Home to a larger number of nobles than two other nations in Edar combined, Tear is a land of extreme gentrification and stratification. The saga of life in Tear often takes one of two paths: that of a long and convoluted tale of political maneuvering and extreme wealth, or that of downtrodden poverty from which there is rarely an escape.
The Tearan middle class is almost non-existent, as the aristocratic class owns all of the businesses and enterprises in this coastal nation. These aristocrats also elect a council of leaders from among themselves, called the High Lords of Tear, to govern the nation. These individuals are often elected on how they intend to further aristocratic goals rather than those of the common folk.
The aristocrats of Tear also practice a particular variety of politics called Daes Dae’Mar, or the Game of Houses. It is a game in name only, for its players are deadly serious and the matters it touches on are of the greatest importance. In the Game, a player’s every action, or even refusal or failure to act, becomes a matter of consequence, debated at length in salons, drawing rooms, dining halls, and council chambers as other players seek deeper, hidden meanings. But soon, of course, some other action comes along to draw people’s attention. Secret messages, midnight skulking, a contemptuous glance passing between two people at a party, being seen having a few words with a High Lord’s nephew- all have importance in the Game. Strangers entering Tearan society had best beware, lest they find themselves caught up in the Great Game without knowing it.

• Government: Aristocratic Republic
• Leader: High Lord Caldaru Sarusan
• Capital: Tear
• Environment: Coastal beaches, temperate forests, temperate plains.
• Population: 900,000 o Human: 61%
- Elven: 23%
- Dwarven: 12%
- Gnomish: 4%
• Notable Locations: o The Stone of Tear: This immense fortress, with its walls plated in solid iron, is the seat of the Tearan government and the home to its most important high lords. The Stone of Tear is said to be utterly impregnable against any besieging armies.