Hironeiden
Background
A sheikdom, Hironeiden is the most powerful nation in the Human Alliance right now. It has a long history that even goes back before the Great Diastrophism, and has been playing the role of shield for Human Alliance against the Orks from Hexter for a long time. There were dark days for this nation when they became the vessel state of Ecclesia in the result of the first War of Heroes, but they never rested in rebuilding the nation, and as a result, they successfully managed to climb up to the leading position in the Human Alliance.
Although they have a long and rich history, they have tendencies not to give too much attention to the tradition and formality. In Hironeiden, a person is judged not by his or her background but the ability, and even the noblest man can become an important figure if one has the desire.
They naturally developed this kind of mindset after going through numerous battles against the Orks from Hexter.
Hironeiden had to remain prepared for any kind of attack from the Orks. They established a centralized government in short order. They also developed a habit of placing more emphasis on one's skills than on one's background.
These factors make them quite contradictory to Ecclesia who are known to be hostile towards the other human races for Hironeiden's policies towards their alikes are a lot more hospital, which explains how they managed to develop at such a fast pace learning the magic skills and technology from the elves and dwarves respectively.
Present
At present, their influence being a member of Human Alliance stretches all the way to the southern part of Bersia, and they're building new villages near the Riftwick mountains which had been left unoccupied seeking to expand their territory to the East.
Because of the fear of getting retaliated by other races, the towns like these declared themselves as neutral allowing outsiders to enter them.
However, little do they know that these towns are actually being used to station military soldiers disguised as guards.