Kingdom that shares a border with Asvidere.
The demonym for the people of Rem is “Remulite”.
Unlike neighboring Asvidere, the Kingdom of Rem is actually a constitutional monarchy, with the king as head of state and head of the Remulite Church of St. Cuthbert (the only officially recognized religion1), but politically a figurehead only. Real authority rests with the Chancellor, who is head of government and the true leader of the nation.
Rem is a also a democracy, so its citizens enjoy a voice in matters of politics—if they own land, that is (or are guilded). Though there’s no system of hereditary nobility (the old aristocracy having been overthrown in a bloody revolution centuries ago2), the trade guilds and land-owning merchant families fill the role of a stable “upper” social class.
Though not as wealthy as its northern neighbor, Rem is prosperous enough, as it has two unique advantages: an excellent educational system, second to none across the whole continent—and an exclusive trade partnership with the dwarves of Iron Mountain.
1 Other faiths are not outlawed in Rem, but they are given no special privileges—no tax exemptions, no special dispensations for the suspension of prohibitions on animal sacrifice, no recognition of holy days, etc. ⇑
2 As Rem was once a province of the Celdic Empire, the nobility of Rem were largely of Celdic ancestry. When the Empire’s collapse began in earnest, Rem was one of the first of its conquered territories to break away, in an uprising that saw most of the nobles slaughtered. (The failure of the Emperor of Celdanna to put down the Remulite rebellion was the first completely unambiguous signal that the Empire was not what it once had been.) After the revolution, a period of purging all Celdic influence from Remulite culture followed; faiths other than that of St. Cuthbert were banned for a time, and punishable by death. This prohibition was eventually relaxed, but Remulite society remains hostile to “foreign religions” to this day. ⇑