Tamorian Republic

A realm of bickering nobles and insolent merchants, the republic is one of the few democratic realms of the Old Continent.

History
The Republic was originally only a protective alliance of city states that formed after the fall of the Imperium, as they found themselves besieged by a belligerent Rubia from the north, barbaric orcs from the east and wealthy, greedy city states from the south. By the end of the Succession Wars this alliance became much more than it was ever intended to be and the Tamorian Republic was formed.

It is governed by the Council of Cities from the city of Tamor, where each city is represented by their lord mayor or consul. The Council decides on all matters through voting and all cities have veto power, which often derails proposals. The internal politics of the republic are famously tumultuous and most monarchies consider its democratic institutions a failed experiment.

Life
Due to Council's inability to govern the individual member cities are essentially independent in their internal matters and many of them have quite different laws and societies (e.g. Feyburn is a merchant city ruled by a consul elected by the wealthy, while the border city of Saltmire is governed by a duke, whose title is hereditary).