The following is an excerpt from the latest edition of ‘The Complete History of Geverde’, and acts as a modern replacement for the closing statement of the last six editions. However, the Queen herself admits little changed in her stance in the past three hundred years.
“Geverde is the only such state on our continent, that tolerates both human and spirit, encouraging their growth together and in harmony. In no other nation could the Spirits of the land not be blind sided by their pride, nor the humans by their greed. It was here, on this fertile land, across the banks of the great Alfante river, did this nation start. The first meeting place of Spirits, travelling westward, and humans migrating east.”
“From the day of it's founding, when I was pronounced its Queen of Spirits, this nation has stood alone in the fragile framework of this continent. We harboured no friends, nor did we harbour enemies. Only traded with those willing.”
“But that never meant we weren’t ready.”
“Every potential friend was a potential threat. Every inch of fertile plain was a weakness to our East and West. But our seas to the South acting as our sword, and the mountains to the North acting as our shield, bought us time. With the Spirit’s magic we brought power, and with the human’s abundance, we brought collectivity, ingenuity, numbers. We worked the land, dug for valuables, and used our ports to become the most powerful exporting nation of raw materials.”
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“While others squabbled, we invested into education, training, inventing strategy, technology to use inward and turn our indefensible lands into a fortress of stone and aether. We pushed further our own people, created cities and factories. Those brought unions, powerful people with influence who sought to challenge my rule, and so I let them. The trust I had built let me keep my power, while that government created security for the people.”
“We… I, for hundreds of years, looked inward, preparing for the day that we would be forced to look beyond our borders. And as nations settled, they doubted me. Those complacent began to doubt a need for preparations, that I was worrying over nothing, that we would never be a target. But I, and those who believed in me, resisted. The public, the many that fall under my great wings in their day-to-day lives believed, and therefore participated in their schools, their workplaces, their roads and towers, their factories and their armed forces. And the trust and participation is the reason, after the first external conflict of our time, we are still standing.”
“I have made many a mistake, and the ancient blood this nation stands on is a testament to our sacrifice. But in return, our nation is a cradle, a cradle with high walls for all that we, all that I hold dear.”
“I have given my life to this nation, and this nation is me.”
- Her Majesty, Queen Amestris, 1938