Escovia


 * General Overview**

Escovia is a peaceful land located on an island. The other half of the island is Raziela. The two regions are separated by a seemingly invisible border in the pond. The two regions are friendly with each other and usually ignore the border. The inhabitants are mermaids and mermen, also known as merpeople. There is a beautiful castle where royalty lives near the center.


 * Geography**

Escovia is located in the western hemisphere of the world. It is half an island, the other half being Raziela. There is a large ocean-like area in the middle. Sea water from the open ocean comes in through underground channels. Surrounding the ocean are rolling fields. Creating a fence-like structure around the island are high-peaked mountains that are nearly impossible to climb up. Because of this the only way to get into the island is to swim through the channels. The grand castle is in the closed-ocean area under water. There aren't any separate villages or cities in Escovia, the region is as a whole.


 * History**

Escovia is dated back at least 7,000 years. It was created to be a site for the castle for the monarchy of the merpeople. The king and queen decided it would be better than the open ocean region they had for the merpeople, so they had everyone move to the new area. They decided to call this area Escovia, and it has been so since. It took a while to make the region livable for the merpeople. There was a time, before the mountains were surrounding the island, where people from foreign lands tried to attack the island. After the invasion, the merpeople of Escovia and the fairies of Raziela decided to team up to create the mountains to better protect themselves from other invasions.


 * Government**

Escovia is a monarchy. The king has most power, but he is a fair, kind, and wise king and is over 2,000 years old. The next in power, used for dealing with lower concerns, is the royal court. This is made up of a few select mermen and mermaids whom are chosen by the king. There is usually no problem in the region, as it is normally a peaceful region. The non-royalty merpeople do jobs around the region such as gathering food, medications and hospitals, building new homes, teaching, etc. The


 * Inhabitants**

Escovia is populated entirely by mermen and mermaids. Few of the merpeople are born with magic, those who are not cannot learn. Those born with the gift, as they call it, must be taught to better their magic and learn to control it. Merpeople born without magic must go to regular schooling to learn things to help the region. The merpeople, gain legs when on land. Some of the merpeople choose to live their lives almost entirely on land, some prefer to never set foot on it. The merpeople live in underwater sea caves, or small mud or wooden huts on land. The ones who live on land are similar to humans in the way they live. The merpeople who live underwater breed much as fish do. Females lay the eggs then males will fertilize. However, the merpeople that live on land breed as humans do. There is a slight overpopulation problem, as merpeople live long lives, but there is almost never lack of food as it grows all around. They eat water vegetation mostly, the land merpeople will eat mostly land vegetation and grow crops. There are only a couple thousand residents of Escovia, although it is still overpopulated.