Apala

Apala broke off and declared independence from the Gravenian Empire shortly after the declaration of the Great War. Revolutionary sentiments beforehand?? It aimed to become a better, greater nation with new modern ideals. A culture typically based on both bastardisations of traditional Gravenian culture and wildly different things (jellyfish lamps). You get the impression that everyone is trying their hardest to be different and be tolerant, even if they aren't. Failed version of the USA. They were immediately sacked by Gravenian forces and Western invaders and the Gravenians refuse to annex them as a matter of principle. Poverty-stricken.