Commonwealth: Caulder
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| Second Veil Defence Pact State Government: Absolute Duchy Ruler: Duke Oswy Marne, KG Capital City: Ushant |
The Defensive Member, responsible for the South-East Quadrant of the Commonwealth. Duke Oswy has ruled the Duchy for about forty years, although he is beginning to consider retirement. He has been training his son, David, to succeed him before he becomes too old to enjoy stepping down from the job, and it is likely that the handover will be within the next five years. At present, however, David has been assigned to Abbeville. |
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BazanCommonwealth Member |
A major trading Shadow, very near in to Sable. While it doesn’t have that many resources of its own, Bazan is well placed to act as a point of exchange between those Shadows which surround it, including Berrin, Edran, Hereford and Blaine, as well as into the Kingdom and the Reich. |
EdranCommonwealth Member |
A largely sea-based Shadow with a strong maritime tradition. Most of the land is arranged in archipelagos of islands varying in size from less than a mile across, to a couple of hundred miles across. Many of the larger islands are forested, thereby providing timber and other necessaries for shipbuilding. It is a centre for building both merchant and military vessels, and in addition the majority of timber used in the Sable fleet’s wooden vessels is produced here. |
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AracarCommonwealth Member |
A Shadow with strong trade ties to other countries in the Commonwealth, and also to Sable itself. There are a number of major cities, usually located near the various Royal Ways, and the Shadow thrives by acting as a market place and legal base for settling trade disputes. Other than lawyers, Aracar produces a number of agricultural products, as well as “cottage industry” type products. |
BlaineCommonwealth Member |
A temperate to warm Shadow, with suitable lands for growing cotton and other like products, and also with a lot of sheep farming. Much of the best wool in the Commonwealth comes from Blaine – hence the establishment of the Blaine Wool Market, where wool, cotton, silk and other similar products are now traded by sellers from all over the Commonwealth. The cotton and woollen spinning and weaving industries are strongly represented in the larger cities of the Shadow. |
HerefordCommonwealth Member |
A strongly agricultural Shadow, specialising in grain, hops and meat – especially beef and pork. It also has extensive orchards, producing some of the best cider to be found in the Commonwealth (rivalling that made on Weston). It became a Sable governorship by request, after a period of economic instability |
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AlbaCommonwealth |
Commonwealth commercial Shadow, although it has a reasonable industrial base at c1970s tech. It initially sought admission to the Commonwealth in SY110, but was denied on that occasion, as it’s system of government was a benevolent dictatorship…more in the Roman sense than the Idi Amin sense. After a number of internal Constutional changes were made (like it acquiring a Constitution in the first place), it moved towards becoming a Republic with an elected President. It reapplied for Commonwealth membership in SY135, and this time it was granted. |
CoultonNon-Commonwealth |
A basically agricultural state, which has previously applied for membership of the Commonwealth, to be rejected as unready. On more recent visits by Sable dignitaries, some progress was seen to have been made, and negotiations have begun concerning the possibility of a new application for membership. At this time, it remains the only world in the Caulder Quadrant not to be a formal Commonwealth member. |
FraserCommonwealth Member |
Mainly a trading Shadow, with strong links to the agricultural realms of Blaine and Hereford. In addition, there is a strong fishing tradition on Fraser itself, and there are also a number of industries including spinning and weaving, and light engineering. |
MondadoriCommonwealth Member |
The most industrialised Shadow in its region of the Commonwealth, specialising in steel and other metal-based industries, plus some engineering. There is also something of an arms industry, especially closer to Caulder, which it supplies. Industrial products include raw materials. Engineering products include both technological and magi-tech items. Mondadori is a constitutional monarchy, with a full government and an advisory cabinet which reports to the King. Tech level is higher, c1950s, meaning that it could have its markets affected by Alba’s entry into the Commonwealth. |