Piensa

Piensa (ピエンサ) is an ancient city in the Bow and Shield world. It is the nation where the Bow Hero was summoned. It was eventually defeated before Raphtalia's World was created.

History
According to Mamoru, it is a big nation that tried to solve everything with strength. Piensa claims itself to be a non-discriminatory nation, but it was just a claim. They believe that their version of the justice to be the true justice for the entire world. Everything other than their version is evil. They have a vast land and wanted more They believe that the hero belonged to them alone. Since Mamoru never agreed to their doctrines, they tried to assassinate him countless times.

According to Melty, the nation was more tyrannical and waged war with other nations frequently. They're ambition for world domination was extent, so they had their eye on the holy land which may serve as a religious foundation for their ultimate design. The bow hero of their land didn't mind their gambit considering the united kingdom may favor the heroes to fight the waves But the Shield hero strongly disagreed.

Because of the influence of the Bow hero, Piensa is considering dragons to be the king of monsters which can be used in fight against waves. But Hon called out his discrimination against other monsters in favor of dragons.

The newly formed Siltvelt wiped Piensa off the map. The remnants of the Piensa nation might have been absorbed by Melromarc of the newly merged world. Melty proposes that this might be why The Church of the Three Heroes demonizes the Shield Hero. The hatred of the Shield Hero's role in defeating Piensa was passed on to the new religion.

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Government
The nation of Piensa is run by a king. The wielder of the Legendary Bow is considered a religious figure and second in power to the king.

Religion
Piensa's religion, similar to The Church of the Three Heroes, believes that the Legendary Weapons and Heroes are holy. They believe it is their right to possess all of the world's Heroes and related artifacts. As a result, they believe that The Holy Land is their right. With the power that The Holy Land might provide, they plan to unite the world and defeat the waves. It is believed that remnants of Piensa may have influenced the creation of The Church of the Three Heroes religion.

Military
Piensa had an army that was many times larger, better trained, and higher level compared to the nation of Siltran. It contained a diverse array of humans, Demi-humans, and beastmen completely suited for war. Rough estimates put the number of Piensa forces at ten times the number of Siltran forces. Traditionally, the nation of Piensa has also held the wielder of the Legendary Bow.

The primary unit of soldiers is the dragon battalion. The Bow Hero is responsible for creating this battalion and Holn improved the dragons when she used to work with Piensa. While powerful, this battalion is expensive and not cost effective.

Geography
Piensa was noted to have vast amounts of land and resources compared to the surrounding nations.

Q'ten Lo
Similar to modern day, Q'ten Lo is still a relatively mystical nation to the general population and not much is known about it. Even the maps of Q'ten Lo cannot depict the shape of the island. It seems that Piensa has fought against Q'ten Lo forces before as they are familiar with sakura stone of destiny weapons.

Siltran
They are not immediate neighbors and they are at a little distance away. They have likely issue with Siltran for not bowing to them. For their ambition of wanting to include the holy land found by the past hero into their territory, they needed Siltran as a base of operation, so they made attempts to invade it with the coalition of their allies..