Aras Dor

Aras Dor
Aras Dor (Elvish: Ah Rahs Door) is a human country in the Middle North. It's capital is Riverthrone.

History
In ancient times, the humans of Aras Dor were close friends with the elves of the Western and Northern forests, even sharing the Great Elk as a mutual banner. The name Aras Dor itself is an Elvish phrase meaning "Elk Country."

Location and Borders
Aras Dor is located in what is known as the Middle North region of Eres. It borders The Wild Lands to the North, Theorn to the West, Carth and The Barrens to the south, Madran to the East, and The Dreadlands to the North East. The country is split by a massive river running North to South that branches into many smaller rivers in the south.

Climate
The climate is temperate much like real world American North West. The country experiences 4 distinct seasons in the North, with less extreme changes between seasons toward the south.

Politics
The country is ruled by the child King Magnus Aaronsson from his seat in the capital. Aras Dor has alliances and trade agreements with many nearby countries including Tarn, Carth, Madran, and Saran. Aras Dor has tenuous relationships with Theorn to the West and Gulbahad to the South East.

Economy
Aras Dor is a prosperous country with vast natural resources and arable land. The main source of economic stability for the country is farming and trade with neighboring countries.

Ethnic Groups
Humans make up the majority of the population. Other races are not as common in Aras Dor as they tend to be in nearby countries. There are very small populations of various races in the large cities such as River Throne, but non-humans are much less common in the country-side. The next most common races are Elves and then Dwarves, with the majority of Elves risiding in the Northern regions, and Dwarves in the Western and Eastern mountains and highlands. Many parts of the country tend to be hostile toward or unaccepting of non-humans. They are especially hostile towards peoples from the North such as Wild Dwarves and Wood Elves, and even other Humans from the Savage Tribes.

Culture
Humans in and around cities and large farms have a culture similar to real world medieval England. Many humans outside of these cities have a more hunting and frontiersman based culture do to the massive amounts of untouched wilderness within the borders of Aras Dor, as well as the almost forgotton cultural influence of the Elves in ancient times.