Lac Glacei

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Grand Duchy of Lac Glacei
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Capital Monte Glacei
Largest city Alpreaux, Jardinais
Official language(s) Lac Glaceian
Official religion(s) The Alpine Temple
Demonym Lac Glaceian
 - Adjective Lac Glaceian
Government Ducal
 - Grand Duke Orion II
 - Chamberlain Rupert Hinton
 - Legislature Grand Duke's Council
Establishment 12 ASC
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Population 7,081,179 (1693 AN)
Currency Glaceian Blanc (GBL)
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National animal Dove
National food Ice Cream
National drink Tea
National tree Spruce
Abbreviation GLA, LG

Lac Glacei is a country situated along the northern shores of the eponymous lake with which it shares its name. Located in the heart of northeastern Apollonia, it is a mountainous land of alpine pastures and snowcapped peaks. These glaciers feed the lake, which in turn feeds the River Glacei that then flows south to the sea. This river is a source of life for the people of eastern Apollonia and has been an important trade route along the north-south axis for many centuries. Although one of the oldest nations on Micras, Lac Glacei has only recently regained its full independence.


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Lac Glacei was founded somewhere around 0-12 ASC (the original records have long since been lost to time) by a trio of some of Micras' earliest nations; the Kingdom of Tulsa, the United Imperium, and the Republic of Rocentia. These three nations were seeking to expand their collective footprints on Apollonia and were competing with the rapidly expanding nations of the Apollo Sector. Thus they combined their forces to establish Lac Glacei. The first settlers to arrive in the area came upon the lake in winter, which was frozen solid, and remarking upon the giant sheet of ice named it Lac Glacei.

The initial force was led by Prince Charles of Tulsa and Prince Melvin of the United Imperium, half brothers united by marriage. Under orders from Emperor Jacobus, they established the first settlement along the northern shores of the lake, Monte Glacei. The settlement prospered but did not grow as quickly as hoped. It survived as a small patronage of the Emperor until it was united with the southern settlement of Cognito. For several decades Cognito and Lac Glacei were an inseparable pair and a significant part of the United Imperium's land holdings; albeit with a rather diminutive population.

When the United Imperium opted to join Tymaria with many other Micran nations, Cognito and Lac Glacei were joined as well. But when Tymaria collapsed into civil war, Cognito and Lac Glacei became a barony within Shireroth. Shireroth neglected the region for decades, and then quit the region entirely, relinquishing its claims to the territory. After this, the local leaders gathered and decided to invest the state in the form of a Grand Duchy, electing Orion I as the first Grand Duke. Shireroth wasn't pleased with the development of an independent Lac Glacei and soon came into conflict as it attempted to reassert its claims over the region. The Shirerithians were dealt a further blow when Jacobus, Emperor of the United Imperium, recognized Orion as the legitimate Grand Duke.

In the aftermath of the conflict, Shireroth and Lac Glacei negotiated the Centerflying Treaty, which gave territorial control back to Shireroth, but provided Lac Glacei with continued autonomy.

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