Abstract

Lyras (officially the Protectorate of Lyras) is a large, non-contiguous nation in the Greater Dienstad region.

It is bordered to the north by the Ironharbour Bight and Gulf of Kush, to the north and east by the Republic of Fehnmar; to the east by South Fehnmar and the Straits of Tal, territories of the former TPF Reich, Greal and Jagada, and to the west by the multitudinous city states of New Empire. The territory of Lyras is the largest within Greater Dienstad's Storn Archipelago, and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate, and the East-Dienstadi Current. With over 14 billion people, it accounts for the second largest population among the states of the Storn Archipelago and is home to two prominent trading entities, Lyran Arms, and Lambda Financial.

As a modern nation-state, the country was de jure established by Warmarshal David Lyras from the elements of the military of the Storn League that followed him into exile amidst the disintegration of the League in 1840. In 1890, after the First Lyro-Fehnmari War, Lyras expanded to include formerly Fehnmari territory north of the river Os. Lyras expanded again in 1925, following its defeat of the Erukushi-Fehnmari alliance. The third expansion, circa 2012, has been through the colonisation/assimilation of Southern Lyras, on Greater Dienstad's Eastern Continental landmass.

Lyras is a founding member of the Bredubar Covenant, and adopted the Norheim Doctrine in 2007.

Lyras is a quasi-unitary, sovereign stratocratic militarist state. The capital and largest city is Bredubar. By virtue of its unusual origins, the country has developed an extremely unusual national society and culture. It holds a key position in Greater Dienstadi affairs and maintains a multitude of close partnerships on a global level. Lyras prides itself upon scientific and technological innovation in several fields, all of which are connected to theorised or actual military applications.