The Rested Coast Confederacy

With the ever-increasing threat of Imperial rule, and previously, danger of raids from Orcs, many city-states, particularly those in the trade-rich region of the Rested Coast, started to look for ways to protect themselves. Most built walls, and formed militias. Some formed armies, and strong fortifications.

High Chancellor Bjuurn of Shieldmaiden's Bay was the first to bring forth the idea of joining forces to the city-states of the Rested Coast.

There were originally five city-states invited to the meetings, the four that are currently a part of it and the Port of Narmway being the fifth, and at these meetings an agreement was made to support each other city militarily, in the case of an invasion.

Following the negotiations, all the invited city-states joined in 468LZ to form the Rested Coast Confederacy, except for the Port of Narmway, which remained independent.

That's all that the Rested Coast Confederacy was at first. Now, years past, there is a council that meets several times a month to discuss matters of import to the region. In particular, a so-called 'Freedom Pact' arranged with The Holy Empire of the Dawn in late 484LZ, that guarantees military support against invaders in protection of each city-state's autonomy in exchange for more favourable trade agreements between the two nations and military access.

Sovereignty
Sovereignty for the Rested Coast Confederacy lies with each city-state, though a council of each state's leaders meets and decides sometimes upon action in all of their interests.

Laws
The laws between the different city-states vary greatly, but interestingly, The Holy Empire of the Dawn's garrisons between and around the cities, but not within them, mean that generally one is freer within a city's walls than outside of them in recent months.

Cities and Towns
The Rested Coast Confederacy contains four city-states and a number of smaller independent or sattelite towns. The city-states are: The towns include:
 * Masthead;
 * Pinebrook;
 * Shieldmaiden's Bay;
 * Castage.
 * Brimstern
 * Faaldugrail