Duchy of Brunhild

Brunhild Dukedom (ブリュンヒルド公国) is a newly sovereign city-state in between the Kingdom of Belfast and Regulus Empire and being governed by Touya Mochizuki. Later, the dukedom development is being managed by Kousaka Masanobu of the Four Heavenly Kings who is also the counselor of the dukedom. The land was given to Touya as a gift from both Regulus Emperor and King of Belfast while also serves as their form of alliance. The duchy also host the World Alliance's monthly congress and sporting event.

Overview
Brunhild Dukedom is located on the south of the borderline between Kingdom of Belfast and Regulus Empire while 2/3 to the north of the border is occupied by Merishia Mountain Range (メリシア山脈). Brunhild Dukedom area is about 410 square kilometers or according to Touya, is 2/3 the area of 23 ward of Tokyo City, which 621 square kilometers. The land is a fecund but also featureless with a river and a single highway strike across the land from east to the west and before Touya Mochizuki reclaim the land, it was bustling with demon beasts and bandits. The highway is connecting Kingdom of Belfast on the west to Regulus Empire on the east. The highway is passing by the royal castle on the midway and has checkpoints on the both end.

The royal castle of Brunhild Dukedom is located in the middle of the country and the castle size is larger than the Belfast Mansion and surrounded by 2-kilometer-long-moat which water is coming from nearby river and is purified using Babylon's technology. The idea of the royal castle was using Kingdom of Belfast's royal castle as the foundation which then adjusted according to the duke's and his fiancées' (then wives) suggestion. The contractor for the building project was High Rosetta and she also utilized her Babylon, The Workshop, for finishing the project. The material came from an abandoned castle of the former feudal lord at the northern Regulus Empire and the construction was completed in three days. The castle has defense facilities which consisted of rampart and side towers along with guard station. It also has large garden with a large fountain in the middle and two training fields which one located on the back of the house and the other located underground. The castle is a 2-story building with interior that resembles Kingdom of Belfast's castle interior and the castle has been enchanted with 「Protection」.

The eastern area of the land is dedicated for agriculture which mostly rice fields. The rice seeds that being used are the improved quality version of the Eashen's rice, like plague resistant and more fruitful, which are produced by The Alchemy Building.

The population in Brunhild Dukedom is mostly come from Eashen immigrant. The Eashen immigrant is composed of 67 people (including children), who are actually ninjas, from Tsubaki's clan and also about 50 people which are Four Heavenly Kings and their subordinates. After the Knight Order recruitment, 22 new immigrant came to the dukedom, they are 17 beastmen and 5 demi-humans. Even though most the citizen come from Eashen, the resident houses and commercial building have western style architecture.

The economy of the country is based on its specialty product which is bicycle. Naitou Masatoyo of the Four Heavenly Kings is responsible for the economy management of the dukedom. The dukedom shopping district, which is located on the highroad, is flourish with coffee shops, bicycle shops, weapon shops, armor shops, and tool shops.

Family Tree of The Monarchy
Note: &Dagger; current monarch; &hearts; wife

Military
Before the Knight Order of the Dukedom was created, Touya Mochizuki employs 3 former soldiers of Kingdom of Mismede, Rain Netherland, Nicholas Strand and Norn who were receiving recommendation from Leen and approval from Yumina Ernea Belfast as the first law enforcer of the country. These three recruits then become the leader of the Knight Order with Rain as the commander and both Nicholas and Norn as the vice-commander. Baba Nobuharu and Yamagata Masakage of the Four Heavenly Kings are moving to the dukedom and then employed as the battle instructor of the knight order. The knight order is composed of 15 former soldier of Takeda Shingen from Baba Nobuharu's subordinate, 15 former soldier of Takeda Shingen from Yamagata Masakage, 10 former shinobi of Takeda Shingen including Tsubaki for the spy unit, and 64 newly recruited soldier which 22 of it come from beastman and demi-human.

The knight order of Brunhild Dukedom is equipped with armor which is made from mithril and also weapon, its sheath, and shield which are made of Fraze fragment and enchanted with 「Gravity」 to minimize its weight. Because of the crystal like weapon and shield, the Brunhild Knight Order is also known as The Crystal Knight Order.

Knight Order Selection

 * Qualification :
 * Do not have criminal record.
 * There is no limitation regarding gender, age, and race.
 * Selection Step:
 * Registration and stamp number picking.
 * Perseverance Test.
 * Fighting Skill Exam.
 * Interview.

Even though Dukedom has only Crystal Knight Order as a military force with their crystal equipment created from Fureizu and several hundred Frame Gears their military power is most powerful in the entire continent.

Places

 * Fashion King Zanac - Brunhild Branch : a boutique which sell exotic style fashion and owned by Zanac Zenfield.
 * Silver Moon Inn - Brunhild Branch : an inn which has hot spring public bath. The water for the bath is being enchanted with 「Recovery」 and 「Refresh」. Micah is the branch manager.
 * Strand Trading - Brunhild Branch : a trading branch office which headquarter located at Kingdom of Mismede. Owned by Olba Strand.

Trivia

 * Brunhild (ブリュンヒルド) is coming from the Germanic mythology figure, Brünnhilde (EN: Brynhildr).
 * The dukedom is named after the war maiden, one of the in music dramas by,.
 * Touya had consider the name Nihon (ニホン), Japan (ジャパン), and Zipangu (ジパング) as the name of the duchy.