Kenris League

The Kenris League is an alliance of quasi-independent townships and city-states located along the northern coast of Valroe and on several small archipelagos near said coast. The League originally formed around the year 220 as a mutual defense pact against the expansionist policies of both Nyraash and Tassia, but in the centuries since its inception, as it has expanded to include more member states, it has also slowly developed power beyond that initial mandate, becoming a republican federation with more governing power than its member states' more local aristocracy.

Government
The government of the Kenris League exists on two levels: the largely-unofficial, nominally democratic League government, and the entrenched aristocracy who hold the majority of influence over local and municipal matters. These two forces are in a constant state of conflict. The aristocracy characterize the League government as defined by drastic overreach of their official positions; the League government makes use of the support of the commoners to restrain the options of the more militarily-powerful aristocrats.

The highest ranking member of the League government goes by the title Hansar - originally the title for a city's secretary of commerce, but more recently a federal elective office with an ever-growing list of executive responsibilities.

The current Hansar of the Kenris League is a man named Vog. Hansar Vog has spent the majority of his political career strengthening the League government and weakening aristocratic influence on the sea. In his own succinct words, "The kings rule the land. I rule the waves."