Whitneseria

Whitneseria is a small nation in the northern borders of the continent. A small nation that's torn in a civil war between it's ruling government.

Politics
The nation of Whitneseria is split up into 3 separate duchies rules under the high king who uses the meeting point of the 3 duchies as a neutral ground. Although the existence of the high king is supposed to keep the duchies in line, the last few generations of high kings have been weakening over time and the individual duchies had been rising in power. Thus, the nation is sitting on a timed bomb waiting to go off into a civil war.

Duchy of Chich
The duchy of Chich is the largest of the three duchies and the most economically successful duchy. Chich seems to have the upper hand in conflicts between the nations currenty.

Duchy of Yeom
Yeom is the southernmost duchy, thus it's the closest to the outside world. People from Yeom have made trade voyages into the continent proper. The duchy sustains the strongest navy of the 3 duchies and maintains state controlled piracy in the region. most Whitneserians are from Yeom.

Duchy of Herfordia
Herfordia is the original homeland of the people, according to them. This duchy is one of the weakest militarily and economically, but the richest culturally as it contains artifacts of the original peoples.

History
The island of Whitneseria used to be controlled by a race of Yuna-ti named Al-Thabeen, who used to rule over and worship their snake god of ýylan. The humans of the island arised as small clans and tribes in the current duchy of Herfordia, where they would usually be preyed upon by the Yuan-ti for human sacrifice and consumption. The island was burned down in an uprising after the human tribes fought for their freedom and toppled the empire of Yuan-ti. The Yuan-ti had to either flee the island or go into hiding. The humans separated the island between their tribes.

Religion
The people of Whitneseria worship a quartet of goddesses that represent their needs of survival.

Esca
Esca is the goddess of sustenance, she's known to provide food and plants for her people, usually indicated as a goddess of nature, though she sometimes represents cruelty. As to explain the existence of poisonous food and rot.

Aeya
Aeya is the goddess of air and the skies. She represents the need for air to breath and usually indicated as the goddess of the sky, sun, and moon. She's considered the head of the pantheon as the lack of air is the most lethal of the four.

Aqua
Aqua is the goddess of water and the void. She represents the need for water and most liquids. She represents emotions due to the fluidity of emotions and how they change a lot.

Ignia
Ignia is the goddess of heat and warmth. She represents the need for heat to survive the freezing cold of the island. She's shown to be a calm person but prone to very angry fits of rage to explain heat's ability to kill. She represents kindness, warmth, and hospitality.