County

A county is an area of land within a Duchy, that is maintained by a Count or Countess. The Count or Countess is responsible for resource management, building up settlements within their counties, establishing wealth and power for the kingdom, and encouraging research.

Counties are one of the predefined forms of civic rule on Elyria. See the following page for a full overview: Government.

Size
The average size of a county will be 2,300 parcels of land. There are 24 (16 on OCE) counties per Duchy. There could be as few as 100 or as many as 750 characters per county.