Melburn

The Maritime republic of Melburn is a republic in the south western corner of Val. It is famous for being neutral and being ruled by merchant guilds rather than a typical president.

Government Structure
There is no democratic process in Melburn; rather the country is ran by twelve merchant guilds. These twelve guilds provide working jobs and keep neutrality with all the nations. The most famous of these guilds and the figurehead is the Dawn and Dusk Company.

Physical Geography
Being on the southwestern coast of Val. It enjoys high winds and arable farmland around the coast. It holds the expansive Calalat desert in the central regions, creating a free and open border with the Vallum Empire, many of which uses to be free from the oppressive caste systems.

Culture
Melburn is famous for never taking part in any sort of war since it formed in 3852TIC, keeping out of all conflicts and this reflects in the people as they are noted to be hard working and love collecting pieces and becoming rich.

History
The history of Melburn is fairly well known, before it was formed, it was simply a few dozen states along the southwestern coast that traded with each other. It's founder Melburn Ricci began to marry off his children into the trading states' lead families and began the Ricci Trading Company. In 3848TIC the families that the Ricci Trading Company married into all agreed to form the state of Melburn to protect themselves from The Vallum Empire. This became known as the Unifcaiton of the Melburian State and it was formed on the 9th of November, 3852TIC.

In the mid 4800s, the Melburian state began to experiment with existing Plasma Tanks that existed in the Vallum Empire, after around 3 years, the Melburian Plasma Tank was born and was sold to other nations.