Order of Mount Sol
The Order of Mount Sol, or officially, Ordo Equestris Sacrorum Montis Solis Locorum meaning Knightly Order of the Holy Territories of Mount Sol is an independent order of knights based around the holy site of Mount Sol. It's capital is Castello Solaire, a great fort built into the side of a mountain, though its economic centre and largest town is Cittello.
The full title of the leader of the nation is: Sovereign Grand Master Vincenzo di Formaggio of the Order of Mount Sol, Defender of the Faith, and Protector of the One True Omnican Church.
History
After the collapse of the Empire and the Heliarchy, many disenfranchised Omnicans disenfranchised themselves with the new states. The most pious of which, and presumably the most wealthy, fled from the cities to the mountains, hiring mercenaries to silence the previous occupants and took the land for themselves. Eventually, they formed a Holy Order in the valleys surrounding Mount Sol.
Politics
The Order of Mount Sol, being a military order of knights, is led by a Sovereign Grand Master elected by his peers and rules from Castello Solaire. However, the Order's Heliarch, who resides on top of Mount Sol, wields significant influence in the running of the country. A new Heliarch is appointed for life by the Grand Master on the death of his predecessor.
The Order maintains an embassy-church-hospital complex in Archadia. It provides food and medicine to the poor and represents the Orders interests in the Empire by encouraging pilgrimage and meeting with citizens.
Culture
The culture of the order and the peasants in the land is similar to that of Archadia and Leopoli. The only tolerated religion is the Order's branch of Omnicanism.
