Belisaria

Belisaria is one of the two kingdoms that originally split from Etruschia after King Elias sunk the area now known as the Great Bay. Elias' two sons then split Etruschia into Belisaria and Aranccia. It's located north of the Great Bay and borders the Rutaccea forest.

The Capital
The capital city of Belisaria is Merccolas, the Port City. It sits on the northern edge of the Great Bay near the Northbrak Mountains. Merccolas is quite wealthy in comparison to it's rival capital, Orvieto. This is largely due to rich mineral wealth in the Northbrak mountains, although Belsaria is sparsely populated compared to agriculturalist Aranccia.

Military
Belisaria, like Aranccia, is renowned for its heavy cavalry, the Cataphracts. These horse mounted warriors wear heavy armour and are equipped with lances, swords, and composite short bows. The horses also wear heavy scale mail barding.

Belisarian infantry (when they actually use them) are a lightly armoured rapid deployment force. They wear light armour, carry tower shields and use short swords and spears

They train constantly to run everywhere, training to keep up with the Belisarian Cataprachts. All Belisarian infantry (or ex infantry) get the Quick bonus trait (+10 base speed when running or charging)

The Belisarian navy has suffered numerous defeats during the reign of the Aranccian king Xergiot the Mad, due in part to the king's insistance on advancing the use of gunpowder and due to a few lucky victories. The Belisarians are trying to rapidly update their navy, though they remain mostly using light oar driven galleys equipped with balistas and front mounted alchemist fire siphons.

Knife-ears
Belisaria borders the Rutaccea forest, a large forested area primarily inhabited by Elves. In 1066, Belisarian 3 infantry legions were destroyed in the dense Retuccea forest by a single elven strider regiment. This defeat cemented non-human dominance of the frontier and humiliated the human duchies into never again putting stock into infantry divisions.

To this very day, Belisarian/Elven relations are strained. Belisarian caravans are not allowed through the woods, meaning that they had to go through the mountains (and Jotunsgrund, home to many hill and stone giants) or take the sea route, putting them at the mercy of Aranccian pirates.