The United Republics of the Northern Sourcelands

United Republics of the Northern-Sourcelands (URN) is a fictional confederation of multiple territories in the Northern Sourcelands, part of the Source Lands Setting, that came to exist in the end of the Colonial Era, that for the most part used to be minor Feudal holds, loosely allied with Orlais.

History
After the Northern Rebellion, the nations were united, with the exception of the Principality of Ardenne, under the current moniker, and remain vassals of Orlais. The URN has been granted a massive technological overhaul since they became a formal Orlesian Colony, ruled by a Vice-Roy from Nova-Valier.

The URN was granted a significant amount of land, held by the Riverans, which lay between the Midlands and the Northlands, which were never as primitive as the Northern Feudal lands. These former Riveran colonies were sold to Orlais after the Rivera decided to cut their losses in the aftermath of the Northern Rebellion, and in turn given to the URN.

During the Midland Rebellion, the URN had technology far superior to that of the Midlands, but the standard military technology of the URN was generally lower. The URN only had a few military units with significant technology, the rest were decades behind the Midlands, still wielding muskets and breastplates for the most part, facing revolvers, mobile machine guns and much more agile artillery platforms of the Midlands.

The Northlands had some significant advantages, for instance their ability to attach from virtually all sides, their numbers and the support of Orlais, which ultimately meant they defeated and annexed the AMT into the URN.

The AMT remains the largest, and strangest member of the URN, being a confederation within a confederation, and they retain a large degree of autonomy, including that titles of nobility as well as Knighthoods and other such titles have no meaning on AMT soil - a dramatic violation of the constitution of Orlais, that makes most red-blooded Orlesians spit at the name.

The rest of the URN have generally gone from being sworn enemies of Orlais to being stout supporters in the last few decades, due to the massive increase in general wealth, the removal of the feudal hierarchy and the massive overhaul in technology that Orlais brought with it.