Inezama Province
Inezama Province (Mirselec Inezama denai), also known as Province 3, is a province of Risevne, situated in the south of Masalne along the northern coast of the Raretoya Peninsula. It borders Ostema Province on its east, Eonis Province on its south, and Feladmena Province on its north and northwest. Its capital is the city of Hesurimon.
Well-watered, with a mild climate, Inezama was historically known as a pleasant spot for vacations and relaxation, and a centre of culture and the arts; it acquired the poetic title of Nultenizodenai, or "Many-Gardened Province", during those days. Nowadays many cities within the province retain their ancient, literary air, and the province retains its reputation as a centre of traditional culture, though recently high tech research industries, attracted by the proximity to Taluste, are also making a considerable economic and social impact.
Geography
History
During the early centuries DN, Inezama Province once formed the base for an ancient state which was then conquered, in 455 DN, by the neighbouring Kingdom of Rarena based in nearby Ostema province. According to the Rarena ta Keinoser, or Chronicles of Rarena, the lord of the local state surrendered his estate untouched, and without fighting, going so far as to constrain two thousand troops of his within the city to prevent them from going out to fight; when the king asked him why, he said he had wished to protect the people from war. Admiringly the King decided simply to exert nominal power over the province, retaining the lord at his post; more importantly he declared that that land was under Rarenan protection, but not subject to the direct law of the King of Rarena. It was this law that would later allow many poets and writers, convicted for trumped up charges or fleeing from persecution, to seek refuge in the area.
