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Powhatan Confederacy | Grand Duchy of Crotania

 * Government: Centralized tribal confederacy
 * Weroance: Usquehannatoco (b.1231, r.1259-1264), "Demetrios" Asquawkanna (b.1227, r.1256-1259; 1264-)
 * Capital: Croatan
 * Economy: Mainly based off fishing, hunting, and a minimal amount of corn farming. The second bout of the Accursed Plagues have hit the area, drastically reducing its population and shattering its fledgling economy. In addition, the Demetrian Coup, Banishment and subsequent influx of Elysian colonists has drastically changed the social structure of the area. It is safe to say that the entirety of the Powhatan Confederacy, and in extension, much of OTL North Carolina, is experiencing massive socioeconomic upheaval.
 * Demographics: 
 * NOTE: Population figures in italics are exiled populations, population figures without italics are populations remaining in the Powhatan Confederacy/Grand Duchy of Crotania after Elysian vassalship.
 * Population: 1,200 (900 in exile)
 * Croatan: 420
 * Religion: 48% Pocahontism (89% Orthodox Pocahontism, 3% Incarnationism, 8% Trialism) 19% traditional Native American shamanism, 33% Hellenism [83% Pocahontism (12% Orthodox Pocahontism, 51% Incarnationism, 37% Trialism), 17% traditional Native American religions]
 * Ethnicity: 72% Powhatan, 17% Miktos (equivalent to OTL "Mestizo") 11% Elysian Greek (82% Powhatan, 13% Cherokee, 4% Creek, 1% Miktos)
 * Military:
 * Army: 167 spearmen, 101 swordsmen, 78 archers, 61 irregular cavalry
 * Navy: no real military-focused navy, 14 primitive canoes (serving as fishing boats)
 * Wars and Conflicts: N/A
 * Events:
 * A Tale of Two Brothers, pt.2: Upon usurping the throne, Usquehannatoco expelled the Elysians and Miktos from the Confederacy. However, instead of returning to Elysia as he had intended, many Elysians and especially the Miktos joined forces with the Demetrian rebels under Asquawkanna, believing him to be the protector of their people and to be more competent thsn his brother. With the Elysians and Miktos under his service, "Demetrios" turned to Elysia for protection. Meeting with several noble families of Elysia, he presents himself as an "enlightened, modern ruler" and Usquehannatoco as a "brutish, savage beast of a man", and asks for their help in ousting Usquehannatoco, in return for swearing fealty to the Elysian crown, and allowing each of the noble families to do trade and own land in Powhatan territories. Many of these families, seeing business opportunities and even chances to oust the child-king and his detested Montauk regent, agree to aid Asquawkanna in this endeavor. Backed with military might, "Demetrios" attacked and recaptured Croatan on December 17, 1264, after a 2-week siege. He was quickly re-crowned Weroance of the Powhatan Confederacy.
 * The Grand Duchy of Crotania: Soon after regaining control over the throne, Asquawkanna swears fealty to the Elysian kingdom, officially drops his native name in favor of his Greek pseudonym, Demetrios, and styles himself Grand Duke of Crotania. The Powhatan are now firmly in Elysian grasp, and those who oppose Elysian rule will have to make a truly difficult choice...
 * The Banishment, the Trail of Tears and the Great Migration, pt.1: The Banishment and the Great Migration are probably the most brutal, yet heavily romanticized period of Powhatan history; a 33-year journey of political exiles, heretics, and outcasts across the Trail of Tears, a journey spanning two-thirds of the Olympian continent, and one that would lead to the creation of a completely new cultural identity. This long saga begins with the Demetrian takeover of the Confederacy. Upon taking Croatan, Demetrios's offer to Usquehannatoco and the weroances who supported him was a simple one: be exiled "to the ends of the earth", or be burned at the stake for treachery. Naturally, Usquehannatoco and his supporters chose the exile route. As Usquehannatoco and company travelled through smaller towns and villages, they attracted a motley of Incarnationists and Trialists, social outcasts, dirt-poor families, criminals, "plague orphans", and the adventurous few who "just wanted a fresh start". Soon, these migrants formed a ragtag band of the newly-declared Crotania's unwanted renegades, traveling from village to village, using their horses and newly-acquired crossbows to hunt game, and spreading news of the "ghost-people from the lands closest to the rising sun". In an area of settled mound-building societies, this nomadic group of renegades and outcasts became a novelty to the Cherokee, the Creek, and other groups where the Exiles passed through. They would also indirectly cause profound changes to the social and demographic landscape of the OTL American South and Midwest, being the main vector for the spread of Old World diseases into the interior of the continent. By 1270, the Powhatan Exiles had travelled as far as OTL Birmingham, Alabama.
 * Hellenic Influx: Seeing virgin lands, fertile farmland, and bountiful hunting grounds, many Elysian minor nobles, and families of Elysian soldiers and knights settle in Powhatan territory. In the coming years, many more Powhatan would be forced from their ancestral home by Elysian encroachment, with many tracing the footsteps of Usquehannatoco and his Exiles on the Trail of Tears.