Kingdom of Albonia

The Kingdom of Albonia
The Kingdom of Albonia is an absolute monarchy, lead by Risgar of the Klikov family. He is the second King of Albonia and the first of his name. The Kingdom of Albonia is known for it's reliability in defending the Secondary Southern Wall as it provides the most troops to help defend it. Of the roughly 100,000 man garrison, about 65% of it are troops that originate from Albonia. The next largest contribution, the Republic of Upper Welmarch, comes in at roughly 15% contribution.

Albonia is the southern-most kingdom in the center of Welmarch. It houses the second largest population, ahead of the Republic and behind the Kingdom of Weracht. It is defined by its absolutism and the subservience of the people to the crown. This was the first region to break away from the former Republic of Welmarch and the first to adopt absolute trust in the leader of the nation. The country has no parliamentary or congressional system in place, all laws and decisions for the national level are made by the King.

History
The Kingdom of Albonia was the first region to declare open rebellion against the Republic of Welmarch. This region quickly grew to engulf the Southern Minor Lords who supported the First King. What was once a series of minor battles in favor of the out-classing and out-numbering forces of the Republic turned into a long, drawn affair with no clear decisive victories. The Republic conceded independence after a few months of heavy fighting, unable to recuperate losses that Albonia could field in a matter of days.

The Kingdom of Albonia proved to be a safe haven during the Genocide of the Under Races. Many of the families that could not escape north fled to Albonia as the only other means of escaping imprisonment or death. Many of these families feel like they owe a great debt to Albonia for taking them in and attempt to pay off this debt with each additional generation.

Military
The Kingdom of Albonia largely relies on a levy-based system. At it's peak, the Army of Albonia had about 345,000 soldiers in it's army largely composed of spear-based infantry. Due to the cheapness of the spear and the cost to maintain a professional army, Albonia has only a small part of standardized infantry and equipment. The army currently sits at about 115,000 men with about 65,000 men deployed to the Secondary Southern Wall. Of this, about 45% of the personnel with the standing army are part of the "core developed army" which are professionally trained, standardized, infantry.

Under King Risgar Klikov, there has been mentioning of expanding this training program to encompass more of the standing army to hopefully cheapen the cost by increasing the bulk orders needed to keep it in shape.