Piggymoto- All Star Boar Band

Faunasia

Nobody knows for sure exactly how many countries compose the Faunation Confederacy (also called Faunatia), which is not really all that confederated. The Weslayan humans coined the term in a derisive way some centuries ago when the peoples of these rich and fertile lands seemed to unite against any trade agreement offered by the empire. “Fauna-folk” the Weslayans took to calling non-simian peoples – AnimalPeople.

When King Wesley VII ordered trade embargoes and blockades against all nations that would not cooperate with imperial expansionism, the city states and small countries of this region did unite. They struck up a very loose set of guidelines governing trade and military cooperation, but hesitated to establish anything too concrete. The confederation was intended to last only as long as Wesley’s aggressions persisted.

With the end of war, the countries that compose the confederation have sent delegates to debate whether to dissolve the union, establish a stronger federation, or maintain the status quo. So far, no decision has been made, and thus, the status quo persists.

Prominent countries in the FC include:

Chateausberg, where Eberhard was born and spent most of his childhood.

Deautron, where Johan and Gustave were born (although they never met until Corbin came along)

and

Smith Haven, where Byron was born, schooled, an ultimately incarcerated.

Though the various countries in Faunatia vary in social and political clime, a species-based caste has evolved. So-called predatory races (felines, wolves, etc) are strictly governed and either forced into official service as warriors and bodyguards, or banished from the region. Working species such as horses and cattle are celebrated as the backbone of civilization, but segregated from aristocratic communities. They are rarely paid money for their work, and are therefore kept lowy. Rats and Rabbits make up most of this regions aristocracy.

Pigs, of course, are the nations’ scapegoats. Rarely employed by the wealthy, barred from court and “polite” establishments, Pigs are outcasts and pariahs. Worked hard, paid poorly and forced to live in squalid parts of town, it is very difficult for swine to climb the social ladder.

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