Kingdom of Lombard

The Kingdom of Lombard is a large Lombardian Kingdom located in Western Thedas where it lies on an island of sorts but is not completely landlocked through the formation of several large bridges during its time under the Empire of Numeron. The Kingdom of Lombard has a very large population but this population is spread quite dramatically with the only cities being located on the coast at the located of the six bridges with the four largest being the four largest bridges, and the rest of the population is rural living an agriculture based life throughout the mainland.

The Kingdom of Lombard is dominated religiously by two major religions in the form of the Temple of Dragonoph, and the Church of Sigmar of which have basically divided the Kingdom between each other, while a third much weaker religion in the form of Christianity has spread into south eastern Lombard by the Christian Kingdom of Ripuari, but this spread has minimal and only increased noticeably following House Gausian using them to take control of one of the bridge cities.

The Kingdom of Lombard is officially an absolute Tetrarchy where in the Kingdom of Lombard is controlled by four Monarchs of whom are the four major noble families of Lombard (Control of the four major bridges), but it has increasingly become a single monarchy as House Gausian placed control of two of the bridges in the hands of Knight Orders loyal to the family while the other have slowly come into the powerbase of religious Orders leading to the current state of only a single King being crowned in the capital.

The Kingdom of Lombard is dominated by the Frankish ethnic group called the Lombards of whom migrated into the region during the years prior to the coming of the Empire of Numeron, and since these early days the Lombards have been the dominent group of the region of Lombard. The Kingdom of Lombard once contained a large population of Atlantians but during the Downfall of Numeron the Lombards would turn on the Numenorians and Atlantians and civil war spread throughout the region of Lombard which following the victory of the Lombards the remaining Atlantians and Numenorians either fled or were killed leaving the land nearly completely Lombardian.

The Kingdom of Lombard was founded during the Downfall of Numeron when the leaders of the six bridge cities of Lombard would

Geography
The Kingdom of Lombard is located on the Island of Lombard of which would make them landlocked but during the rule of the Empire of Numeron many very large bridges were constructed to connect the Kingdom of Lombard to the mainland and ever since the control of these bridges has become a source of major political weight in the Kingdom of Lombard.

Six Bridges
Cologne : Cologne is the largest city of the Kingdom of Lombard and is located in western Lombard where it lies under the control of House Gausian. Auxonne : Auxonne is the second largest city of the Kingdom of Lombard and is located in eastern Lombard where it is controlled by the Sigmar Church of Auxonne. Colmar : Colmar is the fourth largest city of the Kingdom of Lombard where it is located in northern Lombard which has led to it becoming extremely fortified and in this way is now controlled by the Knights of Colmar. Leux : Leux is the second smallest of the six bridge cities and it has become more of a castle with its population being mainly driven away by the constant fighting and in this way is controlled by the Knights of Leux. Teux : Teux is the third largest of the cities of Lombard and its safe location in the south of Lombard has led to it becoming the center of the mercantilism of the Kingdom of Lombard where it is dominated by the Christian Church of Lombard Vesoul : Vesoul is the smallest of the six bridge cities and is located in northwestern Lombard where it lies under the control of the Knights of Vesoul.

Government
The Kingdom of Lombard is officially an absolute Tetrarchy where in the Kingdom of Lombard is controlled by four Monarchs of whom are the four major noble families of Lombard (Control of the four major bridges), but it has increasingly become a single monarchy as House Gausian placed control of two of the bridges in the hands of Knight Orders loyal to the family while the other have slowly come into the powerbase of religious Orders leading to the current state of only a single King being crowned in the capital.

Population
The Kingdom of Lombard has a very large population but this population is spread quite dramatically with the only cities being located on the coast at the located of the six bridges with the four largest being the four largest bridges, and the rest of the population is rural living an agriculture based life throughout the mainland.

Ethnicity
The Kingdom of Lombard is dominated by the Frankish ethnic group called the Lombards of whom migrated into the region during the years prior to the coming of the Empire of Numeron, and since these early days the Lombards have been the dominent group of the region of Lombard. The Kingdom of Lombard once contained a large population of Atlantians but during the Downfall of Numeron the Lombards would turn on the Numenorians and Atlantians and civil war spread throughout the region of Lombard which following the victory of the Lombards the remaining Atlantians and Numenorians either fled or were killed leaving the land nearly completely Lombardian.

Religion
The Kingdom of Lombard is dominated religiously by two major religions in the form of the Temple of Dragonoph, and the Church of Sigmar of which have basically divided the Kingdom between each other, while a third much weaker religion in the form of Christianity has spread into south eastern Lombard by the Christian Kingdom of Ripuari, but this spread has minimal and only increased noticeably following House Gausian using them to take control of one of the bridge cities.