Count's Non-Aligned path, his sanity gets restored, and he sees the damages his black magic has caused. Thus, he performs a ritual that frees the being inside the reactor, and works to build up Barrad into a proper country with better living standards.]]
* PuppetKing: If all members of the Pentarchy save Ambrosius died, and Viira hadn't discovered the truth of the being inside the reactor, Ambrosius will get mind controlled by the presence and become its puppet.
* RestorationOfSanity: [[spoiler:In his Non-Aligned path, his sanity is restored by the spirit inside the nuclear reactor.]]
* ShoutOut: His name, his NonStandardCharacterDesign, and his status as an [[TheCaligula insane and depraved]] sorcerer-lord obsessed with [[spoiler: a subterranean evil]] all evoke the Ancestor from ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon''.

!!''Silver Star''
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[[caption-width-right:156:[[labelnote:Archlich Silver Star]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eaw_silver_star_lich.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Ideology:''' Necrocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

* CainAndAbel: Silver Star's life has been defined by jealousy toward his sister White Star, who managed, much to his dismay, to become Queen of Wittenland purely through her magical talent. If he takes power in Barrad and then defeats Wittenland, Silver Star proclaims himself King and lets his sister rot in jail if she managed to hold onto her throne beforehand.
* HeelFaceTurn: If Barrad is defeated by White Star's Wittenland, Silver Star expresses remorse at his sister, and with her help, he becomes a changed stallion. While still an introvert, he can now openly talk to other ponies and serve as a general under White Star.
* ImmortalitySeeker: Silver Star is obsessed with his mortality, a lack of power and inability to persist beyond the weakness of his flesh. [[spoiler: He can potentially shed his mortality by embracing undeath, [[ImmortalityImmorality at the cost of what little good remains in him]].]]
* MeaningfulName: A silver star typically denotes second place, befitting his jealousy towards his more successful sister.
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Silver Star is a practitioner of necromancy. When the Pentarchy still exists, he can increase Barrad's ponypower through raising the dead; if he takes power, he turns the entire Barradian army into undead.
* TheParanoiac: Silver Star is known for his overbearing paranoia. Even in sleep, he is not able to escape it.
* UndeadLaborers: Silver Star employs undead as workers that never tire, never eat, never drink, never complain, and always perform the most monotonous of tasks perfectly.

!!''Asinti''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Ideology:''' Tyrannical Magocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

* DemonicPossession: With the help of Osvananga, a mysterious ally from beyond the material world, Asinti discovered a way to transfer the demons of the immaterium into the bodies of living things. If he takes power in Barrad, [[spoiler:Asinti makes the terrible mistake of tearing the veil between worlds to open a passage for Osvananga, allowing Osvananga to possess him]].
* InternalReformist: In the first foci in his tree, Asinti abolishes conscription and slavery in Barrad, so no one would have to live through the ordeals that he once did. [[spoiler:Then his demon 'friend' Osvananga possesses him, takes over and becomes Barrad's unquestioned new overlord.]]
* TheLegionsOfHell: [[spoiler:Osvananga summons the Demon Legions and turns them into Barrad's new army. The populace becomes vessels for demons that march without fear, question, worry or thoughts.]]
* PuppetKing: [[spoiler:To the outside world, Asinti remains Barrad's nominal leader after being possessed by Osvananga, even though the player knows exactly who's actually calling the shots.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In order to achieve his goal of ending slavery across the world, Asinti conducts horrifying experiments involving summoning demons to the bodies of living creatures. It is said that even those who otherwise believe that the end justifies the means would be horrified, and agree that, whatever the end goal is, there was no way what Asinti was doing to be justified. Should he take power, [[spoiler:Asinti tries to bring freedom to Barrad by ending conscription and slavery, only for his experiments to bite him as his demon 'companion' Osvananga possesses him and becomes much worse of a tyrant than Asinti could ever imagine of]].

!!''Leopold Schmeller''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State

* ClockworkCreature: Leopold has invented clockworks capable of moving, working and fighting all on their own. His path allows the player to deploy clockwork infantry battalions, which take up no ponypower and only need equipment to be trained.
* {{Cyborg}}: Leopold developed a way to implant enchanted machines to assist his organs, which ultimately led to his exile from the Griffonian Empire.
* TheHeart: An extrememly minor example considering that the Pentarchy's members are all sociopathic sorcerers, but Leopold is the only member of the Pentarchy with decisions to carouse with his fellow members and improve relations between them.
* OneManArmy: In terms of gameplay, after he completes his ascension, Leopold becomes a whole division by himself, and one of the most powerful ones at that, despite having a total of one ponypower.
* PowerArmor: He builds a giant suit that is his attempt to give himself the powers of ''[[PhysicalGod an alicorn]].''

!!''Viira Lehtola''
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[[caption-width-right:156:[[labelnote:True Viira]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eaw_true_viira.png[[/labelnote]]]]

* BackgroundMusicOverride: When the Pentarchy vs Viira fight begins, the game will forcibly switch the soundtrack to the ominous song [[https://youtu.be/BC78sTjKQxE Darkness]] by Deceased Superior Technician.
* ClimaxBoss: When the Pentarchy ignites their nuclear reactor, Viira will turn on her former friends (except Ambrosius), and become the boss of a turn-based battle minigame, in which the player must choose to play as either Viira or the other three, and defeat the other party.
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: [[spoiler:Viira ascends by learning about the desperate true nature of the being inside the nuclear reactor, and makes a deal with it: she would sate its hunger, but in return, it, with its godlike powers, will have to serve ''her''. This allows Viira to drain the reactor of all of its energy and become godlike.]]
* DissonantSerenity: Her portrait shows her smiling in a small, tranquil way. [[spoiler: Even after she's become a godlike monstrosity.]]
* {{Egopolis}}: When she declares herself [[spoiler:the new Goddess of Barrad]], Viira renames her country to Viirad, and Elysium, the new capital of Barrad, is renamed to Viirium.
* GodEmperor: In her [[spoiler:Ascension]] path, Viira [[spoiler:seizes control over the godlike powers of the nuclear reactor and declares herself the new Goddess of Barrad.]]
* GodOfEvil: Viira [[spoiler: if she attains godhood]] has her population subjected [[spoiler:to constant storms, enslavement and mass purging. She also installs tyrannical princes and fanatic cultists to oversee parts of her domain making it clear that she is no force of good.]]
* GodhoodSeeker: Viira's curiosity for the powers of magic eventually becomes a desire to attain godhood [[spoiler:by taking control of the powers of the nuclear reactor.]]
* HostileTerraforming: [[spoiler:Goddess Viira can turn entire states' climate into the hellish Barrad Climate, gaining a massive boost of state Compliance as she does so.]]
* MindManipulation: [[spoiler:Goddess Viira gains insanely powerful mind control powers, allowing her to boost her recruitable population numbers through the roof by mind controlling her entire populace into becoming her soldiers.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler:Viira after her ascension becomes the most powerful being on the planet, with the ability to manipulate matter, mass mind control, and cause ''nuclear explosions'' as she wish.]]
* PuppetKing: In her normal path where she does not find out about the truth of the being inside the nuclear reactor, Viira and Ambrosius both get mind controlled by the being and become its servant, bringing its divine rule to all of Barrad.
* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler:Goddess Viira embraces a slave economy, which is reinforced by her mind control powers.]]
* SuperpowerLottery: [[spoiler:Goddess Viira, by subverting the being inside the reactor and seizing control over it, gains godlike powers rivalled by no other being.]]
* SuperPowerMeltdown: [[spoiler:In her Goddess path, if the player abuses her powers too frequently, she will burn up and explode. The country leader is replaced with a placeholder saying "no one", who has massive negative leader traits.]]
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:When Viira ascends, her first act is to kill Count Ambrosius by ''causing a nuclear explosion'' on the capital of Barrad.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Austurland]]
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->'''Full Name:''' Austurland

* EvilReactionary: Austurland was formed by Olenian nobles who, reliant on raiding Equestria for thralls, disagreed with the peace treaty that the two countries signed in 143 ALB and decided it was time to look for greener pastures. Since then, Austurland has prided itself on maintaining the old ways of the deer.
* FantasticCasteSystem: Austurland is a feudal hierarchical society with four classes: nobles, freedeer, enserfed commondeer, and enslaved thralls.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The deer of Austurland are a counterpart to [[HornyVikings ancient Vikings]].
* MadeASlave: In Austurland, most thralls are abducted from their homes during Viking raids.
* ModularEpilogue: A weird variation; Austurland's two main political paths (democracy and autocracy) will receive different focus tree branches depending on the choices the player made in the first focus tree. Thralldom can be abolished, slowly phased out, or kept (which reflects in the democracy tree's political trees and the autocracy tree's economic trees); the country may become a constitutional monarchy or a democratic republic in the democracy path; and the democracy path also offers choices on non-deer citizenship and popular vs government-led land reforms.

!!''Jarl Ygritte Bylgjasdóttir''
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->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: In her Kratocratic path, Berserker Ygritte offers anydeer opposing her a chance to duel her and take power if they win; since she's an extremely powerful berserker, nodeer managed to defeat her, meaning that she stays in power.
* BadassBookworm: If Ygritte was born into a bandit clan and chose to become well-read, she can become a mercenary leader or take over her father's bandit clan, both ways making her something of a badass. Alternatively, if she's from a merchant or noble family, she can either immerse herself in books or become a cartographer and later in life become a viking, similarly qualifying her as something of a badass. All of these outcomes add both a monocle and a spear to her portrait as respective symbols of her bookworm and badass status.
* TheBerserker: Ygritte's backstory can be set as a Berserker if the player chooses to have her come from a Thrall background and grew up tending the fields (giving her the Hardy trait). This opens up the [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership Kratocratic]] path for Austurland.
* CoveredWithScars: Berserker Ygritte is much more heavily scarred than her other backstories, which may result in a single scar on her cheek.
* {{Cincinnatus}}: Pro-commondeer Ygritte can choose to reform Austurland into a constitutional monarchy or democratic republic, in the latter case willingly stepping down from the position of Jarl and becoming a civilian politician.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Kratocratic Austurland has a focus tree full of black focuses and is ideologically categorized as Supremacist, but they genuinely value individual freedom, is very accepting of others, and acts to protect the weak. Their only real villainous side is that their embrace of martial culture also leads to them fully embracing traditional Viking raiding economy.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Ygritte can go down an ultra-autocratic monarchy path by going down the autocracy path and then going down the Beakolini-inspired fascist autocrat sub-path, which changes her ideology to Supremacy.
* TheHighQueen: Ygritte can become a harmonious constitutional monarch by going down the pro-commondeer path but deciding to keep the monarchy.
* KlingonPromotion: If Ygritte was born a Thrall, she became Jarl when she deposed the previous Jarl in an uprising. Alternatively, if she was born a bandit, she may have become Jarl by using her bandit or mercenary army to depose the previous Jarl, albeit ambiguously if it was by the use or merely the threat of force.
* MultipleChoicePast: One of the main gimmicks of Austurland is that Jarl Ygritte's backstory is set by the player in a series of events after taking the first national focus, and her character traits established in the player-chosen backstory grants bonuses, changes her interactions with the society in the first focus tree, and for one particular trait, decides the political path Austurland will go down.
* RuggedScar: If Ygritte was hardy fieldworker or cunning thief of a thrall, a cunning hero who put down her bandit father, or a well-read bandit who followed in her father's footsteps, she'll have a scar on her cheek to show for her hard and/or adventurous life.
* TerrorHero: In Austurland's Kratocratic path, Berserker Ygritte embraces Kratocracy when the nobility defies her abolition of thralldom, leading her to declare the rule of the strong so she can end the priviliged nobility class and protect the weak.
* VirtualPaperDoll: Ygritte's portrait changes and receives different bits of clothing and items as her backstory changes.

!!''Ulfdis Aresdottir''
->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

* InternalReformist: As a communist Prime Minister elected to lead a capitalist democracy, Ulfdis seeks to push Austurland's economy into the modern era by emphasising the idea of always progressing into the new age, until utopia is eventually reached.

!!''Gulrain Lisvaldr''

* HollywoodAtheist: Lisvaldr hunts down the greedy and power-hungry godi, who lie to the people by saying they hear and see visions.
* InternalRetcon: As part of the cultural revolution, Lisvaldr makes a few selective edits to Austurlandic sagas. Technically, nodeer could say for sure whether or not Hoef Derickson's expedition was actually an attempt to flee from oppressive nobles and establish a communal society, or that Hårald the Trotter had actually been an agent of reactionaries from Olenia, who destroyed the prospering proto-socialist society and enforced thralldom upon its peaceful inhabitants. In a few generations, the old versions will fade from memory completely.
* NecessaryEvil: Lisvaldr recognises that his purges are bloody, but necessary to deal with the gang of thugs and slavers who ran Austurland before he arrived.
* {{Newspeak}}: Lisvaldr, who was born in Olenia, considers Austurlandic to be an almost incomprehensible dialect of Olenian, with an archaic vocabulary and a highly irregular noun morphology system, which must be replaced by standard Olenian. After this focus is taken, the country itself and its cities receive new Olenian (Finnish) names, replacing the old Austurlandic (Icelandic) names.

[[folder:Kása Free State]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Kása-Hreindýraland Confederation]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eaw_kasa_austurland.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Full Name:''' Kása Free State, Kása-Hreindýraland Confederation (Kása-Hreindýraland union)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Conselho Consultivo di Kása[[note]]Consultative Council of Kása[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Harmonic Libertarianism[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

* PlotTriggeringDeath: Downplayed. Due to her age, Mansu Erba retires after completing the initial focus tree much to the shock of the government due to her post being supposed to be a lifetime commitment, citing that her way of governing is outdated and she wishes to spend her last years in peace. A 100-day election started afterwards to decide the next First Commander.
* SlaveLiberation: The Kása Free State was born when, aware of the fate that awaited them, the slaves on the Colthaginian slave ship D'vash rebelled against their captors, turned the ship north, and settled in southeastern Griffonia, in what was once the southern frontier of the Kingdom of Wittenland. This instilled the people of Kása with a fanatical devotion to individualistic freedom; in the game, the sole ideology they can follow is Harmonic Libertarianism, and they have an international network of agents meant to infiltrate countries that are judged insufficiently individualistic or libertarian, secretly liberating dissidents to Kása whenever they get the chance.

!!''Mansu Erba''
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->'''Role:''' First Commander[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Conselho Consultivo di Kása[[note]]Consultative Council of Kása[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Harmonic Libertarianism[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born second child to a farmer family, Mansu Erba grew in the vast farmlands just outside the capital Seguro, spending her youth exploring nature. Unlike her peers, she and her siblings received basic education from their parents, learning to read and write. As Mansu's elder brother would inherit the farm, she had to find life elsewhere and so Mansu left for the capital, to live and work at a shop owned by relatives. However, this life was not to be as she enlisted in 950 in a Macawian military program which she graduated from in 954. As a sub-teniente, her cleverness earned her the attention of the Skapatoria Programa.\\
For three years, she worked as an undercover agent in Austurland, Wittenland and Nimbusia, where she helped many escaping to freedom. Mansu proved herself to be a capable operative and in 957, she rose to fame for her actions in Austurland as she lead the escape of over a hundred thralls despite taking a musket ball to her gut. She received a hero's welcome at Seguro and an award for her self-sacrifice from the First Commander. Sadly, the musket ball that made her a hero also prevented her from ever working as an operative again. At the hospital, the recovering zebra would meet her future husband, a widowed doctor, and the two would be married two years later. In 960 the Advisory Council elections saw Mansu chosen as a councillor of Seguro.\\
While Kása had continued to prosper, in 967 the Barrad Crisis erupted. As streams of refugees trickled into Kása, the First Commander of the time suffered a stroke. As the crisis worsened, an emergency election in the council saw Mansu Erba narrowly elected as the First Commander. She acted swiftly, diverting all funds from industrialisation programs and appealing to Macawia for aid. Kása suffered from it but it endured, their founding ideals upheld as Mansu argued to the critics. After all, is a factory worth betraying oneself?\\
Despite the hardships in the following decades, Kása chose to trust in its timely hero and under Mansu's leadership, Kása slowly recovered from the crisis thanks to extensive literacy and economic reform programs. Now, she is known as A avo di Kása — Kása's Grandmother.[[/labelnote]]

* CareerEndingInjury: Took a musket ball to the gut leading thralls to freedom 50 years before the start of the story, ending her career as an agent. The silver lining to this is that she would meet her future husband in the hospital as a result.
* LonelyFuneral: {{Defied|Trope}}. When she dies a few in-game years after the election, her final wishes is for her funeral to be a private affair among her family in their lakeside home to avoid plunging the country to a halt. However, the former slaves/thralls consisting of various zebras, ponies, deer and griffin and many more she liberated over the course of her agent career attended her funeral to pay their respects. Soon after, even some of the local citizens and refugees stood in silent vigil at the opposite shore, pushing flowers into the nearby lake.
* RedBaron: Avo di Kása. It means Kása's Grandmother.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Her predecessor suffered a stroke and presumably died in the middle of a refugee crisis. Due to being a councillor at that time, she was elected hastily afterwards and stayed until present day.

!!''Lûa Ramedi''
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->'''Role:''' First Commander[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Election)
->'''Party:''' Conselho Consultivo di Kása[[note]]Consultative Council of Kása[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Harmonic Libertarianism[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Lûa Ramedi's political career has been defined by his service and loyalty to Mansu Erba. The zebra stallion was born to the political elite of Seguro, coming from a long line and venerated lineage of councillors and bureaucrats. His ancestor had gained fame as Sínora Pon's camp-aide. Through his family, Lûa knew Mansu Erba from his childhood and, in turn, the First Commander found him to be a sharp-minded colt.\\
After an education overseas in Macawia, Lûa attempted to pursue a career in the burgeoning civil service yet a single letter changed his life; an invitation from the First Commander to become her secretary. A position that he accepted at once. This led Lûa Ramedi to Kásan politics, aiding Mansu in drafting speeches and legislation amongst other tasks where his dutifulness didn't go unnoticed. Through Mansu, his name gained prominence amongst the councillors and as the old First Commander continued to rely on him more, the writing on the wall was clear — Lûa Ramedi was Mansu Erba's designated successor.\\
After Mansu Erba's sudden resignation and retirement, most of the Advisory Council flocked to Lûa Ramedi, to the stallion's surprise. During the election, he led a campaign centered around safeguarding Mansu Erba's heritage and, in the end, the former secretary's political connections and ableness proved their worth.\\
Now, as the new First Commander, Lûa Ramedi seeks to continue the path paved by Mansu Erba in forming an unified Kása as a modern, democratic nation.[[/labelnote]]

* TheApprentice: Is Mansu Erba's protege in the art of politics.
* WarIsHell: Is a very firm believer of this, which is very cruel when you consider the very nature of the game. When it is time to unveil a war memorial for the dead, [[spoiler: the revealed statue more resembles a horror art piece. It depicts a dead zebra with a severed foreleg which has fallen nearby, a pony crying next to the corpse on her haunches and a griffin knight nearby clutching his helmeted head in horror. When the citizens are understandably enraged, he ordered a soldier to fire a blank to the sky which silenced the mob. He then proceeds to state that this very sound gave a friend he knew PTSD for life and that "glory" and "honor" are nothing more than a sham to cover up the cruel reality of death. This is the point that he was trying to make with everycreature and that every time one goes to war, they must know this reality and not be blinded by the falsehoods that sent countless to their deaths, which is why the peace they have is all the more precious. The mob is silent throughout as his point sunk in]].

!!''Pasarinha''
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->'''Role:''' First Commander[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Election)
->'''Party:''' Conselho Consultivo di Kása[[note]]Consultative Council of Kása[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Harmonic Libertarianism[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]To many in Kása, Pasarinha's life embodies the prospect of individual opportunity offered by the free society. Born in the poorer district of Ilha Rosca, not much is known about his early life. Only thing known for certain is that as just a colt, he worked on various ships as a deckhand until growing into a fully fledged sailor. While his early life was spent on board merchant and cargo ships, he soon was allured to serve in the expanding Kásan naval task force. Pasarinha has himself credits the navy for 'beating the worst out of him.' His naval career led him far away from the safe shores to the high seas and shores of northern Zebrica in pursuit of pirates and slavers. Over time, he showed his prowess as a stallion capable of assessing situations calmly. He did rose to rank of terceiro-sargento in 981 and in an engagement in that same year would lead him to temporarily taking over as a captain of a destroyer. His excellent conduct and bravery in this emergency led him to be awarded. But even as he was given a chance to enroll into a naval academy, to everyone's surprise Pasarinha declined the honour and simply asked to be allowed to finish his tour.\\
Once decommissioned and back in Kása in the year 983, Pasarinha did not remain idle. Using his experience, past and few connections, he formed the South-North Corporation, a cargo company specialized upon transporting goods between Kása and Macawia. His iron-will and shrewd dealings allowed him to not just survive the competition against the well-established companies but thrive. It was also in then Pasarinha made his debut into the upper-echelons of Kásan society, where his direct manners and titular pipe made him a known figure. By the beginning of 990s, Pasarinha stood amongst the richest of Kása.\\
All this culminated in his election as the councillor of Ilha Rosca in the election of 991 by the backing of not just the local business magnates but also many common citizens. In the council he became a voice for modernisation of Kása. Culmination of this was the adoption of his program titled Prudutu Projektu by Mansu Erba in 1000, which saw construction of the first railway lines around Seguro. It wasn't a surprise that Pasarinha announced his candidacy following Mansu Erba's resignation and many voiced support for the self-made stallion of the future. While not the best public speaker, having never been one to like public spotlight, Pasarinha showed the quality of his character on the election tour. Now, as the new First Commander, he has his plans set for Kása; ones that will secure its existence for generations to come.[[/labelnote]]

* HonestCorporateExecutive: Pasarinha is a successful businesszebra and advocate of the free market, but believes in a new kind of capitalism, with true freedom for all to pursue their dreams. He even makes a point of condemning Skyfall as an example of 'corrupted' capitalism ruled by filthy oligarchs and demonic corporations.
* RagsToRiches: Born into a poor family, Pasarinha became one of the richest zebras in Kása in his early 40s.

!!''Yrmthu''
->'''Role:''' First Commander[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Election)
->'''Party:''' Conselho Consultivo di Kása[[note]]Consultative Council of Kása[[/note]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]One cannot always tell a creature's fate based on their origins. Born to a family of Barrad refugees, Yrmthu's entire life has been shaped by events prior to her birth; while her family had been just simple serfs living in the Barrad valleys, the crisis caused by the Pentarchy's rise led to her parents only narrowingly escaping the chaos. Her childhood was spent growing up in Oferclif, where many refugees were settled by Kása. Although originally a Wittenlandic pony, speaking wittenlandic as her mother tongue, young Yrmthu learnt kásan fast, enabling her to pursue rudimentary education in both languages. Despite showing prowess and intellect, she did not pursue higher education even when offered the chance. She instead began to aid her fellow refugees in anyway she could. Over the years her focus moved to coordinating the aid efforts and acting as a middle-mare between the government and camp representatives.\\
It was during her work that Yrmthu began to slowly developed an unique political philosophy. She adored Kása's harmonic values of individual liberty and the democratic institution that ensured equality of all. Yet she saw the value of local communities and disliked how political capital was entirely centered in Seguro, with municipalities having little say in affairs that concerned themselves. Her localist ideology gained some ground in the northern states and culminated in her election to councilor of Oferclif in 999. Despite her reservations, Yrmthu was a staunchly loyalist to Mansu Erba's policies and kept her criticisms to the parlay rooms for most part. Her biggest political victory was the passage of the Petition Act in 1002 which enable local communities to directly petition the First Commander.\\
When Mansu Erba retired, Yrmthu did not initially intend to run, feeling her position wasn't entirely secure. But when a group of fellow localist councillors approached her and pledged to aid her, she couldn't deny their request. With their aid and her campaign tour's success, her election saw a turning point in Kása's history; for the first time, a non-zebra was the First Commander. And in her new position, she intend to reform not simply Kásan politics but the society itself.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Áltu Kexa''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ltu_kexa.png]]
->'''Role:''' First Commander[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Election)

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]If a Kásan was asked to name a single poet they know, then with a great chance they would say Áltu Kexa. The zebra mare is well-known and admired for her succinct yet poignant language which has won her great fame despite her somewhat eccentric behaviour.\\
Yet her origins is far more tragic; born to poor farming family in Ilhas Lagosta, it was even a miracle that Áltu learned to read thanks to her attentive parents. Already in youth, her experience with hardships molded her to be strong in her convictions yet she never grew to resent the simple, poor way of life. Her evenings were filled by listening to her grandparents stories about the past, how her ancestors had been fought on D'vah with Akeeku and how her great-grandmother had fought under Sinóra Pon against the crusaders. It was from these tales that Áltu, from an early age, yearned to be something more than just a farmer — she wished to be a soldier. Only for a polio outbreak to crush Áltu's dreams, leaving her with semi-crippled back legs and in need to use wheel-aids to walk.\\
But instead of falling to the wayside, Áltu Kexa found writing a way to vent her feelings. Even without any education, she consumed any literature, aided in this by her frequent visits to a medical facility in Seguro. Life in the capital gave her a chance to see a different side of Kása and it horrified her; where there had been compassion and friendship between others back home, there was only fights and crime in the industrial slums. It was this squalor that she attacked in her writing. Her breakthrough came, oddly enough, when an affluent pony hired her to recite her work at a party. What came to be known as 'The Night of Fire' the poet instead read poems that mocked her rich listeners for their decadent luxury. The ensuing newspaper drama and a lawsuit led to her imprisonment. But Áltu simply continued to write inside the prison, aided in her work by a friendly jailor. After her time, she walked out to a cheering crowd. Áltu Kexa became a successful poet, with her work published for free for all to read, earning her living from public recitals. But despite her wealth, the zebra continued to live at her ancestral farm where she married the jailor who'd aided her and the couple had twins.\\
Áltu Kexa has decried politicians as paper tigers. So when she announced her candidacy, there was confusion. But her fiery speeches struck a chord in the masses and now she plans to reforge Kása and show where her place is in the world; as a guardian of the oppressed and enemy of tyrants.[[/labelnote]]

->'''Role:''' Head of State (Coup)

->'''Role:''' OHS Director, Head of State

->'''Party:''' The Party of Harmonic Services

->'''Full Name:''' Lake City, Princely Lake City, Grand Principality of Lake City, Holy Pony Empire

!!''Wild Tree''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eaw_wild_tree.png]]
->'''Role:''' Regent[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Military coup)
->'''Party:''' Princely Restoration and National Renewal Faction
->'''Ideology:''' Stratocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

[[folder:Kingdom of Wittenland]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eaw_wittenland.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Flag of the Meritocracy of Wittenland]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wittenland_f_2.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Flag of the Republic of Wittenland]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/republic_of_wittenland.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Flag of the High Kingdom of Wittenland]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/high_kingdom_of_wittenland.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Flag of Hoch-Weissland]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hoch_weissland.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Full Name:''' Kingdom of Wittenland, Meritocracy of Wittenland, Republic of Wittenland, High Kingdom of Wittenland, Hoch-Weissland
->'''Ideology:''' Harmonic Magocracy[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Head of State

->'''Role:''' Head of State

->'''Role:''' Head of State

->'''Role:''' Head of State

->'''Role:''' Head of State (Election)

->'''Ruling Party:''' Harmonijska Stranka Rijeke

!! ''River Swirl''

->'''Party:''' Harmonijska Stranka Rijeke

->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]River Swirl is a former teacher from Rijekograd who studied abroad in Celestia's School For Gifted Unicorns. She later entered politics and quickly rose through the ranks of the Rijeka Harmony Party. She was elected Chancellor of the River Republic in 1001 and her term was mostly successful, allowing her to win the elections for the second time. However, continued modernization has led to growing social issues in cities which in turn has greatly increased the popularity of the left. Her second term is unlikely to be as unproblematic as the first.[[/labelnote]]

!! ''Nova Whirl''

->'''Party:''' Savez Komunista Rijeke

->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]Nova Whirl is a rising star in the political scene of the River Republic, having entered it only in 1004. She grew in the factory district of Rijekograd, where conditions were far from ideal, which influenced her political values greatly. Soon enough she joined a socialist youth club where she discussed the Stalliongrad revolution with others and eventually developed her own ideology: A mixture of market socialism, gradualism and internationalism. She finally entered politics to turn her socialist dreams into a reality.[[/labelnote]]

!! ''Caramel Haze''

->'''Party:''' Savez Komunista Rijeke

->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]Some consider him a bold hero of the revolution, others a dangerous tyrannical lunatic. To say the least, Caramel Haze is a controversial figure. He joined the ranks of the army at a young age, being attracted by wages which were above those of common labourers. At this time, he cared little for politics, but meeting a Bakaran economic advisor called Bray Foam would give his life new purpose. Caramel read the writings of his namesake, Caramel Marks, and then learned of Steel Stallion and his more radical principles. Soon he was filled with revolutionary fervour and joined the SKR, rising through the ranks rapidly.\n\nWhile Nova Whirl never trusted him, she realized his usefulness and so the two cooperated closely. But Caramel was not fond of Whirl either, thinking she was a revisionist and a social fascist. Ever since he has patiently waited for the time to seize control of SKR from her.[[/labelnote]]

!! ''Arclight''

!! ''Wild Tree''

!! ''Westerly Leeward''

!! ''White Star''

!! ''Honoria Goldmane''

!! ''Wulfric Grey''

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Flag of the Nimbusian Autocracy]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/purist_nimbusia_flag.png[[/labelnote]]]]

!! ''Rover Diamondshield''

!! ''Princess Molly''

!! ''Clifford the Red''

->'''Ruling Party:''' Stranka Družbene Harmonije

!! ''Water Lily''

->'''Party:''' Stranka Družbene Harmonije

->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]Born to a relatively poor farming family in the rural countryside of Bakara, far from the coasts for which the nation is famous, Water Lily surely would not have expected to be where she is today. Moving to Bakara city to pursue higher education, she became a teacher and was able to support herself and her new husband, a fellow university graduate. As a teacher, she became involved in her community and began to see the poverty that surrounded her in Bakara. In an attempt to amend this, she ran for the Mayorship of the city as a dark horse candidate and won against all the odds. It has been many years since then, and now Water Lily, the head of the SDH, must hold to her values and protect democracy and unity in Bakara against huge odds. This isn't just the classroom anymore.[[/labelnote]]

!! ''Iorweth the Spirit Speaker''

!! ''Shinespark''

->'''Name:''' Farbrook, Worker's Republic of Farbrook (Communist), Chiefdom of Farbrook (Supremacy)

!! ''Hermane Gering''

!! ''Applethorn''

!! ''Hempstrand''

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: There is no way for Hempstrand's policies to succeed. [[spoiler: Farbrook will either end up the subject of another country, or suffer hundreds of thousands of deaths, and Hempstrand himself will be removed from office either way.]]

!Southern Riverlands

->'''Name:''' Barrad Magocracy, Barrad Directory (Leopold), Viirad (Viira)

!! ''Jarl Ygritte Bylgjasdóttir''

->'''Party:''' Conselho Consultivo di Kása

->'''Party:''' Conselho Consultivo di Kása

->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]Born second child to a farmer family, Mansu Erba grew in the vast farmlands just outside the capital Seguro, spending her youth exploring nature. Unlike her peers, she and her siblings received basic education from their parents, learning to read and write. As Mansu's elder brother would inherit the farm, she had to find life elsewhere and so Mansu left for the capital, to live and work at a shop owned by relatives. However, this life was not to be as she enlisted in 950 in a Macawian military program which she graduated from in 954. As a sub-teniente, her cleverness earned her the attention of the Skapatoria Programa.\\

->'''Party:''' Conselho Consultivo di Kása

->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]Lûa Ramedi's political career has been defined by his service and loyalty to Mansu Erba. The zebra stallion was born to the political elite of Seguro, coming from a long line and venerated lineage of councillors and bureaucrats. His ancestor had gained fame as Sínora Pon's camp-aide. Through his family, Lûa knew Mansu Erba from his childhood and, in turn, the First Commander found him to be a sharp-minded colt.\\

->'''Party:''' Conselho Consultivo di Kása

->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]To many in Kása, Pasarinha's life embodies the prospect of individual opportunity offered by the free society. Born in the poorer district of Ilha Rosca, not much is known about his early life. Only thing known for certain is that as just a colt, he worked on various ships as a deckhand until growing into a fully fledged sailor. While his early life was spent on board merchant and cargo ships, he soon was allured to serve in the expanding Kásan naval task force. Pasarinha has himself credits the navy for 'beating the worst out of him.' His naval career led him far away from the safe shores to the high seas and shores of northern Zebrica in pursuit of pirates and slavers. Over time, he showed his prowess as a stallion capable of assessing situations calmly. He did rose to rank of terceiro-sargento in 981 and in an engagement in that same year would lead him to temporarily taking over as a captain of a destroyer. His excellent conduct and bravery in this emergency led him to be awarded. But even as he was given a chance to enroll into a naval academy, to everyone's surprise Pasarinha declined the honour and simply asked to be allowed to finish his tour.\\

->'''Party:''' Conselho Consultivo di Kása

->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]One cannot always tell a creature's fate based on their origins. Born to a family of Barrad refugees, Yrmthu's entire life has been shaped by events prior to her birth; while her family had been just simple serfs living in the Barrad valleys, the crisis caused by the Pentarchy's rise led to her parents only narrowingly escaping the chaos. Her childhood was spent growing up in Oferclif, where many refugees were settled by Kása. Although originally a Wittenlandic pony, speaking wittenlandic as her mother tongue, young Yrmthu learnt kásan fast, enabling her to pursue rudimentary education in both languages. Despite showing prowess and intellect, she did not pursue higher education even when offered the chance. She instead began to aid her fellow refugees in anyway she could. Over the years her focus moved to coordinating the aid efforts and acting as a middle-mare between the government and camp representatives.\\

->'''Party:''' Conselho Consultivo di Kása

->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]If a Kásan was asked to name a single poet they know, then with a great chance they would say Áltu Kexa. The zebra mare is well-known and admired for her succinct yet poignant language which has won her great fame despite her somewhat eccentric behaviour.\\

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: In her Kratocratic path, Berserker Ygritte offers anydeer opposing her a chance to duel her and take power if they win; since she's an extremely powerful berserker, nodeer managed to defeat her, meaning that she stays in power.

* TheBerserker: Ygritte's backstory can be set as a Berserker if the player chooses to have her come from a Thrall background and grew up tending the fields (giving her the Hardy trait). This opens up the [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Kratocratic]] path for Austurland.

* KlingonPromotion: Wittenland is a meritocratic monarchy where the magically talented are allowed to challenge the crown in a duel. The duel is normally supposed to be safe and non-lethal, but the situation surrounding Honoria and White Star turns it into a duel to the death.

* KlingonPromotion: If Ygritte was born a Thrall, she took the position of the Jarl when she deposed the previous Jarl in an uprising. Alternatively, if she was born a bandit, she may have become Jarl by using her bandit or mercenary army to depose the previous Jarl, albeit ambiguously if it was by the use or merely the threat of force.

* TerrorHero: In Austurland's Kratocratic path, Berserker Ygritte embraces Kratocracy when the nobility defies her declaration of the abolishment of Thralldom, leading her to declare the rule of the strong so she can end the priviliged nobility class and protect the weak.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kása Free State]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eaw_kasa.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Kása-Hreindýraland Confederation]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eaw_kasa_austurland.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Party:''' Conselho Consultivo di Kása
->'''Ideology:''' Harmonic Libertarianism[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

* PlotTriggeringDeath: Downplayed. Due to her age, Mansu Erba retires after completing the initial focus tree much to the shock of the government due to her post being supposed to be a lifetime commitment, citing that her way of governing is outdated and she wishes to spend her last years in peace. A 100-day election started afterwards to decide the next First Commander.
* SlaveLiberation: The Kása Free State was born when, aware of the fate that awaited them, the slaves on the Colthaginian slave ship D'vash rebelled against their captors, turned the ship north, and settled in southeastern Griffonia, in what was once the southern frontier of the Kingdom of Wittenland. This instilled the people of Kása with a fanatical devotion to individualistic freedom; in the game, the sole ideology they can follow is Harmonic Libertarianism, and they have an international network of agents meant to infiltrate countries that are judged insufficiently individualistic or libertarian, secretly liberating dissidents to Kása whenever they get the chance.

!!''Mansu Erba''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mansuerba.png]]
->'''Party:''' Conselho Consultivo di Kása
->'''Ideology:''' Harmonic Libertarianism[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]Born second child to a farmer family, Mansu Erba grew in the vast farmlands just outside the capital Seguro, spending her youth exploring nature. Unlike her peers, she and her siblings received basic education from their parents, learning to read and write. As Mansu's elder brother would inherit the farm, she had to find life elsewhere and so Mansu left for the capital, to live and work at a shop owned by relatives. However, this life was not to be as she enlisted in 950 in a Macawian military program which she graduated from in 954. As a sub-teniente, her cleverness earned her the attention of the Skapatoria Programa.\\
For three years, she worked as an undercover agent in Austurland, Wittenland and Nimbusia, where she helped many escaping to freedom. Mansu proved herself to be a capable operative and in 957, she rose to fame for her actions in Austurland as she lead the escape of over a hundred thralls despite taking a musket ball to her gut. She received a hero's welcome at Seguro and an award for her self-sacrifice from the First Commander. Sadly, the musket ball that made her a hero also prevented her from ever working as an operative again. At the hospital, the recovering zebra would meet her future husband, a widowed doctor, and the two would be married two years later. In 960 the Advisory Council elections saw Mansu chosen as a councillor of Seguro.\\
While Kása had continued to prosper, in 967 the Barrad Crisis erupted. As streams of refugees trickled into Kása, the First Commander of the time suffered a stroke. As the crisis worsened, an emergency election in the council saw Mansu Erba narrowly elected as the First Commander. She acted swiftly, diverting all funds from industrialisation programs and appealing to Macawia for aid. Kása suffered from it but it endured, their founding ideals upheld as Mansu argued to the critics. After all, is a factory worth betraying oneself?\\
Despite the hardships in the following decades, Kása chose to trust in its timely hero and under Mansu's leadership, Kása slowly recovered from the crisis thanks to extensive literacy and economic reform programs. Now, she is known as A avo di Kása — Kása's Grandmother.[[/labelnote]]

* CareerEndingInjury: Took a musket ball to the gut leading thralls to freedom 50 years before the start of the story, ending her career as an agent. The silver lining to this is that she would meet her future husband in the hospital as a result.
* LonelyFuneral: {{Defied|Trope}}. When she dies a few in-game years after the election, her final wishes is for her funeral to be a private affair among her family in their lakeside home to avoid plunging the country to a halt. However, the former slaves/thralls consisting of various zebras, ponies, deer and griffin and many more she liberated over the course of her agent career attended her funeral to pay their respects. Soon after, even some of the local citizens and refugees stood in silent vigil at the opposite shore, pushing flowers into the nearby lake.
* RedBaron: Avo di Kása. It means Kása's Grandmother.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Her predecessor suffered a stroke and presumably died in the middle of a refugee crisis. Due to being a councillor at that time, she was elected hastily afterwards and stayed until present day.

!!''Lûa Ramedi''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/la_ramedi.png]]

->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]Lûa Ramedi's political career has been defined by his service and loyalty to Mansu Erba. The zebra stallion was born to the political elite of Seguro, coming from a long line and venerated lineage of councillors and bureaucrats. His ancestor had gained fame as Sínora Pon's camp-aide. Through his family, Lûa knew Mansu Erba from his childhood and, in turn, the First Commander found him to be a sharp-minded colt.\\
After an education overseas in Macawia, Lûa attempted to pursue a career in the burgeoning civil service yet a single letter changed his life; an invitation from the First Commander to become her secretary. A position that he accepted at once. This led Lûa Ramedi to Kásan politics, aiding Mansu in drafting speeches and legislation amongst other tasks where his dutifulness didn't go unnoticed. Through Mansu, his name gained prominence amongst the councillors and as the old First Commander continued to rely on him more, the writing on the wall was clear — Lûa Ramedi was Mansu Erba's designated successor.\\
After Mansu Erba's sudden resignation and retirement, most of the Advisory Council flocked to Lûa Ramedi, to the stallion's surprise. During the election, he led a campaign centered around safeguarding Mansu Erba's heritage and, in the end, the former secretary's political connections and ableness proved their worth.\\
Now, as the new First Commander, Lûa Ramedi seeks to continue the path paved by Mansu Erba in forming an unified Kása as a modern, democratic nation.[[/labelnote]]

* TheApprentice: Is Mansu Erba's protege in the art of politics.
* WarIsHell: Is a very firm believer of this, which is very cruel when you consider the very nature of the game. When it is time to unveil a war memorial for the dead, [[spoiler: the revealed statue more resembles a horror art piece. It depicts a dead zebra with a severed foreleg which has fallen nearby, a pony crying next to the corpse on her haunches and a griffin knight nearby clutching his helmeted head in horror. When the citizens are understandably enraged, he ordered a soldier to fire a blank to the sky which silenced the mob. He then proceeds to state that this very sound gave a friend he knew PTSD for life and that "glory" and "honor" are nothing more than a sham to cover up the cruel reality of death. This is the point that he was trying to make with everycreature and that every time one goes to war, they must know this reality and not be blinded by the falsehoods that sent countless to their deaths, which is why the peace they have is all the more precious. The mob is silent throughout as his point sunk in]].

!!''Pasarinha''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pasarinha.png]]

->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]To many in Kása, Pasarinha's life embodies the prospect of individual opportunity offered by the free society. Born in the poorer district of Ilha Rosca, not much is known about his early life. Only thing known for certain is that as just a colt, he worked on various ships as a deckhand until growing into a fully fledged sailor. While his early life was spent on board merchant and cargo ships, he soon was allured to serve in the expanding Kásan naval task force. Pasarinha has himself credits the navy for 'beating the worst out of him.' His naval career led him far away from the safe shores to the high seas and shores of northern Zebrica in pursuit of pirates and slavers. Over time, he showed his prowess as a stallion capable of assessing situations calmly. He did rose to rank of terceiro-sargento in 981 and in an engagement in that same year would lead him to temporarily taking over as a captain of a destroyer. His excellent conduct and bravery in this emergency led him to be awarded. But even as he was given a chance to enroll into a naval academy, to everyone's surprise Pasarinha declined the honour and simply asked to be allowed to finish his tour.\\
Once decommissioned and back in Kása in the year 983, Pasarinha did not remain idle. Using his experience, past and few connections, he formed the South-North Corporation, a cargo company specialized upon transporting goods between Kása and Macawia. His iron-will and shrewd dealings allowed him to not just survive the competition against the well-established companies but thrive. It was also in then Pasarinha made his debut into the upper-echelons of Kásan society, where his direct manners and titular pipe made him a known figure. By the beginning of 990s, Pasarinha stood amongst the richest of Kása.\\
All this culminated in his election as the councillor of Ilha Rosca in the election of 991 by the backing of not just the local business magnates but also many common citizens. In the council he became a voice for modernisation of Kása. Culmination of this was the adoption of his program titled Prudutu Projektu by Mansu Erba in 1000, which saw construction of the first railway lines around Seguro. It wasn't a surprise that Pasarinha announced his candidacy following Mansu Erba's resignation and many voiced support for the self-made stallion of the future. While not the best public speaker, having never been one to like public spotlight, Pasarinha showed the quality of his character on the election tour. Now, as the new First Commander, he has his plans set for Kása; ones that will secure its existence for generations to come.[[/labelnote]]

* HonestCorporateExecutive: Pasarinha is a successful businesszebra and advocate of the free market, but believes in a new kind of capitalism, with true freedom for all to pursue their dreams.
* RagsToRiches: Born into a poor family, Pasarinha became one of the richest zebras in Kása in his early 40s.

!!''Yrmthu''

->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]One cannot always tell a creature's fate based on their origins. Born to a family of Barrad refugees, Yrmthu's entire life has been shaped by events prior to her birth; while her family had been just simple serfs living in the Barrad valleys, the crisis caused by the Pentarchy's rise led to her parents only narrowingly escaping the chaos. Her childhood was spent growing up in Oferclif, where many refugees were settled by Kása. Although originally a Wittenlandic pony, speaking wittenlandic as her mother tongue, young Yrmthu learnt kásan fast, enabling her to pursue rudimentary education in both languages. Despite showing prowess and intellect, she did not pursue higher education even when offered the chance. She instead began to aid her fellow refugees in anyway she could. Over the years her focus moved to coordinating the aid efforts and acting as a middle-mare between the government and camp representatives.\\
It was during her work that Yrmthu began to slowly developed an unique political philosophy. She adored Kása's harmonic values of individual liberty and the democratic institution that ensured equality of all. Yet she saw the value of local communities and disliked how political capital was entirely centered in Seguro, with municipalities having little say in affairs that concerned themselves. Her localist ideology gained some ground in the northern states and culminated in her election to councilor of Oferclif in 999. Despite her reservations, Yrmthu was a staunchly loyalist to Mansu Erba's policies and kept her criticisms to the parlay rooms for most part. Her biggest political victory was the passage of the Petition Act in 1002 which enable local communities to directly petition the First Commander.\\
When Mansu Erba retired, Yrmthu did not initially intend to run, feeling her position wasn't entirely secure. But when a group of fellow localist councillors approached her and pledged to aid her, she couldn't deny their request. With their aid and her campaign tour's success, her election saw a turning point in Kása's history; for the first time, a non-zebra was the First Commander. And in her new position, she intend to reform not simply Kásan politics but the society itself.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Áltu Kexa''
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->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]If a Kásan was asked to name a single poet they know, then with a great chance they would say Áltu Kexa. The zebra mare is well-known and admired for her succinct yet poignant language which has won her great fame despite her somewhat eccentric behaviour.\\
Yet her origins is far more tragic; born to poor farming family in Ilhas Lagosta, it was even a miracle that Áltu learned to read thanks to her attentive parents. Already in youth, her experience with hardships molded her to be strong in her convictions yet she never grew to resent the simple, poor way of life. Her evenings were filled by listening to her grandparents stories about the past, how her ancestors had been fought on D'vah with Akeeku and how her great-grandmother had fought under Sinóra Pon against the crusaders. It was from these tales that Áltu, from an early age, yearned to be something more than just a farmer — she wished to be a soldier. Only for a polio outbreak to crush Áltu's dreams, leaving her with semi-crippled back legs and in need to use wheel-aids to walk.\\
But instead of falling to the wayside, Áltu Kexa found writing a way to vent her feelings. Even without any education, she consumed any literature, aided in this by her frequent visits to a medical facility in Seguro. Life in the capital gave her a chance to see a different side of Kása and it horrified her; where there had been compassion and friendship between others back home, there was only fights and crime in the industrial slums. It was this squalor that she attacked in her writing. Her breakthrough came, oddly enough, when an affluent pony hired her to recite her work at a party. What came to be known as 'The Night of Fire' the poet instead read poems that mocked her rich listeners for their decadent luxury. The ensuing newspaper drama and a lawsuit led to her imprisonment. But Áltu simply continued to write inside the prison, aided in her work by a friendly jailor. After her time, she walked out to a cheering crowd. Áltu Kexa became a successful poet, with her work published for free for all to read, earning her living from public recitals. But despite her wealth, the zebra continued to live at her ancestral farm where she married the jailor who'd aided her and the couple had twins.\\
Áltu Kexa has decried politicians as paper tigers. So when she announced her candidacy, there was confusion. But her fiery speeches struck a chord in the masses and now she plans to reforge Kása and show where her place is in the world; as a guardian of the oppressed and enemy of tyrants.[[/labelnote]]

* SlaveLiberation: Áltu believes SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil so strongly that she pushes for war with the entire River Coalition (whomst she declares to be hypocrites) for so much as tolerating Wittenland's serfdom, Nimbusia's helot system, and Diamond Mountain's outright slavery. Even if all of these have been reformed or have left the Coalition, [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten Áltu still pushes for the war simply because they ever tolerated such things.]]

Leader of the Socialist Agrarian Party, Hempstrand advocates for a peaceful retreat from the industrial world, creating a world where people can live in harmony with the nature and with each other. [[SchmuckBait Choosing him for leadership is a bad idea, unless you like game overs.]]

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* InternalReformist: If she wins the election, River Swirl implements many Communist social policies, such as recognizing labor unions, and if she chooses to keep the Coalition a defensive alliance instead of trying to proactively destroy the Empire, she can outright admit in her focus tree that the SKR had a point and try to pass some of their reforms like social security.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Honoria feels some kinship with Count Ambrosis of Barrad, who also wished to adjust the social order, though she believes that his mistake was thinking he could achieve success without forcing a change. In some other time, he could have been the king.

->'''Ideology:''' Harmony

->'''Ideology:''' Democratic Socialism [[note]]Communism[[/note]]

->'''Ideology:''' Autocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

* CultureChopSuey: Nimbusia is an amalgamation of Sparta and Athens, featuring both Spartan militarism and Athenian democracy.
* FantasticCasteSystem: Nimbusia has a caste system based on that of real life Sparta, just with pegasi. Non-pegasi are put in the bottom slave-like class of Helots, the non-citizen pegasi are in the middle class of Perioikoi, and the pegasi warriors are put in the top class, the citizen-warrior class.

->'''Ideology:''' Kratocracy [[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

->'''Ideology:''' Kratocracy [[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

->'''Ideology:''' Harmony

->'''Ideology:''' Communism

->'''Ideology:''' Harmony

->'''Ideology:''' Harmony

->'''Ideology:''' Harmony

->'''Ideology:''' Benevolent Absolutism [[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

* TributeToFido: Princess Molly was named after a mod developer's dog, who [[https://discord.com/channels/327145757650059275/514266705287970850/1002678073709305856 died during development of the nation]]

->'''Ideology:''' Harmony

->'''Ideology:''' Harmony

->'''Ideology:''' Communism

->'''Ideology:''' Communism

* ILoveNuclearPower: The construction of an unusual nuclear reactor is the central plotline in the Barrad Magocracy. The plans for the nuclear reactor are retrived from a machine-worshipping cult in Barrad, and the reactor can produce huge amounts of magical power that can turn the Pentarchy's magicians into superpowered beings.

* TheEmpire: A Supremacist Lake City can begin to militarily conquer the rest of the Riverlands and proclaim the River State (for Westerly Leeward) or River Empire (for Heavenly Snow). If the latter is feeling bold, he can proceed to conquer the Griffonian Empire and ''put himself (a pony) on the Griffon throne'', declaring the Holy Pony Empire and enraging the rest of the Griffonian continent, ensuring an enormous continental war between the Griffon nations and the Holy Pony Empire.

!!''Eadberhta Featherwing''

* SlaveLiberation: The Kása Free State was born when, aware of the fate that awaited them, the slaves on the Colthaginian slave ship D'vash rebelled against their captors, turned the ship north, and settled in southeastern Griffonia, in what was once the southern frontier of the Kingdom of Wittenland. This instilled the people of Kása with a fanatical devotion to individualistic freedom; in the game, the sole ideology they can follow is Harmonic Libertarianism, and they have an international network of agents meant to infiltrate countries that still employ slavery, secretly liberating them to Kása whenever they get the chance.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Áltu is one of a very small handful of Harmonic leaders who can declare war on countries that haven't generated any world tension, making her more capable of warmongering than any other Harmonist except the Griffonian Republic's Schnabel Sunglider who even more uniquely can also declare war on other Harmonic countries. To Áltu, just being non-Harmonic is ''casus belli'' unto itself.

* SlaveLiberation: Áltu believes SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil so strongly that she pushes for war with the entire River Coalition (whomst she declares to be hypocrites) for so much as tolerating Wittenland's serfdom, Nimbusia's helot system, and Diamond Mountain's outright slavery. Even if all of these have been reformed or have left the Coalition, [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten Áltustill pushes for the war simply because they ever tolerated such things.]]

* SlaveLiberation: Áltubelieves SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil so strongly that she pushes for war with the entire River Coalition (whomst she declares to be hypocrites) for so much as tolerating Wittenland's serfdom, Nimbusia's helot system, and Diamond Mountain's outright slavery. Even if all of these have been reformed or have left the Coalition, [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten Áltustill pushes for the war simply because they ever tolerated such things.]]

But instead of falling to the wayside, Áltu Kexa found writing a way to vent her feelings. Even without any education, she consumed any literature, aided in this by her frequent visits to a medical facility in Seguro. Life in the capital gave her a chance to see a different side of Kása and it horrified her; where there had been compassion and friendship between others back home, there was only fights and crime in the industrial slums. It was this squalor that she attacked in her writing. Her breakthrough came, oddly enough, when an affluent pony hider her to recite her work at a party. What came to be known as 'The Night of Fire' the poet instead read poems that mocked her rich listeners for their decadent luxury. The ensuing newspaper drama and a lawsuit led to her imprisonment. But Áltu simply continued to write inside the prison, aided in her work by a friendly jailor. After her time, she walked out to a cheering crowd. Áltu Kexa became a successful poet, with her work published for free for all to read, earning her living from public recitals. But despite her wealth, the zebra continued to live at her ancestral farm where she married the jailor who'd aided her and the couple had twins.\\

* FullCircleRevolution: Due to her minarchist libertarian capitalist policies, Eadberhta's Republic ends up little different from the Kingdom before it. Only mage-nobles are replaced with merchants, while commoners continue to be oppressed and impoverished.

->'''Ideology:''' Tyrannical Magocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]] (independent), Esotericism[[note]]Star Father subject[[/note]]

* SorcerousOverlord: The five members of the Pentarchy are cruel practitioners of dark magic who pursue knowledge without ethical strings attached, and are the most potent source of misery for the people of Barrad and entertainment for its Count.

* LuckBasedMission: Before Nova Whirl calls for a vote of no confidence in River Swirl, leading to the election which decides which path the nation will go down, the player has the option to choose whether several situations and pieces of legislation go in favor of the [=HSR=] or the [=SKR=]. Unfortunately, whether a given policy succeeds or backfires is entirely random. This is especially painful for policies that can have additional bonus effects if they pass and succeed, like the initial stimulus bill.

->'''Ideology:''' Non-Aligned

* CultureChopSuey: Lake City has elements of both Serbia and Japan. Their region and division names are all in Serbian, while their culture are based on Japan. Princely Lake City's faction, East-Griffonia Co-Prosperity Sphere, is based on Imperial Japan's Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. One of their R&D companies, Neighsan, is a reference to real life Japanese company Nissan, but has a Cyrillic logo.