The World of Nero

A Guide to "Journey Through Nero"

The Polo people were one of the most cohesive nations. Yes, there were several tribes, but not too many. Yes, like all early peoples, they constantly fought among themselves for no particular reason, but they still waged more wars against the outside world, and their unification during periods of particularly frequent raids by human nomads and Salinkar goblins (yes, goblins on different continents have significant differences) confirms this. Then came a period of particularly rapid development, trade with other countries, and expansion to the sea, of course, at a higher level than simply building fishing boats, which they had done since ancient times. On the water, they had to fight a little with the mages for dominance (the mages began their sea voyages a little earlier), but in the end, they achieved it, and the large number of islands in the Mediterranean Ocean, which the Polo now possess without question, is proof of this.
Along with great victories, there were also great failures. Thus, the Polo state at that time was a kingdom, and the princes were only weakly dependent on their older brothers, the heirs to the kingdom. As a result, this people had to endure a bloody feudal war and fragmentation. People began to unite again only two hundred years later, under the auspices of the very city of Kladez, which at that time was the richest of all Polo cities (and remains so to this day). And since Kladez was a city-republic (this is a separate story about how the local prince lost all his close and distant heirs), there was no longer any talk of a monarchy. This is how the Republic of Kro emerged in its almost modern form. It should be said that Kladez managed to unite even the continental lands, but the islands to the north of the Kro archipelago, also inhabited by the Polo, did not become part of the republic, partly due to the influence there of a direct descendant of the Polo king who lived before the collapse, and partly due to diplomatic relations with the Dascalos, whom this very heir supported, being almost in an alliance with them. Later, these islands formed another state, namely the Free Kingdoms.
The Polo have always maintained a high level of military strength. It is only natural that soon after their unification, they decided to push back the inhabitants of Western and Eastern Petalod, who were orcs and goblins (the continents themselves were discovered by them a little earlier, during the period of feudal fragmentation). This is how the Kro colonies were formed, and the Free Kingdoms also sought not to lag behind them (to be fair, they still lagged behind significantly). On these continents, colonies of the Kre'at also appeared, which led to a colonial war between them and Kro (while the Kre'at and Polo fought each other, the goblins and orcs regularly attacked both). Formally, the Polo won, but a couple of decades later, another war broke out between these peoples, this time on the Salinkar continent, where the Polo were defeated and forced to share some of their continental territories with the Kre'at.
Currently, Kro is at peace, but the mood there reflects the style in which the Polo have lived until now. However, this does not affect the most important international relations for the Polo, namely trade, which greatly contributes to their morale.