Gram Republic

The Gram Republic was a state that ruled over most of Gramtir. It was founded in 3421AA when the Republic City-States of Eastern Gram allied to form what will become the Gram Republic.

History

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Foundation (3421-3491)

After 3120, when the Republic of Emudor had been conquered by the Mulmac magocracy, the city elite was exiled in the Gram marshes. There their democratic values spread quickly between the Gram marsh clans. They began electing their Clan chief (Nireshu). The Emudor Exiles helped them organize and a council to oversee all the tribes was elected. This first Marsh Council organized an army and declared war to the Akretigram Kingdom stopping the conquest of their land. This helped them fend off the expansion of the Gram kingdoms. After the year 3200 the eastern coast cities became republics one by one, under the pressure of the merchants (who mostly came from the marsh tribes). In 3421 the eastern cities and the marsh tribes grouped under a single Republic. This new centralized state was formed of a central senate of two elected members from each city council and two elected members from the Marsh Council.

Expansion (3491-3681)

In 3491 the newly founded Republic attacked the Akretigram Kingdom pushing the border southwards, conflicts continued until 3511 when Akretigram was fully conquered. Alera was conquered in 3498. The Republic supported rebellions in the city Gir and Ctigram kingdom, wich were respectively annexed in 3598 and 3601.

Politics

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The Gram republic worked as a multilayered federal state. Its main subdivisions were of two kinds Cities and Clans. In both cases citizens could elect representatives.

City

A City was a subdivision of the Gram Republic where citizenship was granted to every land owner. They were often urban centers but owned also large pieces of rural land. Election were organized every two years to elect a City Council, the number of members varied between each city.

Clan

Clans were a subdivision with an hereditary citizenship law. They were large families, most were said to descend from any of the first members of the Marsh Council. Each Clan had jurisdiction only over its people. The Nireshu of each Clan (the clan's chief), was elected by all the Clan's citizens every ten years.

Marsh Council

The Nireshu gathered to form the Marsh Council. The council voted to make decisions about and settle disputes between Clans. Every five years the Marsh Council decided how to redistribute land between each Clan. Based on the census and harvest of each Clan. For this task land was measured and

Great Maraad-Befki

The Great Maraad-Befki was the leader of the Gram Republic. The election was held every 10 years, every citizen of the republic was allowed to vote (cities and clans). The Maraad-Befki was helped by 6 ministers (three from the cities, three from the clans). The Archimages also counseled and were given responsibility over magic matters in the republic.