Elective-Kingdom of Arment

For much of its history the land of Arment has been exchanged like a cheap trading card. In the early days of Arcadia its poor land allowed it to be united with relative ease while city states squabbled around them but meant that the united region of Arment could never be that powerful.

One of the greatest issues for the native population was providing enough food to feed themselves, and so they began experimenting with different fertilisers to put in their nutrient defficient soil. After many tests one fertiliser was found that increased the productive ability of the soil four-fold. For the next few years Arment was able to easily feed it's population, however over the following year a fungi began to grow in the soil, using the minerals in the fertiliser to grow greatly. The people of Arment, so dependent on this new fertiliser, were devastated by this blight and as much as 60% of their population was wiped out as the new cities failed to support themselves.

The northern kingdom of Beauvais capitalised upon this new opportunity and invaded the land, taking it with relative ease. For the next 100 years Arment lay under the control of Beauvais however a newly united HEM felt that they were strong enough to take the land for themselves, and after a war lasting three years the land was annexed by the HEM.

It stayed this way for the next 500 years however when war broke out once more between Beauvais and the HEM, Arment was released to prevent further fighting. This could not have occured at a better time since but 100 years later the true wealth of Arment was discovered. Below the ground lay rich deposits of coal and other useful resources, leading the the beginning of an industrial revolution centred on Arment.

Nowadays with technological advances Arment is able to just about feed its population, and what it lacks in manpower it makes up for in technological might. Who knows what may come out of this new powerhouse now?