Kingdom of Rizia

the kingdom of rizia, colloquially known as rizia, is a semi constitutional monarchy led by king romus toras it is positioned on the eastern coast of south merkopa's peninsula the kingdom is neighbored by wehlen, morella, and the grand duchy of pales, and separated from lespia by the sudis sea rizia's name finds its roots in the rezenid empire, a powerful ancient confederation that dominated much of southern merkopa at the beginning of the first millennium the ruling reznas family strategically established their stronghold, drazon (later renamed porte drazon), at the zpana river's mouth, taking advantage of the fertile soil the region fell to the markian empire in the early 1100s, which built roads, bridges, and aqueducts, and mined small amounts of gold to support their expansion this rule lasted until the 1600s, when the rubaz family led an independence movement, forming the kingdom of rizia comprising three semi autonomous provinces – brenas, valenqiris, and montaklar – governed from the central domain of rizia imperii in the 1800s, a split in the rubaz family led to the war of rizan succession, causing a five year bloody conflict that involved several external powers after the war, the toras family took the crown, with the sazon and azaro families controlling brenas and montaklar rizia's golden age occurred in the late 1800s under queen lyza "the great" toras, driven by advancements in gold mining technology however, this era ended with the reign of lyza's son, valero "the frail," whose unsuccessful attempts to retake pales led to rebellion despite initial struggles, the crown regained some of its economic stability thanks to alliances and the discovery of natural gas fields today, it boasts one of the highest gdps on the continent due to the wealth of its nobility some citizens do enjoy a high quality of life due to good salaries and competitively well funded social services the government holds part ownership of large corporations, with rizian royal gold being the most significant despite commendations for its free healthcare, low tax rates, and progressive women's rights policies, the human rights record of the country has been criticized for the unequal treatment of citizens and non citizens and harsh punishments for protesters more recently, diminishing natural resources have caused strain on the treasury of the golden kingdom, which in the last decades has bid farewell to its golden age and entered a more challenging period rizia is a member of the organization for merkopan economic development (omec), the guild of royal allies for commercial exchange (grace), and the alliance of nations