Falcharne

Terrain and People
Corruption and the multitude of feudal interactions make penetration here easy. The Crown has a reasonably efficient secret police, but it is focused on protecting state secrets; it does not recognize collection of real intelligence as a threat, so collection against economic data, political internal structure, and geography (except key points and military installations) is not guarded against.

Risks (To Combine)
Falcharne is the largest financial supporter of the Pope, and a major religious supporter as well. A reprise of Falcharnese and Papal treachery during the Fourth Orc War is always feared and remains a possibility. Falcharne today is however as dedicate to expanding Royal as Papal power.

Military
Falcharne has the largest population of any single European Theme nation. She also has the largest population of nobility, all armed to the teeth and trained incessantly. Unfortunately for Falcharne, most of them are honor-obsessed military idiots. The border fiefs, who see a fair amount of real fighting, are a different proposition. There may be found well-trained populations beneath the noble level. Specially worthy of mention are the Duchy of Dale (South Eastern Falcharne, on both sides of the Marne river for most its length) and the Duchy of Gascony, ruled by the Protestant de Graaf family. The Dales rule an unusual duchy, very long and two subfiefs wide, one fief on each side of the river, and nearly a thousand miles long. The family supposedly maintains its control by river power;  little is known about exactly how. The de Graafs face the Borduchai on their entire northern frontier and so have a great deal of continual warfare, and a concommittent (word meaning?) level of military training.

Falcharne also has a high percentage of unsettled, wild lands, over half.

Economics
Falcharne is the richest single state in the European Theme. Falcharne has the richest agriculture of the European Theme, and enough minerals to get by, although much is imported. Her mineral wealth probably lies in the mountains, which are undeveloped as yet.

Politics
Birth of an heir and a spare puts the Bourbon monarchy in more solid position.

Additional Information

 * Khaliya managed to establish his own duchy by taking Borduchai lands. This has led to his investors great profit (Hanse?).
 * The People of the Spear used to inhabit a string of forts along a trade route. These have been completely taken over by a Draconic group masquerading as a catholic religious order. This group has since gained political power, favor with the King, and great wealth as a consequence of this fact.