Bosgeiz

Bossgeiz is a country to the east of Yurgenschmidt.

While very little is known about the geography of the country itself, it is known that a desert is interposed between its territories and Yurgenschmidt. To allow people to travel between the two countries without having to traverse the desert, the country gate between them functions as a big, walk-through teleportation circle, similar to the ones employed in the Royal Academy, rather than a regular door.

In the past, Bossgeiz was a valued trade partner of Yurgenschmidt, leading to the border city of Kirnberger in the duchy of Eisenreich becoming a sizable and wealthy trade hub. They bought large amounts of iron directly from Eisenreich, as well as any feystones they could get their hands on, due to how exceptionally rare and hard to get they are beyond Yurgenschmidt's borders.

A little over 200 years ago, the Bossgeiz government managed to convince the Aub Eisenreich of the time to attempt to usurp the crown. This plan however fell through, when the Zent learned of the impending insurrection, and before the allies could muster their forces, the royals closed the country gate and launched a preemptive attack that crushed Eisenreich. The country gate has remained closed ever since.

With the closure being so sudden, a considerable number of Bossgeiz citizens - primarily merchants - was stuck in the foreign country, unable to ever return to their home. The wealthiest among them were able to afford local citizenship and open up stores in the cities of the now diminished duchy of Eisenreich, and later Ehrenfest, which would come to replace it, about a generation later, but a considerable number of the stragglers were forced to scatter to the four winds as traveling merchants.