Terranotos has, until recently, been a very uninteresting kingdom. Mostly
farmers, fishers, and some miners in the Zephyr, Terranotos was never the
largest, strongest, more expansive, or richest nation. Most of its neighboring
nations left it alone, since it (usually) provided food and aid to either side
of a conflict, and to attack it would be to take away the food that their
soldiers needed to form a cohesive defensive force. It's a very adept natural
defense mechanism.
Upon the discovery of the Depths, and the material and intellectual riches
therein, however, Terranotos suddenly found itself thrust into the limelight of
the world. Other nations, having once simply taken the small kingdom for
granted, began to pay it heed when it asked for things. Citizens from countries
no one had ever even heard of came to Terranotos, seeking their fame and
fortune in the Depths. This expansion, still going strong, is what makes the
nation of Terranotos one of the more influential in the politics and economics
of today. This, unfortunantly, means that some countries may get up the
chutzpah to try and swipe some of this power for themselves, threat of
starvation or no...