Lyradur

General Information
Lyradur is Antetand’s southern neighbor and historic rival. The nation itself is about just as old as Antetand. For the most part the nation has a rather dry, Mediterranean like climate with the hemport region being unique thanks to the climate created by the Lyran Highlands and Greenview mountain range leading to a much cooler tundra/shield climate. Lyradur has fought numerous wars with Antetand with their borders frequently shifting over centuries of conflict. Lyradur was one of the earliest countries to join the Merchant Republics in the colonization of Aetia. Lyradur has worked hard to maintain strong diplomatic relations with it’s old colonial states and the nations that emerged out of them and has a long standing friendship with Aletheia and most of the states that came before it.

Analogs
For analogs, Lyradur is culturally similar to the United Kingdom with most of the nation being very similar to England and the mountainous regions being culturally similar to Scotland. It’s geography and climate can best be compared to the Balkans and the Adriatic region in general.