Marlon


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Marlon (マーロン), founded as the Kingdom of Marlon or the Blue Country, is a state in the Bolganio continent's Evillious region. Over the course of its history, it grew to become one of largest imperial powers in the region and, centuries later, became part of the Union State of Evillious.

Early History
Following its foundation, the Kingdom of Marlon grew into a respectable power. In EC 136, the Beelzenian Empire asked one of Marlon's counts, Kachess Crim, to investigate the inexplicable string of disappearances plaguing its Asmodean region. Later on, Queen Yufina Marlon also went missing; following Kachess' assassination of Duke Sateriajis Venomania the next year, Yufina was freed and the Marlon count was pardoned by the Beelzenian Empire of his crime. Afterwards, Kachess married Yufina and became part of the Marlon Royal Family.

In Juna of EC 311, the third prince of Marlon was engaged to Beelzenia's Banica Conchita, daughter of Warlord Muzuri. In February of the following year, meetings between the two families lead to the engagement's cancellation for unknown circumstances. Rumor spread that the meetings took place in case of problems caused by Banica's behavior.

Marlon Imperialism
In the years following the Kingdom of Lucifenia's ascension as an imperial power, the Kingdom of Marlon became its ally, receiving several large sums of money as gifts from the Yellow Country. In EC 494, Kyle was crowned king and ascended the throne. Towards the end of the 5th century EC, an engagement was arranged between Kyle and Princess Riliane, set to be married when the Lucifenian princess turned fifteen. In EC 500, Marlon sent aid to help alleviate the Kingdom of Lucifenia's famine.

Later that year, King Kyle cancelled the engagement and Marlon publically avoided taking sides during the succeeding Green War between Lucifenia and Elphegort. During the Lucifenian Revolution, the island nation denied Lucifenia's request for reinforcements as the riots got out of control. As a result of the peace talks with the Lucifenian Resistance, the Kingdom of Marlon settled itself into the new Lucifenian government to help guide the rebuilding nation.

The following year, King Kyle incorporated Lucifenia as a Marlon principality and declared a Witch Hunt order for resistance leader Germaine Avadonia and later, Elluka Clockworker and Gumillia. They fought skirmishes with the resistance members before finally pushing them back out of Lucifenia in EC 503. Rejecting Marlon's demands, the Beelzenian Empire refused to relinquish the revolutionaries it harbored. In EC 505, the Kingdom of Marlon invaded Beelzenia and were repelled. Later that year, Queen Dowager Prim was murdered and King Kyle reinstated Lucifenia's independence before abdicating the throne to his brother, Arkatoir. Marlon was later incorporated into the Union State of Evillious as part of the Aishikeru Treaty in EC 878.

Power Structure
The Marlon government was ruled by a single absolute monarch who held a majority of the power within the government. Below the monarch were the counts, aristocrats charged with ruling the monarch's territories in his or her stead. Each position within the government was subject to a hereditary line-of-succession with the firstborn male usually inheriting the position and title; in cases where no legitimate heir existed, the closest female heir was selected instead.

Military
The Marlon military was well supplied, armed with elitely crafted swords, and had expertly trained soldiers. The army corp was divided into several branches. One specific branch focused on intelligence and espionage, with its head acting as a military commander for armed forces. Marlon units also were moderately adaptive, able to disguise themselves and successively coordinate ambush tactics to cripple an opposing army.

Their uniform consisted of blue armor with military commanders wearing blue coats with black lining; in some cases, they wore plated steel-grey cloaks over their uniform. After annexing Lucifenia, several of its commanders continued to wear portions of the fallen kingdom's uniform rather than switching to the standard Marlon military attire.

Economy
As an island nation, the Marlon economy emphasized its fishing industry. Despite this, it also shared some agricultural elements but otherwise relied on trade with other nations, allowing businesses to thrive. After annexing Lucifenia, the former kingdom's economic resources were garnered as well.

Society and Culture
A common trait found in Marlon men is a strong addiction for collecting things. Despite being referred to as the "Blue Country", Marlons had no common traits or characteristics of "blue" distinguishing them from other ethnicities. Instead, its name derived from the water surrounding them as an island nation. However, within the Marlon Royal Family, male members sharing a lineage with the Crim family and King Kachess often had blue hair, contrasting with the common black or brown hair found in Marlons.

Due to being surrounded by water, Marlon society held a stronger emphasis on its coastal surroundings. In one instance, fisherman would often net a rare breed of octopi found in their waters but was universally considered inedible due to its odd appearance. Levin became the primary religion practiced in the Kingdom of Marlon, with the Levia sect practiced by many of its political officials.

Geography and Climate
Marlon is a far western island off the west coast of the Evillious region, located directly west of Lucifenia. During its height, the Kingdom of Marlon controlled the entire territory of Lucifenia, stretching across the main continent. Due to its unique location, Marlon has a natural barrier protecting its borders, as well as a mountain range along its east coast.

Its three major rivers stretched from its western shores inland and produced a viable areas for settlement and had a diverse enough land for growing food and maintaining sizeable forests.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Marlon is inspired by Great Britain; the Kingdom of Marlon bears many similarities and influences with that of the British Empire.
 * Its name is based on Mammon, the patron demon of Greed.

Curiosties

 * The odd looking breed of octopi fished in Marlon are dubbed by Elluka as "Very Amazing" Octopi, referencing Tako Luka and Elluka's Vocaloid counterpart in its appearance.

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